72 1RIDEE (Baker). [ Geissorhiza. 
Sour ArRica: without locality, Thunberg! Var. 8, Thunberg! Var. 7, 
Masson! Thom! 
Coast Reaion: near Paarl, Drége, 8486! Var. y, Malmesbury Div. ; Groene 
Kloof and vicinity, Bolus, 4340! MacOwan, 2281! MacOQwan and Bolus, 
Herb. Norm., 506! Pappe! 
14. G. Bellendeni (MacOwan in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 393) ; 
corm globose; outer tunics of imbricated scales ; basal leaves 2, 
linear-subulate, 6-9 in. long; stem 4-8 in. long, simple or forked, 
bearing a broad, sheathing leaf at the middle ; flowers 3-5 in a lax 
spike with a flexuose rachis ; outer spathe-valve oblong, green, 3 in. 
long; perianth-tube }—2 in. long; segments obovate, # in. long, deep 
blue above, the rest subpeliucid without any foveole in the claw ; 
anthers lanceolate, 3 in. long. Baker, Handb. Irid. 156. 
Coast Ru@ion: Malmesbury Div.; Groene Kloof, MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. 
Norm., 810! 
15. G. latifolia (Baker in Journ, Linn. Soc. xvi. 94) ; corm un- 
known ; basal leaves ensiform, nervose, a little shorter than the stem; 
cauline with a long sheath; stem a foot long, simple, rather 
flattened; flowers in a simple spike; spathe-valves marcescent ; 
perianth blue-purple ; segments oblong. Handb, Irid. 156. Inia 
latifolia, Delaroche Descr. 22. 
Sours Arica: withont locality. 
A doubtful species, known only from Delaroche’s description. 
16. G. corrugata (Klatt, Erginz. 57) ; corm ovoid ; tunics shining, 
castaneous ; leaves 4, linear-subulate, 3 lin. broad, corrugated ; stems 
simple, 1-flowered, 14-2 in. long; spathe-valves green, oblong, 
membranous, } in. long ; perianth-tube cylindrical, J, in. long, throat 
brown ; limb bright yellow, $ in. long, with oblong segments ; style 
overtopping the anthers. Baker, Handb. Irid, 156. 
CeyTRaL Recion: Calvinia Div.; Hantam Mountains, Meyer. 
This may be a variety of G. humilis. I have not seen it. 
17. G. imbricata (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 224); corm 
globose, 4 in. diam., with thick, dark brown, rigid, lacerated tunics; 
basal leaves 2, linear, glabrous, firm in texture, 3-8 in. long, $4 in. 
broad, with very close, prominent ribs; cauline one, with a long, free 
point, and very broad, loose sheath, with close, prominent ribs ; stems 
simple or forked, 3-1 ft. long; flowers few or many, arranged in a 
spike with a very flexuose rachis ; outer spathe-valve oblong, green 
nearly to the tip, 4 in. long; perianth-tube straight, cylindrical, 4 in. 
long ; limb 4-3 in. long, the segments oblong, the inner whitish, 
the outer bright red on the back ; anthers lanceolate, 4 in. long, 
exceeding the filaments; style reaching to the top of the filaments ; 
branches falcate, 4 in. long. Ker, Gen. Irid. 86; Baker in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. xvi. 94; Handb. Irid. 156. Ixia imbricata, Delarorhe 
Descr. 17. G. arenaria, Eckl. Top. Verz. 21. G. sabulosa, Klatt in 
Trans. S. Afric. Phil. Soc. iii. pt. 2, 203. 
a B, concolor (Baker); flowers concolorous, pale sulpbur-yellow or milke 
