58 IRIDEZ (Baker). [ Hesperantha. 
Perianth-segments 4-1 in. long ... 
ae eee (15) subexserta. 
Perianth-tube not longer than the spathe : 
Acaulescent ... (16) humilis. 
Stems elongated : 
Flowers white: 
Leaves rigid... ies ose +» (17) lactea. 
Leaves grass-like ,., oe .. (18) candida, 
Flowers bright red : 
Perianth-limb 4 inch long... «. (19) Banrii. 
Perianth-limb $—1 in. long : 
Outer spathe-valve oblohg- 
lanceolate... ae ... (20) pulchra, 
Outer spathe-valve lanceolate- 
acuminate... as .. (21) Woodii. 
Perianth-tube longer than the spathe 22) longituba. 
Perianth-tube curved : 
Outer perianth-segments red ... ...  «.  « (23) radiata. 
Perianth-segments all white: 
Leaves without bulbille in their axils: 
Perianth-tube much shorter than the spathe (24) angusta. 
Perianth-tube as long as the spathe.., w» (25) Tysoni. 
Leaves with bulbillz in their axils Sie ... (26) bulbifera. 
1. H. cinnamomea (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 225); corm 
conical, 4-3 in. diam. ; tunics dark brown, membranous ; basal leaves 
2, lanceolate, falcate, glabrous, firm in texture, obtuse, much crisped, 
2-3 in. long, }-4 in. broad ; stem slender, terete, simple, 3-9 in. long, 
with 1-2 sheathing, erect, strongly ribbed leaves at the base ; flowers 
3-12 in a short, often secund spike ; outer spathe-valve oblong, obtuse, 
green, herbaceous, 4 in. long ; perianth-tube cylindrical, straight, or 
rather curved, equalling or a little exceeding the spathe segments 
oblong-lanceolate, patent, } in. long, the three outer usually claret- 
red, and the three inner white ; anthers 4 in. long, 2-3 times as long 
as the filaments; style-branches shorter than the anthers. Ker in 
Bot. Mag. t. 1054; Gen. Irid. 91; Ait. Hort. Kew. edit. 2, i. 84; 
Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 650 ; Ergdnz. 60; Baker in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. xvi. 95: Baker, Handb. Irid. 148. Ixia cinnamomea, Linn. Jil. 
Suppl. 92 ; Thunb. Diss. No. 9, cum icone; Fl. Cap. i. 227; Vahl 
Enum. ii. 56. 
Sours Arrica: without locality, Pappe! Thom! Burchell ! 
Coast Region: Lions Rump, Thunberg! Rosebank, near C Town 
Bolus, 3768! f A oo : 
2. H. montana (Klatt, Ergiinz. 59); leaves lanceolate, obtuse, 
strongly ribbed, the lower spreading 1} in. long, } in. broad, the 
upper narrower and longer, sheathing the stem; stems simple or 
forked, 3-4 in. long; flowers 1-3 on a flexuose rachis ; outer spathe- 
valve ovate, acute, }~$ in. long; perianth with a straight tube 4-4 in. 
long, and ovate, acute segments of the same length, the three inner 
white, the outer purplish.. Baker, Hand. Irid. 148. 
CznTRAt Recion: Calvinia Div. ; Hantam Mountains, Meyer. 
3. H. falcata (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann, i, 225); corm conie, 
$-} in, diam., with crustaceous black or brown tunics, with small 
