setae 
52 IRIDEX (Baker). [Aristea, — 
12. A. oligocephala (Baker, Handb. Irid. 144); leaves of the 
radical rosette linear, firm in texture, 4 ft. long, 4 in. broad; stems — 
erect, 6-9 in. long, slightly compressed ; clusters of flowers 1-2, — 
large, terminal; spathes 4—$ in. long; outer valves oblong, firm in — 
the centre, with a narrow brownish-white, obscurely lacerated, mem- — 
branous border, inner entirely membranous; perianth-limb } inch — 
long; capsule oblong, acutely angled, 4 in. long, with a pedicel of — 
half its own length. P 
Coast Reon: Caledon Div.; Babylons Tower Mountains, Zeyher, 4049! 
Pappe! 
13. A. dichotoma (Ker, Gen. Irid. 13); rootstock short-creep- 
ing, slender ; root-fibres slender, wiry ; leaves of the radical rosette — 
narrow, linear, firm in texture, glaucous, 6-9 in. long, 4; in. broad, 
closely ribbed ; stems a foot or more long, slender, flexuose, forked 
low down, rarely simple, terete ; clusters several, arranged in a lax — 
corymb, the ascending long peduncles ancipitous at the top; outer 
bract small, rigid, lanceolate ; spathes 3 in. long; outer valves with a 
firm keel and broad, white, membranous border, not lacerated ; perianth- 
limb } in. long; capsule oblong, very acutely angled, +-} in. long, or 
a short pedicel. Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xvi. 111; Handb. Irid 
144. Morea dichotoma, Thunb., Fl. Cap. i. 266; edit. Schult. 69. — 
A, intermedia, Eckl. Top. Verz.16; Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 549. 
“2 pisses, Klatt, Erganz. 47, A bracteata, Zeyher in Linnaa, XX — 
Coast Ruaton : Clanwilliam Div., Drage, 8887! Mader in Herb. MacOwan, 
Lake vor 4 a hg ety org 758! Ecklon, 67! Bolus, 2808 | . 
es aisenber s, 4712! Caledon Div. ; b der Binde 
River, Burchell, 76391 a aledon Div.; by the Zonder 
A. bractenta, Zeyher, Kasic. 1639, non Pers,, is a dwarf form with often only 
one cluster of flowers to a peduncle. 
14, A. cyanea (Soland. in Ait. Hort. Kew. i. 67); clusters densely 
tufted; root-fibres long, slender, wiry ; leaves of the radical rosette 
linear, moderately firm in texture, 3-6 in. long, 4,-4 in. broad, finely 
closely ribbed ; stems 2-6 in. long, subterete ; clusters of flowers 1-4, 
globose, laxly corymbose ; spathes 4 in. long, outer valves with a firm 
centre and brown membranous, conspicuously fimbriated margin ; innet 
entirely membranous; perianthlimb } in. long; capsule oblong, 
acutely angled, $ in. long, with a very short pedicel. Andr. Bot. 
Rep. t. 10; Red. Lil. t. 462; Ourt. in Bot. Mag. t. 458; Klatt in 
Linnea, xxxiv. 548; Baker, Handb, Irid, 144. Iria africana, Linn. 
Sp. Plant.51; Burm. Prodr. Cap. 1. Morwaafricana,Murr. Syst.Veg. 
cote 95 ’ theo abet te no. 8; Prodr. 10; Fl. Cap. i. 264. — 
or@ea ea, Lam. Ill. 114; Poir. Ency. iv. . A. ertopl 2 
Pere, Syr:i. 41; Bekl. Top. Vers.1t, sh erie 
Coast ReGion: near Paarl, Drage! vicinit; { 3 
, : ! vicinity of Cape Town, Ecklon, 58b! 
Thunberg! Zeyher, 4047! Burchell, 14 ‘ ¢ 
Div, Zeyher, 40476 '! » 144! 727! Bolus, 2802! Swellendam 
