42 1EIDEX (Baker). [Romulea. 
Bot. Mag. t. 1225; Gen. Irid. 81; Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 663.. 
Crocus capensis, Burm. Prodr. 2, in part. R. vulgaris, Eckl. Top. 
Verz.18. R. reflexa, Eckl. Top. Verz.18. Ixia fugax, Hornem. Hort. 
Hajn.i.50. RB. rosea, var. Celsii, Planch. in Flore des Serres, t. 799. 
R. Celsii, Klatt, Ergénz. 66. (Bulbocodium pedunculis nudis unt- 
flris foliis subulatis linearibus, Mill. Ic. 160, t. 140.) 
Var. 8, R. pudica (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 89; perianth with a red 
lilac limb an inch long, with a white throat; segments with a dark purple keel 
down the face at the bottom. Jzia pudica, Solander in Herb. Banks! Tricho- 
on pudicum, Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1244; Gen. Irid. 82; Konig and Sims’ Ann, 
i, 223. 
Var. 7, B. speciosa (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 89); leaves often 1 lin. 
diam. ; flowers as large as in the type, with a bright yellow throat, the outer 
segments furnished with 3-5 very distinct purple stripes down the back, the 
outer ones beautifully feathered on the outer side. Trichonema speciosum, Ker 
“in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 228; Bot. Mag. t. 1476. T. barbatum, Herd, 
M88. Romulea barbata, Baker in Journ, Linn. Soc. xvi. 89. Ixia Bulbocodium, 
var, flore speciosissimo, Andr. Bot. Rep.t. 170. J. cruciata, Jacq, Ie. t. 290? 
Romulea tabularis and cruciata, Eckl. Top. Verz. 18-19. 
Vaz. 3,B. parviflora (Baker, Handb. Irid. 104); flowers smaller ; spathe-valves 
and perianth segments not more than } in. long, the latter }$ in. broad. 
R. parviflora, Eckl. Top, Verz. 19? Trichonema recurvum, b, Herb. Drége. 
Var. ¢, B. dichotoma (Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xvi. 89); peduncle 
_ elongated, bearing 3—4 flowers, with a large leaf from the fork. Trichonema 
dichotomum, Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 666. R. flewuosa, Klatt, Ergéns. 66. 
R. tubata, Klatt, Erginz.67. Trichonema fragrans, Herb. Zeyher. R. fragrans, 
Eckl. Top. Verz. 19? 
Westeen Reaion: Little Namaqualand, near Ookiep, Bolus, 6620 ! 
Coast Region: Near Port Elizabeth, Bolus, 2239! near Grahamstown, Mac- 
Owan, 246! 
Eastern Reeion : Natal; top of Mount Erskine, Evans, 378! 
Drége 2637a, from hills north of the Olifants River, alt. 2000-8000 feet, is 
not distinguishable in a dried state. Ivia ecruciata, Jacq. Ic. t. 290, is not 
separable by the flowers, but the leaves are drawn as if cross-shaped in horizontal 
section. Geissorhiza Zeyheri, Herb. Zeyher (Romulea Zeyheri, Eckl. Top. 
Verz. 19 ?) differs from the type in having the perianth bright yellow in the 
lower half. 
17. B. elegans (Klatt, Ergiinz, 66) ; corm globose, 3 in. diam., 
with brown crustaceous tunics; root-leaves setaceous, iy ft. long, 
_ erect, 3-nerved, } lin. diam. ; peduncle simple or forked at the base ; 
icels 1-3 in. long; spathe of two lanceolate valves $2 in. long; 
perianth with a funuel-shaped tube } in. long, orange-yellow inside, 
and a limb an inch long with oblong acute segments } in. broad, the 
inner plain cream-coloured, the outer red, with a yellow blotch in 
the centre ; stamens one-third as long as the perianth-limb; anthers 
equalling the styles, exceeding the filaments. Baker, Handb. Irid. 
103. #. arenaria, Pappe MSS., non Eck!. 
VaR. viflora (Baker) ; leaves s = ing ; . ; 
and Sk ak inn Lao 3 in. cite een =! 
Tha Rera@ion: Cape Flats, Zeyher, 1602! Zwartberg, near Caledon, Zeyher, 
18, R. cuprea (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 236); corm globose, 
