36 1EIDEz (Baker). [ Syringodea. 
linear-filiform valves; perianth with a white tube with purple 
streaks, and a limb with coneave white segments with two purple 
streaks. Baker, Handb. Irid. 96. 
Sourg Argica: without locality or collector, but said to grow in sandy inun- 
dated places. 
I only know this from Dr. Klatt’s description. Zia minuta, Linn. fil., which 
he cites as a synonym, is Pauridia minuta, any Abe Hypowidew. I have 
examined the type specimens, both in the Linnean and Thunbergian herbaria. 
8. S.: latifolia (Klatt, Erginz. 69); corm ovoid, 4 in. diam., 
1-flowered, with brown, cuspidate tunics; leaves 4, lanceolate, flat, 
patent, prominently 1-nerved, 4-1 in. long, tin, broad ; spathes with 
equal valves 4 in. long, hairy on the keel; perianth with a 
cylindrical tube nearly an inch long, purple and hairy at the throat, 
and a limb } in. long, with oblanceolate segments } in. broad, 
Baker, Handb, Irid. 96. 
Western Reaion: Little Namaqualand; Kamiesbergen, 3000-4000 ft., 
Drége, 2633. 
VII. ROMULEA, Maratti. 
Perianth infundibuliform, with a short tube, and a regular limb 
with subequal, imbricated, obovate segments. Stamens inserted at the 
throat of the perianth-tube; filaments short, usually free; anthers 
lanceolate, sagittate at the base. Ovary 3-celled; ovules crowded in 
the cells; style filiform, with three bifid branches with clavate forks 
papillose round the inner margins. Capsule globose or ellipsvid, 
Joculicidally 3-valved. Seeds globose or angled by pressure. 
Rootstock a small globose corm, with tunicated, membranous, brown coats. 
Leaves narrow, usually overtopping the flowers. Stems produced, simple or branched, 
Spathe of two lanceolate valves, Flower lilac, purple, yellow or pale, always 
solitary in the spathes. 
Wasted Abie about 60; many Mediterranean, a few Central European, two 
can. 
Subgenus RomuLga PRoPER. Filaments free. 
Lutea. Flowers bright yellow. 
Perianth-tube very short : 
Leaves setaceous, long, str aight tee one fs sublutea. 
Leaves setaceous, short, tortuose 2) tortuosa, 
Leaves flat... ee wal oe «+ (8) bulbocodioides. 
Perianth-tube 4-} in. long : 
Peduncle long een oe ~- ose eee (4) filifolia. 
Pedunele short ... —... a aes -» (5) citrina. 
Perianth-tube#in, long... ae sis ... (6) Macowani. 
Chloroleuce. Flowers whitish, the outer segments 
on the back, 
Leaves 1-1} lin. broad oe eae ase «» (7) latifolia. 
Leaves setaceous, }-} lin. broad : 
Flower large ... ... se. = sen. ave ~—s (8) ‘tridentifora, 
Flower middle-sized ; 
es long, aie : os (9) ehloroleuca, 
ves short, spi wis ie «= (10) spiralis, 
Flower small : “sine! ee 
Perianth-limb 4 in. long... —_... »» (11) similis. 
Perianth-limb fin, long... ... .., (12) minutiflora, 
