78 IRIDEX (Baker). [ Tata. 
Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 155% Ait. Hort. Kew, i. 58 ; Baker, Handb. rid. 
161. Z. erecta, Berg. Cap.5 ; Thunb. Diss. No. 18 ; Prodr. 10; Fl. Cap. 
i. 239 ; Bot. Mag. t. 623; Ker, Gen. Irid. 100, excl. syn. I, serotina, 
Salish. Prodr. 34 (Miller Ic. 104, tab. 155, fig. 2). 
Var. B, ornata (Baker) ; segments tinged with red ontside. 
— 7, I. bicolorata (Klatt, Ergiinz. 62); flower pale yellow, tinged violet 
outside. 
Var. 8, I, flaveseens (Eckl. Top. Verz. 26); flowers pale yellow; limb less 
campanulate than in the type. 
Soura AFRICA: without locality, Sieber, 130! Van. 8, Harvey, 912! 
Coast Region: Cape Flats, MacOwan, 2555! near Rondebosch, Burchell, 
184! Table Mountain, MacGillicray, 476! MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. 
Norm., 264! Dutoits Kloof, Drége, 8370! Caledon Div.; Valley of Palmiet 
River, Bolus, 4214! Riversdale Div. ; near Zoetmelks River, Burchell, 6708! 
Mossel Bay Div.; by the Great Brak River, Burchell, 6156! near George, 
Sls 6092! Var. y, near Cape Town, Spielhaus, Var. 8, Worcester, 
Zeyher ! 
2. I. flexuosa (Linn. Sp. Plant. edit. 2. i. 51); differs only from poly- 
stachya in the colour of the flowers, which is various shades of red or 
lilac or sometimes red flushed lilac outside, without any distinct basal 
blotch. Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 624; Gen. Irid.97; Ait. Hort. Kew. i. 
58; Kiatt in Linnea xxxiv. 642; Baker, Handb. Irid.161. I. erecta, 
Thunb. Diss. No. 18. I. capitata, var. stellata, Andr. Bot. Hep. t. 
232. I. thyrsifora, Delaroche Descr.20. I. tenella, Klatt, Erganz. 
62 (Miller Ie. tab. 156, fig. 2). I. polystachya, Red. Lil. t, 126. 
Sours Arrica: without locality, Thunberg! Drege, 8365 ! » 
Coast Recion: Malmesbury Div.; Groene Kloof, Ecklon, 441! 1601! 
Worcester Div., Cooper, 1629! 1689! near Genadendal, Drége, 8377! Breede 
River, near Swellendam, Drége, 8371! 
_ I. pallide-rosea, Eckl., is a form with pale red flowers with narrow segments 
tinged with lavender outside. J, tenella, Klatt, aform with blueish flowers with 
a pale-yellow throat. ; 
_8. I. hybrida (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 227); interme- 
diate between polystachya and maculata ; flowers small, white with a 
tinge of pink, with a distinct blotch of black at the throat. Gen. Irid. 
98; Baker, Handb, Irid. 161. I. flecuosa, Ker in Bot, Mag. t. 128, 
non Linn. 
Coast Re@ion: Camps Bay, Papve! Paarl M i 362 | 
Worcester Div., Cooper, 1611! 1888! 7" sewmesustes 
4. I. micrandra (Baker in Journ. Bot, 1876, 237) ; corm globose, 
4 in. diam, ; tunics of very fine fibres; leaves very narrow; stem 
very slender, always simple; flowers few, arranged in a short, erect 
spike; outer spathe-valve oblong, tinged brown, 4-} in. long; 
perianth-tube slender, about as long as the spathe ; limb pure white, 
= in. long, with a concolorous throat; anthers linear-oblong, 3; in. 
long, with very short filaments ; style not exserted from the 
perianth-tube. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 90; Handb. Irid. 
162; Klatt, Erganz. 62. I. filifolia, P. M di. 
flora, Eckl. Top. Verz. 234 Jilifolia, Pappe MSS. Agretta grandi 
