Aristea.] IRIDEZ (Baker). 51 
KALAHARI ReGion: Orange Free State, Cooper, 3212! Transvaal; near 
Barberton, 4500 ft., Galpin, 1210! 
EasTzEgN Reaion: Natal; Majuba, Inkwelo Mountain, Elliot, 1628! Tugela 
Valley, Allison / 
8. A. flexicaulis (Baker, Handb. Irid. 143); basal leaves linear, 
moderately firm, a foot or more long, 1} in. broad; peduncle as long 
as the leaves, subterete upwards; inflorescence a rhomboid panicle, 
6-9 in. long, with a flexuose subterete axis and several ascending 
branches ; lateral clusters sessile; outer spathe-valves } in. long, 
ovate, green, with a membranous edge ; inner not lacerated ; perianth 
+ in. long; capsule subglobose, nearly sessile, } in. long. 
Eastern Recion: Natal ;. near Howick, Mudd. 
9. A. racemosa (Baker in Journ. Bot, 1876, 267); clusters 
densely tufted ; radical leaves slender, linear-subulate, very rigid 
in texture, a foot or more long; stems about a foot long, slender, 
subterete, flexuose, with 3-4 small sheathing leaves ; clusters several, 
arranged in a lax raceme, the upper ones sessile, the lower on short, 
ascending peduncles subtended by lanceolate, rigid bracts ; spathes 
oblong, 4 in. long, the outer valves with firm centres and narrow, 
brownish- white borders not lacerated, the inner entirely membranous ; 
perianth-limb 3 in. long; capsule oblong, acutely angled, } in. long, 
on a short pedicel. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 111; Hand. 
Trid. 148; Klatt, Erginz, 47. Witsenia spicata, E. Meyer in Herb. 
Drege. 
Coast Reeion: Dutoits Kloof, Drége! Baviaans Kloof, near Genadendal» 
Burchell, 7883 ! 
10. A. juncifolia (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 267); tufts 
densely cxspitose; root-fibres long and wiry; leaves of radical 
rosette linear-subulate, 5-6 in. long, very rigid in texture, almost 
spinose at the tip, 3-1 lin. broad; stems }-1 ft. long, subterete 
throughout, flexuose, furnished with 2-3 small sheathing leaves ; 
clusters few, oblong, arranged in a short, simple raceme ; bracts large, 
rigid, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, navicular, finely ribbed ; spathes 
oblong, 3-3 in. long ; outer valves with a firm middle, and narrow, 
membranous, brown border, not lacerated ; perianth-limb $ in. long; 
capsule oblong, acutely angled, } in. long, with a peduncle as long as 
itself, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 111; Handb. Irid, 143; 
Klatt, Ergdanz, 47. 
Sour Arnica: without locality, Thom, 1005! Grey! 
Coast Reaion: Cape Peninsula; Muizenberg, 1500 ft., Bolus, 4626! 
11. A. Zeyheri (Baker, Handb. Irid. 143); leaves slender, rigid, 
subterete, 4-6 in. long; peduncle slender, terete, 6-9 in. long, 
bearing 1-2 reduced leaves; clusters 1-2, the lateral one sessile, 
outer spathe-valves ovate, 4} in. long, green, with a narrow mem- 
branous tip; inner lacerated ; perianth 3 in. long; ovary cylindrical, 
} in. long, shortly pedicellate ; mature capsule not seen. 
Coast Recion : Hottentotts Holland Mountains, Zeyher, 4050! 
May be identical with A. juncea, Eckl, MSS. 
