Arisiea. | 1R1DEZ (Baker). 49 
1, A. anceps (Eckl., ex Klatt in Linnza, xxxiv. 550); tufts densely 
esespitose ; root-fibres slender, wiry ; leaves all in a distichous basal 
rosette, linear, firm in texture, 4-8 in. long, ;4,—} in. broad ; stems 
simple, 5-1 ft. long, leafless, strongly ancipitous throughout; cluster 
single, few-flowered, usually overtopped by a rigid linear bract; inner 
spathe-valves entirely membranous, brown, 4-4 in, long, slightly 
lacerated ; perianth-segments oblong, dark blue, 4 in. long; anthers 
oblong, equalling the filaments ; style half as long as the limb; cap- 
sule oblong, obtusely angled, nearly sessile, torulose, 4 in. long. 
Baker in Journ, Linn, Soc, xvi, 111; Handb, Irid. 140; Klatt, 
Ergénz, 47. Marica bermudiana, Thunb., Fl, Cap. edit. Schult. 69, 
ex parte. A, Thunbergii, Pappe MSS. 
Coast Recion : Grahamstown, Burchell, 3562! Fort Beaufort Div., Cooper, 
8213! 
CENTRAL REGion: Albany Div.; Zwartwater Poort, Burchell, 3435! near 
Riebeek, Burchell, 3474! 
Katanari Reaion: Transvaal; Houtbosch, Rehmann, 5769! 
Eastarn Recion: Griqualand East; Clydesdale, Tyson, 8070! Natal, 
Sanderson, 389! 386! 457! Cooper, 3214! Wood, 735! 
This is, in 'Thunberg’s Herbarium, confused with A, spiralis and American 
specimens of Sisyrinchium anceps. 
2. A. montana (Baker); root-leaves linear, faleate, much shorter 
than the stem; stem: flexuose, 1-headed, flattened, and distinctly 
winged, hearing 2-3 large bract leaves ; head solitary, terminal ; 
pedicels very short; inner spathe-valves brown, membranous, 
lacerated ; outer firm, ovate; perianth blue, } in. long; segments 
oblong ; capsule oblong, obtusely angled, 
Eastern Ruoion; Natal; Amajuba Mountain, 6000-7000 ft., Wood, 4768! 
3. A. torulosa (Klatt, Ergiinz. 48); rhizome short, cylindrical ; 
root-fibres very slender; leaves of the radical rosette linear, moderately 
firm in texture, 6-9 in, long, 3-1 in. broad; stems erect, 13-2 ft, 
long, ancipitous in the lower half, with several small, erect, sheathing 
leaves, slender and subterete upwards, as is the axis of the inflor- 
escence ; clusters several, small, arranged in a lax raceme, the upper 
ones sessile, the lower on short, alternate, erecto-patent peduncles ; 
spathes 4 in, long ; outer valves with a firm centre, and broad, white, 
slightly-lacerated, membranous edge; inner entirely membranous ; 
perianth-segments j in, long; capsule small, oblong, nearly sessile, 
obtusely angled, Baker, Handb. Jrid. 141. 
Var. 8, monostachya (Baker). Leaves smaller, clusters of flowers smaller, 
arranged in a lax simple spike, 
Katawdri Recton; Transvaal; Houtbosch, Rehmann, 5770! near Barberton, 
4500 feet, Galpin, 1209! 
Eastern Keaion: Kaffraria, Drége, 4558! 4559! Baur, 447 partly! 
Natal, Krauss! Wood, 751! Var. 8, Natal, Buchanan / 
4, A, schizolena (Harv. MSS. ; Baker in Journ. Bot, 1876, 267) ; 
rhizome very short, as thick as a man’s finger, erect; leaves of the 
radical rosette linear, moderately firm in texture, closely and finely 
