Inia] .  Yripex (Baker). 79 
Sovrn Arrica: without locality, Thunberg! Thom, 357! Stanger ! 
Coast Rzeion: Caledon Div. 1000-3000 ft.; Zwartberg, Pappe! Zeyher, 
4009! Klein River Berg, Zeyher, 4010! Houw Hoek Mts,, Zeyher, 4011! near 
Palmiet River and Houw Hoek, Drége, 8372! 
Is in Herb. Thunberg as a doubtful variety of aristata. 
5. I. aristata (Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 589, excl. syn. Thunb.); 
corm globose, with strong fibrous tunics; basal leaves 3—4, linear, 
firm in texture, strongly ribbed, }4 in. broad; stems slender, 1-14 
ft. long, terete, simple or branched ; flowers many, arranged in a lax 
spike ; spathe-valves green, 4} in. long, herbaceous, with a mem- 
brarious border; perianth-tube slender, 4—} in. long; limb whitish, 
4-4 in. long, with oblong segments; anthers 4 in. long, equalling 
the free filaments; style reaching to the top of the filaments; 
branches falcate, 4 in. long. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 91; 
Handb. Frid. 162. 
Vaz. 8, elegans (Baker, Handb. Irid. 162); leaves narrower and not so rigid 
in texture; perianth-tube and limb each only } in. long; anthers smaller. 
Wurthia elegans, Regel Gartenfl. t. 46, fig. 2. 
Coast Reeton: Swellendam Div.; between Zonder Einde River and Breede 
River, Zeyher, 4016! Var. 8, Swellendam Div. ; without locality, Zeyher, 4014! 
I. aristata, Thunb., is a variety of I. Jeucantha. The plant so called by Aiton, 
Willdenow and Vahl, is Sparazis grandiflora. $ 
6. I. leucantha (Jacq. Ic. t; 278); corm globose, } in. diam. ; 
tunics of parallel fibres; leaves linear, glabrous, acuminate, firm in 
texture, 3-1 ft. long, $4 in. broad; stem 1-2 ft. long, slender, 
terete, simple or branched ; flowers many, arranged in a dense, erect 
spike; outer spathe-valve green, tricuspidate, }4 in. long; perianth- 
tube slender, cylindrical, as long as or a little longer than the spathe ; 
limb pure white, }—$ in. long, with spreading oblong segments; anthers 
4-4 in. long, bright yellow ; filaments shorter, free; style reaching 
to the top of the filaments ; branches } in, long. Jacg. Coll. Suppl. 
11; Willd. Sp. Plant. i. 204; Klatt in Linnea xxxiv. 641; Baker, 
Handb. Irid. 162. JI. patens, var. leucantha, Ker, Gen. Irid. 98. 
I. candida, DC. in Red. Lil. t. 426; Eckl. Top. Verz. 27. Z. 
anemoneflora, Jacq. Ic. t. 273% I. conica, Herb. Drege. 
Vaz. 8, I. aristata (Thunb. Diss, No. 15, non Ker); outer segments flushed 
with red outside. 
: wi i ! r. ! 
SourH Arrica: without locality, Burchell! Var. B, Sanaa: OG 
Coast Rzcion: near Tulbagh, Eeklon, 444! between 
hoek and Donkerhoek, under 1900 ft., Drege! Var. 8, Tulbagh, Thom/ 
I. anemonefora, Jacq., referred by Ker to Sparavis, is probably a garden 
form of this with one very large flower. 
7. I. lutea (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 91); habit and 
leaves of J. leucantha, from which it differs by its flowers, which 
are uniformly deep bright yellow. Handb. Irid. 162. I. erecta, Jacq. 
Hort. Schoenbr. t.18 (large figure). I. erecta, var. lutea, Ker in Bot. 
Mag. t. 846. I. dubia, Klatt in Linnea xxxiv. 644. I. auran- 
tiaca, Klatt, Ergdnz. 63. 
