Romulea.] IRIDEH (Baker). 89 
forked from the base, with 2-4 short, erect branches; spathe of two 
pale, almost membranous, lanceolate valves 1~12 in, long; perianth 
with a tube ? in. long, cylindrical in the lower two-thirds, and a 
limb an inch long, bright golden yellow in the lower part, paler 
upwards, and sometimes tinged with red, segments oblong, +4 in. 
broad ; anthers linear, } in. long, rather exceeding the filaments ; 
styles considerably overtopping the anthers. Baker in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. xvi. 88; Handb. Irid. 101. 
CentRaL Reeion; Somerset Div., Bowker / summit of Bosch Berg, 4500 ft., 
MacOwan, 1547! 
7. B. latifolia (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 237); corm 
globose, } in. diam., with crustaceous, brown tunics; produced basal 
leaf 1, narrow linear, firm in texture, 1-1} lin. broad, with several 
distinct ribs ; peduncle 1-flowered, or branched from the base, with 
2-3 pedicels 1-1} in. long, with large flat leaves from their base ; 
outer spathe-valve green, lanceolate, firm in texture, 3? in. long, 
obtuse, inner smaller, scariose; perianth whitish, with a yellow 
throat, with a very short tube, and a limb 3-1 in. long, with oblong- 
lanceolate segments 4—} in. broad, the outer tinged green on the back ; 
stamens less than half as long as. the perianth limb; stigmas over- 
topping the anthers. Baker, Handb. Irid.101. Trichonema lati- 
Solium, Herbert MSS. Ixia reflexa, var., Herb. Thunberg. 
Coast Rr@ron: vicinity of Cape Town, Pappe! Niven! Thunherg! Bur- 
chell, 8533! Bolus, 3696! 3734, partly! MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm, 
Austr. Afr., 255! 
- This is, perhaps, merely a variety of 2. bulbocodioides, with pale-coloured 
owers, 
8. R. tridentifera (Klatt, Ergiinz. 64); corm conic, comose, flat 
at the base; produced leaf subsetaceous, overtopping the flower, 
flexuose, 4 lin. broad, densely hairy on the midrib; peduncle 
1-flowered, 2 in. long; outer valve of spathe # in. long, striped with 
red on the back, inner herbaceous at the tip; perianth with a very 
short, funnel-shaped tube and a dull yellow, semi-lurid limb an inch 
long, with segments }in. broad, the three outer with a 3-toothed 
violet blotch; styles as long as the stigmas. Baker, Handb. Irid. 
101. 
CzntRaL Raion: Hantam Mountains, near Calvinia, Meyer. 
9. BR. chloroleuca (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 89); corm 
globose, 3 in. diam., with dark brown, membranous tunics ; produced 
basal leaves 2—4, setaceous, sometimes a foot long, erect, rigid in 
texture, 4-3 lin. broad; flowers 1-2 to a corm, on erect peduncles 
3-6 in. long ; spathe of two lanceolate green valves of firm texture } in. 
long ; perianth whitish, with a yellow throat, with a very short, 
funnel-shaped tube, and oblong segments +-4 in. long; stamens half 
as long as the perianth limb ; styles overtopping the stamens, Baker, 
Handb. Irid. 102. Ixia chloroleuca, Jacg. Collect. iv. 180; Ic. 
t. 272. Trichonema chlorolkuca, Ker in Bot. Mag., sub t. 575; 
