Hesperantha.] IRIDEZ (Baker). 63 
$-4 in. long, with spreading, oblong, uniform segments ; anthers and 
style-branches } in. long, 
Var. 8, bicolor, Baker. Outer segments of the perianth tinged and ribbed 
with claret-red on the outside, 
Katanari Reeton: Orange Free State, Cooper, 746! 
Centra Reaion: Var. 8, Somerset Div. ; Boschberg, 4000 ft., MacOwan, 
61 partly ! 
Habit of H. longituba, from which it differs by its short perianth-tube. 
19, H. Baurii (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 182) ; corm globose, 
3 in. diam. ; tunics crustaceous, castaneous, ending in short cusps; 
leaves 3, linear, glabrous, superposed, firm in texture, 3-1 ft. long, 
3-t in. broad, strongly ribbed, sheathing the lower half of the stem; 
stems slender, terete, 1-2 ft. long; flowers several, arranged in a 
very lax equilateral erect spike, with a flexuose rachis ; outer spathe- 
valve entirely green, firm in texture, obtuse, 3—3.in. long; perianth 
with a cylindrical straight tube equalling the spathe, and a limb 2 in. 
long, withuniform bright rose-red, ascending, oblong segments ; 
anthers yellow, lanceolate, }-} in. long, with very short filaments ; 
style-branches filiform, } in. long. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 
96; Handb. Irid. 151; Klatt, Ergdénz. 60. H. rubella, Baker in 
Journ, Bot. 1876, 239; Klatt, Erganz. 60. H. disticha, Klatt, 
Eryanz. 59. ; 
_ Katanari Region: Transvaal; summit of Saddleback Range near Barberton, 
5000 ft., Galpin, 827! Wood, 4509! MThorncroft, 112! Orange Free State, 
Cooper, 1027! 
Eastern Recion: Kaffraria; between Umtata R. and Umzimvubu R., Drége, 
4548! Buzeia Mts., Baur, 628! Natal, Buchanan! grassy hill, Eisdumbini, 
1800 ft., Wood, 4346! 
20. H. pulehra (Baker, Handb. Irid. 150); corm not seen; 
leaves 3—4, all superposed, narrow linear, glabrous, firm in texture, 
strongly ribbed, a foot or more long, 7; in. broad, with very long 
sheaths ; stems slender, terete, simple, erect, 14-2 ft. long; flowers 
several, arranged in a lax erect equilateral spike ; outer spathe-valve 
oblong-lanceolate, green to the tip, 1-1} in. long; perianth with a 
straight cylindrical tube, $-1 in. long, and a bright pink limb ¢ in. 
long, with ascending oblong segments ; anthers lanceolate, 4 in. long, 
three times as long as the filaments; style-branches subulate, } in. 
long. 
Eastern Recion: Kaftraria, Bazeia Mts., 2500-3000 ft., Baur, 159! 
21. H. Woodii (Baker, Handb. Irid. 150); corm not seen ; pro- 
duced leaves 2, narrow linear, superposed, firm in texture, glabrous, 
1 ft. long, }; in. broad ; stem slender, terete, 1} ft. long, with two 
long, sheathing leaves with short, free, linear points ; flowers 3-6, 
bright mauve-purple, arranged in a very lax erect spike; outer 
spathe-valve green, lanceolate, an inch long ; perianth with a slender 
tube an inch long, and oblong segments nearly as long; anthers 
