62 rrIppR (Baker). [ Hesperantha. 
segments oblanceolate, pink, 3~} in, Jong ; anthers 4 in. long; style- 
branches } in. long. 
Eastern Rucron: Natal; near Beygan River, Wood, 3201!—not Beevari 
River, as given in the Handbook of I*deg, 
15. H. subexserta (Baker) ; Conn not seen ; leaves 2, linear, erect, 
superposed, glabrous, 2-3 in. long; stems flexuose, usually simple, 
6-9 in, long, spike very lax, few-flowered; outer spathe-valve 
green, oblong, acute, } in. long; Peri@ath-tube 4 in, long, segments 
oblong, pinkish, } in. long; apthers linear, large; style-branches 
long. 
Eastern Reaion: Natal; in a valley neat Bothas Hill, 2000 ft., Wood, 4543! 
16. H. humilis (Baker in Jou™, Bot. 1876, 239) ; corm globose, 
1 in. diam., with numerous very thjck, rigid, dull brown tunies, lace- 
rated from the base and ending in Short cusps ; leaves 3-4, very falcate, 
linear-oblong, obtuse, firm in teXtyre, glabrous,*l~2 in. long, } in. 
broad, furnished only with a distinct midrib ; stem scarcely any ; 
flowers 2, remote ; outer spathyalve ovate-naVicular, very firm 
in texture from base to tip, brOWnjsh-green, not ribbed ; perianth 
with a straight cylindrical tuhe } in. long, suddenly dilated into 
a distinct funnel at the apex, and agceNding obovate segments of the 
same length ; colour uncertain; Styje Teaching to the top of the 
funnel ; branches }in. long. Baker in Journ, Linn. Soc. xvi. 95 ; 
Handb. Irid. 150 ; Klatt, Ergan. 59. 
Central Recion: Fraserburg Diy-i in the Mi Rogge akhals 
Fontein, Burchell, 1320 ! seh pase ae” : 
Habit and leaves of Streptanthera, bUt gpathe very different. 
17. H. lactea (Baker, Handb, Ivig, 151); corm not seen ; leaves 
3—4, superposed, linear, glabrous, fiym in texture, erect, sheathing 
the stem, 4~8 in. long, ,—} in. broad ; stems slender, erect, terete, 
simple, 1-1} ft. long; flowers seV@ra}, arranged in a lax erect equi- 
Jateral spike with a flexuose rachis; outer spathe ovate or oblong-. 
lanceolate, green to the top, ri In, long ; perianth with a straight 
cylindrical tube -} in. long, and a yellowish-white limb 4 in, long, 
with ascending, uniform, oblong-laneoolate segments; anthers and 
style-branches half as long as the limp, . 
BN REGION: 3 : i i 
wad ues near Vouk tte ! mig thi cow dbnantiad phates was 
May be a colour-variety of H. Bawr#s with which it agrees in habit, leaves, 
and inflorescence. 
18. H. candida (Baker, Handb. Iyjd- 151); corm globose, 3 in. 
diam., with brown crustaceous tUNies; leaves 3-4, linear, grass- 
like, glabrous, the lower 6-9 in. Jong, 4 in, broad, the upper small 
and stem-sheathing; stems slender, serete, simple, 4-9 in. long ; 
flowers one or few, arranged in ® gx erect spike; outer spathe 
oblong-lanceolate, $-1 in. long, green, membranous towards the tip; 
perianth with a straight cylindrical tube 2 in, long, and a limb 
