Syringodea.] IRIDEX (Baker). 35 
3. 8. filifolia (Baker in Journ. Bot, 1876, 67); corm oblong, 
4 in. diam., with dark brown shining tunics, and a neck an inch 
long ; leaves 6-8, setaceous, glabrous, 1-1: in. long, very slender ; 
spathe membranous, cylindrical, } in. long; perianth with a filiform 
tube an inch long, and a dark lilac limb } in. long, with a yellow 
throat, and obovate segments; stamens half as long as the limb. 
Baker, Handb, Irid. 96. 
Sour Arrica: without locality, Bowie / 
Described from a specimen at the British Museum, gathered by Bowie. 
4, §. Flanagani (Baker in Kew Bullet. 1893, 158); corm oblong, 
} in. diam., with brown, membranous tunics produeed above its neck ; 
leaves 6-9, filiform, glabrous, recurved, 1-2 in. long, spathe 3—$ in. 
long ; perianth-tube yellow, twice as long as the spathe, segments 
of the limb dark purple, 4 in. long, outer oblanceolate, inner 
oblanceolate-oblong ; stamens more than half as long as the perianth- 
segments. 
Coast Region: King Williamstown Div., summit of Gonubie Hill, near 
Komgha, 2400 feet, Flanagan, 720! 
5. 8. bicolor (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 67); corm globose, 
$ in, diam., 1-3-flowered, with brown, membranous tunics, and a neck 
2-3 in. long ; leaves 6-8, setaceous, firm in texture, glabrous, much 
overtopping the flowers, 6-8 in. long, 3 lin, diam.; spathe pale, 
membranous, cylindrical, 1-14 in. long; perianth with a cylindrical 
tube 13-2 in. long, and a purple limb # in. long, with a bright yellow 
throat, segments obovate-oblong, in. broad; stamens half as 
long as the limb, the anthers exceeding the free filaments; style- 
branches clavate, 4 in. long, overtopping the anthers. Baker, Handb. 
Trid. 96. Trichonema longitubum, Klati in Linnea, xxxiv. 665. 
Var. 8, concolor (Baker, Handb. Irid. 96). Perianth-limb } in. long, dark 
purple, like the tube, without a yellow throat. 
Coast Region : near Grahamstown, 2000 ft., MacOwan, 827! 
CrnTRAL Reqion: Graaff Reinet, Bowker,9! Somerset, Bowker! Coles- 
berg, Shaw! Var. 8B, Valley at Coetzier’s Kraal, near Murraysburg, Tyson, 346! 
Eastgeen Reeion: Kaffraria, Hutton / 
A plant gathered by Drage (No. 3498) on the Wittebergen, Aliwal North, at 
7000-8000 f.., with ak core slender leaves, and a concoloroas lilac limb, } in. 
long, may be an alpine form of this species. 
6. 8. rosea (Klatt, Erginz. 69, excl. syn.); corm 1-3-flowered ; 
leaf single, thick, terete, obtuse, curved, channelled down the face, 
2-3 in. long, 1 lin. diam.; spathes with subequal, membranous valves 
3-1 in. long, 1-2 lines broad, with a one-nerved herbaceous midrib ; 
perianth with a cylindrical tube } in. Jong, and a rose-red limb, with 
oblanceolate segments } in. long, } in. broad. Baker, Handb. Irid. 
96. 
Crentrat ReoGron : Hantam Mountains, near Calvinia, Meyer. 
7. 8. minuta (Klatt, Erginz. 69, excl. syn.) ; corm globose, 1-4 
flowered ; leaves linear, flat, glabrous, erect ; spathe with two, small 
