Romulea.] IR1DEZ (Baker). Al 
green, lanceolate valves of firm texture, 4-4 in. long; perianth 
3-1} in. long, bright golden yellow in the lower half, bright red- 
purple in the upper, the tube 4 in. long, the segments } in. broad, 
the outer not distinctly striped on the back; stamens one-third as 
long as the perianth-limb ; styles reaching to the top of the anthers. 
Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 89; Handb. Irid. 102; Klatt, 
Erganz. 64. Trichonema hirsutum, Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 6€5. 
Geissorhiza sublutea, Herb. Zeyher. R. uncinata, Klatt, Ergdnz. 67. 
Coast Region: near Paarl, Drége, 8450a! vicinity of Cape Town, Ecklon, 
703! Bolus, 3760! Burchell! Zeyher, 5007! Tyson, 2454! MacOwan, 
2274! 2565! 2616! MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 254! 529! 
14. R. longifolia (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 89); corm 
small, globose; leaves 2-4, setaceous, suberect, 6-10 in. long, 
3-nerved ; peduncle 1-flowered, 1-2 in. long; spathe of two lanceo- 
late valves } in. long, connate in the lower part; perianth with a 
short tube, pale yellow inside, and a red-lilae limb 3 in. long, 
the outer segments with three purple lines down the back; stamens 
half as long as the perianth-limb ; anthers yellow, overtopping the 
stigmas. Baker, Handb. Irid. 103. Trichonema longifolium, Salish. 
in Trans. Hort, Soc. i. 316. 7. cruciatum, Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 575; 
excl. syn. Jacq. 
Soura Arrica: without locality. 
I have described this from the Bot. Mag. figure and an unpublished drawing of 
Dean Herbert’s. ‘There are several varieties in colour, varying from dark 
reddish-purple to pale pink.” 
15. R. gracillima ‘Baker, Handb. Irid. 103) ; corm globose, 4 in. 
diam., with pale brown, membranous tunics ; leaves 3—4, very slender, 
setaceous, ]-nerved, 3-6 in. long, } lin. broad; peduncle slender, 
erect, 1-flowered, 14-2 in. long; spathe of two green, lanceolate 
valves 4-4 in. long; perianth infundibuliform, pale red, 3 iu. long, 
with a tube as long as the three-nerved segments, which are 4 in. 
broad ; anthers just exserted from the perianth-tube. Trichonema 
cruciatum, a, Herb. Drege. 
_ Coast Region: Drakenstein Mountains, Drége ! 
16. R. rosea (Ecklon, Top. Verz. 19); corm globose, 4-3 in. 
diam., with smooth, brown, crustaceous tunics ; root-Jeaves suberect, 
linear-setaceous, reaching a foot or more in length, } lin. broad, 3-5- 
ribbed ; peduncle 1-flowered, 2-4 in. long, or forked at the base, 
with 2~3 pedicels 1-8 in. long ; outer valve of the spathe lanceolate, 
firm in texture, 3 in. long, inner smaller, brown, scariose; perianth 
with a short, funnel-shaped tube, and a red-lilac limb about an inch 
long, with a yellow throat, and oblanceolate-oblong segments }-1 in. 
broad, with three faint stripes on the back of the outer; anthers yellow, 
} in. long, exceeding the filaments ; stigmas overtopping the anthers ; 
capsule subglobose, 2 in. long. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe. xvi. 88 ; 
Handb. Irid. 103. I. rosea, Linn. Syst. edit. 12, ii. 75; Ait. Hort. 
Kew. i. 56. Trichonema roseum, Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 228 ; 
