Bobartia.] tr1DEz (Baker). 45 
head of flowers; clusters not more than 2-4 to a head ; spathes 
cylindrical, under an inch long, subtended by small, rigid, adpressed, 
lanceolate bracts ; perianth } in. long; stamens one-third as long 
as the perianth ; capsule smooth, globose, 4 in. diam. 
Coast Reeion: Riversdale Div., on or at the foot of the Lange Bergen, 
Burchell, 7145! 
4, B. aphylla (Ker, Gen. Irid. 30); flowering-stem wiry, terete, 
several feet long, with a straight, rigid bract dilated at the base, 
equalling or overtopping the head of flowers; leaves none; clusters 
few to a head ; spathes cylindrical, 13-2 in. long, subtended by rigid, 
adpressed, lanceolate bracts at the base; perianth }#~1 in. long; 
anthers lanceolate-sagittate, 1 in. long, twice as long as the filaments ; 
ovary turbinate-trigonous, + in. long ; style-branches subulate, 4 in. 
long. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 114; Handb. Irid. 120. 
Morea aphylla, Linn. fil. Suppl. 99; Thunb. Diss. No. 9, tab. 2, 
fig. 1 ; Prodr. 11; Fl. Cap. i. 269. Marica aphylla, Ker in Bot. 
Reg. sub t. 229; Eckl. Top. Verz. 15. Sisyrinchium aphyllum, 
Spreng. Syst. Veg.i. 166. Marica gladiata, c, Herb. Drege. 
Sourn AFrica: without locality, Thunberg / 
Coast Reeion: Worcester Div., Zeyher! Drakenstein Mountains, Drége/ 
Caledon Div., Donkerhoek, Burchell, 7968! Grahamstown, Elliot/ 
5. B. gladiata (Ker, Gen. Irid. 0); stems flattened, 14-2 ft. 
long, associated with 3-4 distichous, closely-ribbed, rigid, ensiform 
leaves 2-3 ft. long; outer bract rigid, long or short; clusters 3-6 to 
a head ; spathes cylindrical, 13-2 in. long, furnished with 2-3 small, 
rigid, adpressed, bracts at the base; perianth 1-1} in, long, its 
oblong-unguiculate segments } in. broad; anthers } in. long, much 
exceeding the filaments; capsule turbinate, coriaceous, obtusely 
‘angled, 2 in. long. Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 554; Baker in Journ, 
Linn. Soc. xvi. 114; Handb, Irid. 120. Ixia gladiata, Linn. fil. 
Suppl. 93. Morea gladiata, Thunb. Diss., No.8; Prodr. 11; Fl. 
Cap. i. 268. Marica gladiata, Ker in Bot. Reg.t. 229 ; Eckl. Top. 
Verz. 15. Sisyrinchium gladiatum, Spreng. Syst. Veg. i. 166. 
Sours Arrica: without locality, Zeyher, 4062! 
Coast Recion: Table Mountain, Thunberg/ Devils Mountain, Bolus, 8842! 
Wynberg, Burchell, 869 ! 
6. B. spathacea (Ker, Gen. Irid. 30); flowering-stem terete, 2-3 
ft. long, associated with 2-3 rigid terete leaves; main bract lateral, 
subulate, much longer than the head of flowers; clusters 20 or more, 
in a dense, globose, terminal head ; spathes cylindrical, about an inch 
long, with 1-2 small ovate-lanceolate, rigid, adpressed bracts at the 
base ; perianth 3~} in. long; anthers and style-branches 4 in. long, 
exceeding the filaments ; ovary turbinate-trigonous, } in. long; cap- 
sule subglobose, smooth, } in. diam. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, 
xvi. 114; Handb. Irid.120. Bobartia indica, Linn, Amoen. Acad. 
i, 387, ex parte. Mora spathacea, Thunb. Diss., No. 11, tab. 1, 
fig. 1; Prodr.11; Fl. Cap. i. 270; Lam. Jil. i. 114, tab, 31, fig. 2. 
