54 IRIDEZ (Baker). [ Aristea. 
18. A. spiralis (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann, i. 236); rhizome 
oblique, cylindrical; root-fibres slender, wiry; leaves of the basal 
rosette linear, rigid in texture, acuminate, 6-9 in. long, $-4 in. 
broad ; stem simple, ancipitous throughout, 2-3 ft. long, with several 
reduced sheathing leaves ; clusters few, arranged in a very lax simple 
spike, each subtended by a large lanceolate acuminate bract ; 
spathe-valves lanceolate, brown, membranous, }—} in. long, hidden 
inside the large bract; perianth-limb 1-1} in. long, segments oblong, 
-3-8in. broad, whitish, the outer furnished with a broad greenish- 
black keel; capsule cylindrical-trigonous, 2-23 in. long, with a short 
pedicel. Vahl Enum. ii. 124; Ait. Hort. Kew. edit 2, i. 109 ; Pers. 
Syn. i. 41; Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 552; Baker, Handb. Irid, 145. 
Morea spiralis, Linn, fil. Suppl. 99 ; Thunb. Diss. No. 2; Prodr. 10; 
Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 520. Sisyrinchium spirale and S. melaleucum, 
Eckl. Top. Verz. 16. 
Soutn ArrRica: without locality, Thunberg ! 
Coast Reeion: Table Mountain, Bolus, 4703! Wynberg, Elliot, 1085! 
Drakenstein Mountains, Drége, 8383! Robertson Div.; Reit Kuil, Zeyher, 4058 ! 
Riversdale Div., Burchell, 6612! 6710! Knysna Forest, Bolus, 2477 ! 
19. A. Eckloni (Baker in Journ, Linn. Soc. xvi. 112) ; rootstock 
short, thick, ublique ; root-fibres slender, wiry; leaves of the basal 
rosette linear, not rigid in texture, 6-18 in. long, 3-3 in, broad ; 
stems strongly ancipitous throughout, a foot or more. long ; clusters 
many, arranged in a lax corymbose panicle with ascending branches; 
spathe-valves small, lanceolate, brown, entirely membranous, not 
lacerated ; perianth-limb bright blue, 4 in. long ; capsule cylindrical- 
trigonous, 4} in. long, torulose, distinctly peduncled. Baker, 
Handb. Irid. 144, A. dichotoma, Eckl, ex Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 
551, non Ker. 
Coast Recion: Uitenhage Div.; Zwartkop River and Vanstadens Berg, 
Ecklon, 235! near Uitenhage, Burchell, 4256! Near Grahamstown, Galpin, 
331! MacOwan, 1207! 
Eastern Reeion: Kaffraria, Cooper, 346! Natal; Inanda, Wood, 192! 
20. A. fruticosa (Pers. Syn. i. 41); a very dwarf, much-branched 
undershrub ; branches slender, ascending, rough downwards with the 
sears of fallen leaves, and above furnished with spaced out, distichous, 
rigid, erecto-patent, linear, amplexicaul leaves, much smaller than in 
A. corymbosa, 14-2 in. long; flowers in a single, oblong, terminal 
cluster on a short peduncle; spathe-valves rigid in texture, lanceo- 
late, acute, nearly an inch long; perianth with a cylindrical tube 
2 in. long, and a blue limb with oblong obtuse segments, shorter 
than the tube. Baker, Handb. Irid. 145. Ixia Fruticosa, Thunb. 
Diss. No. 1; Lam, Iil. i. 108, tab. 31, fig. 4. Witsenia fruticosa, 
Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 237; Gen. Irid. 8, W. ramosa, 
Vahl Enum. ii.47, Thunb. Fl. Cap. i. 256. W. capitata, Klatt 
in Linnea, xxxiv. 546, Nivenia fruticosa, Baker in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. xvi. 109; Klatt, Ergénz. 48. z ah 
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