Romulea.} 1RIDEZ (Baker). 43 
% in. diam; leaves 3, setaceous, suberect, 3-4 in. long, with a 
thick, square midrib; peduncle forked at the base; the pedicels 
2-3 in. long, with a linear-setaceous rudimentary leaf overtopping the 
flowers ; spathe of two lanceolate valves, the outer firm in texture, 
4 in. long; perianth an inch long, with a very short tube, the 
divisions yellow on the back, with purple plumose stripes, fulvous 
on the face in the upper half, yellow in the lower half; stamens 
equalling the styles, half as long as the limb, the lanceolate anthers 
equalling the pilose filaments. Baker, Handb. Trid. 104. Tricho- 
nema cupreum, Herbert MSS. 
Sourn AFrica: without locality. 
Described from an unpublished drawing of Dean Herbert’s. Perhaps only a 
colour-variety of R. rosea. 
19. R. arenaria (Eckl. Top. Verz. 18); corm globose, } in, 
diam., with brown crustaceous tunics ; peduncle elongated, sometimes 
a foot long, with a single, long, narrow linear, erect leaf of firm 
texture below the inflorescence ; flowers 2-4, on short, ascending 
pedicels, subtended by long or short leaves; outer spathe-valve 
lanceolate, green, firm in texture, # in, long, inner smaller and 
membranous ; perianth 3-1 in. long, lilac, with a tube half as long 
as the segments, the three outer of which are distinctly striped with 
dark purple down the back; styles falling short of the stamens. 
Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe. xvi. 89; Handb. Irid. 104, R. ramosa, 
Eckl. Top. Verz. 19. Trichonema arenarium, Klatt in Linnea, 
xxxiv. 667. 
Coast ReGion : Piquetberg Div. ; Sandhills, Bergvallei, below 1000 ft., Drége, 
84491. Cape Flats, Zeyher! Wynberg; Ecklon. 
20. R. monadelpha (Baker, Handb. Irid. 104) ; corm ovoid, 
with crustaceous brown tunies ; leaves about six, setaceous, 4—6 in. 
long; peduncle short, with about three branches 1}~2 in. long ; outer 
spathe-valve firm in texture, green, lanceolate, an inch long ; perianth 
1-12 in. long, with a very short tube, and oblong segments } in. broad, 
bright, coppery-red inside, with a yellow throat, the outer segments 
with 3-5 distinct stripes on a yellowish: ground; filaments short, 
black, united to the top; anthers yellow, lanceolate, 4 in. long; 
style short, with three falcate branches. Trichonema monadelphum, 
Sweet, Hort. Brit. 399. Spatalanthus speciosus, Sweet, Brit. Flow. 
Gard. t. 300; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, xvi. 104. 
Known only from a plant that flowered in Mr. Colvill’s nursery, sent by 
Mr. Synnot. 
Keitia natalensis (Regel. Descr. Pl. Nov. vi. 66), supposed to be a native of 
Natal, is probably identical with the American Eleutherine plicata, Herb. It 
was described from plants grown at Erfurt by Messrs. Haage and Schmidt. 
VII. BOBARTIA, Ker. 
Perianth slit down to the ovary, with equal, spreading, obovate 
segments, not twisted up spirally as they fade. Stamens inserted at 
