40 IRIDEEZ (Baker). [ Romulea. 
Gen. Irid. 82. Ixia ochroleuca, Vahl. Enum. ii. 50. Trichonema 
ochroleuea, Ker in Konig and Sime’ Ann. i. 223. 
Coast Reaion: near Villiersdorp, Bolus, 6245! Cupe Flats, Zeyher, 1603! 
10. B. spiralis (Baker in Journ. Linn, Soe. xvi. 90); corm globose, 
1 in, diam., with shining, crustaceous, dark brown tunics, and a long 
neck ; leaves 4-5, linear-convolute, faleate, 1-1} in. long, much 
twisted spirally; peduncle very short, 1-flowered ; spathe of two 
lanceolate valves, under i in. long, the outer scariose at the tip, and 
the inner throughout ; perianth whitish, tinged with red lilac, with 
a very short tube, and a limb under 3 in. long, with obovate-obtuse, 
imbricated segments; .stamens half as long as the perianth limb; 
styles reaching to the top of the stamens. Baker, Handb. Irid. 
102. Trichonema spirale, Burchell, Travels i. 260. 
CentRat Reeion: Fraserburg Div.; Middle Roggeveld, between Kuilenberg 
and Great Reed River, Burchell, 1356! 
lL. RB. similis (Eckl. Top. Verz. 19); corm globose, } in. 
diam., with smooth, brown, crustaceous tunics ; produced leaf one, 
subsetaceous, firm in texture, 4-6 in, long, 4 lin. broad; peduncle 
short ; pedicels 1-4, about an inch long, subtended by erect rudi- 
mentary leaves 1-2 in. long; outer spathe-valve green, lanceolate, 
firm in texture, 4 in. long, inner smaller, membranous; perianth 
funnel-shaped, with a very short tube, and lanceolate segments } in. 
long, the inner white, the outer green ; stamens half as long as the 
perianth-segments ; styles as long as the stamens. Buker in Journ. 
Linn, Soc. xvi. 89; Handb. Irid. 102. Ixia pumila, Herb. Banks. 
R. obscura, Klatt, Ergénz. 65. R. bulbocodioides, Eckl. Top. Verz. 191 
Ixia Bulbocodium, Thunb. Diss. Ixia, p. 6 and 22 " 
Schult. p. 55, non Linnous. “iced , and F7, Cap. edi 
f~ Coast ReGion: Lion Mountain and Devils Mountai 
Bay, Ecklon! Near Cape Town, Bolus, 3734, partis | n, Thunberg! Camps 
This is the nearest representative at the Cape of the European R, Columna. 
12. B. minutiflora (Klatt, Erganz, 65) ; corm in. di 
: ‘ . 65) ; globose, } in. diam. 
with crustaceous brown tunies; leaves numerous, meonid toy terete, 
spreading, firm in texture, 3-nerved, } lin. broad; flowers 9-4 to a 
Fin len 7; a ih an ne tong ‘ spathe of two lanceolate valves 
4 j nth funnel-sha ight li i i 
Serle: oH egg oman ped, light lilae, } in. long, with a 
ceolate segments +, in. broad ; stamens 
more than half as long as the perianth-limb: ca voi i 
long, Baber, Haadd, id,103, |e OV 
hes? Reaion: Hex River Mts., Drége, 588. Mossel Bay; The Point, 
Mos R. hirsuta (Ecklon, Top. Verz. 19); corm globose, 4 in. 
fats with membranous, brown tunics cut off at the base; root- 
—— very slender, setaceous, 1-nerved, 2—4 in, long, } lin. diam., 
et or spreading, obscurely pilose or glabrous ; peduncles simple 
or branched at the base, with pedicels 1-2 in, long; spathe of two 
