Aristea. } IRIDEZ (Baker), 53 
15. A. capitata (Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 605); thizome short-creep- 
ing, as thick as a man’s finger ; root-fibres long, wiry; leaves of the 
radical rosette linear, very rigid in texture, closely ribbed, 2-4 ft. 
long, 3—} in. broad ; stems stout, terete, 3-4 ft. long including the 
inflorescence, with a few reduced, erect, sheathing leaves; clusters 
numerous, arranged in a long narrow panicle, sessile or the lower 
shortly peduncled ; spathe-valves 3 in. long, outer with a firm centre 
and brownish-white membranous margin, not lacerated; inner entirely 
membranous, brownish-white; perianth-limb 3 in. long; capsule 
oblong, rigid, very acutely angled, $1 in. long, with a short pedicel. 
Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann, i. 236 ; Gen. Irid. 12; Klatt in Linnea, 
xxxiv. 550; Baker, Handb. Irid, 144. Gladiolus capitatus, Linn. Sp. 
Plant. edit 2, 53; Burm. Prodr. Cap. 2. A. major, Andr, Bot, Rep. 
t. 160. Morea cerulea, Thunb. Diss. No. 15, tab. 2, fig. 2; Prodr. 11; 
Fl. Cap. i. 277. A. cerulea, Vahl. Enum. ii. 124. A. spicata, Pers. 
Syn. i. 41. A. bracteata, Pers. Syn.i. 41. 
Coast Rreeion: Paarl Mountains, Drége! Table Mountain, Bolus, 4584 ! 
4667! Wynberg, Burchell, 759! 865! mountains near Swellendam, Burchell, 
7416! Riversdale Div., Burchell, 6879! George Div.; between Outeniqua and 
Langkloof, Thunberg / mountains north of George, Burchell, 6011! 
An allied plant from the province of Clanwilliam, Mader, 195, with narrower 
leaves and a few large clusters in a simple spike, will likely prove a distinct 
species. 
16. A. paniculata (Baker, Handb. Irid. 144); leaves of the 
radical rosette just like those of A. capitata ; stems stout, terete, erect, 
3-5 ft. long, including the inflorescence ; elusters many, arranged in 
a lax deltoid panicle, with erecto-patent branches, all on short erecto- 
patent peduncles; spathes 4 in. long ; outer valves with a firm centre 
and broad brownish-white membranous border, not lacerated ; inner 
entirely membranous ; perianth-limb } in. long ; ovary clavate, shortly 
peduncled ; capsule not seen. 
Fa Reeron : Uitenhage Div.; mountains near Vanstadens River, MacOwan, 
nna Recion: Natal; on the Drakensberg, 6000-7000 ft., Evans, 356 ! 
17. A. pusilla (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 236); rhizome 
oblique, cylindrical, with very slender, wiry, root-fibres; leaves of the 
basal rosette linear, firm in texture, 3 ft, long, }~} in. broad; stem 
ancipitous throughout, 3-1 ft. long, flexuose, with 2-3 reduced leaves; 
clusters few, arranged in a lax simple spike, each subtended by a 
large lanceolate-navicular bract of firm texture; spathe-valves quite 
hidden by the bract; perianth-limb bright blue, } in. long; capsule 
cylindrical-trigonous, torulose, 1 in. long, shortly peduncled. Ker in 
Bot. Mag. t. 1231; Gen. Irid. 13; Spreng. Syst. Veg. i. 158; Klatt 
in Linnea, xxxiv. 552; Baker, Handb. Irid. 145. Morea pusilla, 
Thunb. Diss. No. 4; Prodr. 11; Fl. Cap. i. 265; Vahl Enum, ii. 154, 
Sisyrinchium pusillum, Ecklon herb. 
: without locality, Thunberg ! 
Becur ont arenaies Div., Saher 4056! Uitenhage Div.; Van- 
stadens Berg, Zeyher, 348! 4055! Bathurst Div., Pus chell, 3713! 3954 | 
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