88 1RIDEx (Baker). [ Dierama. 
limb 14-13 in. long. Handb. Irid. 160; Klatt, Ergénz. 54. 
Sparaxis pulcherrima, Hook. fil in But. Mag. t. 5555. S. atropur- 
purea, Hort. 
Coast Rxeiox: Uitenhage, Harvey, 8311! Albany Div.; Cooper, 1527! 
King Williamstown Div., Backhouse / 
Katanari Recion: Transvaal, Sanderson ! 
Eastern Recion : Kaffraria: on mountains, Mrs. Barber, 83! Tembuland, 
Bazeia Mts., 2500-3000 ft., Baur, 430! 
XIX. LAPEYROUSTA, Pourr. 
Perianth with a long or short subcylindrical tube slightly 
dilated towards the throat; segments subequal, spreading, oblong- 
lanceolate. Stamens inserted at the throat of the perianth-tube, 
unilateral, close, arcuate ; filaments short; anthers lanceolate, sagit- 
tate at the base, basifixed. Ovary 3-celled; ovules crowded, super- 
posed ; style filiform, with bifid branches. Fruit a small oblong or 
globose membranous capsule, with loculicidal dehiscence. Seeds 
small, globose or angled by pressure. 
Rootstock an ovoid corm flattened at the base with matted tunics; produced 
basal leaves 1-2 or several, distichous; inflorescence various; spathe-valves 
mostly herbaceous in texture ; flowers small, red, violet, yellow or white. 
Diste1s. Several species also occur in Angola, Abyssinia and Central Africa. 
Subgenus SopHRonia. Leaves and flowers congested in a dense sessile 
rosette. 
Point of central leaves lanceolate ne oe .» (1) fasciculata. 
Point of central leaves linear : 
Perianth-tube 3-1 in. long ... wes — we» (2) ewspitosa. 
Perianth-tube 1-1} in. long = ia «. (8) galaxioides. 
Subgenus Oviepa. Produced basal leaf usually one, spreading; stems 
elongated, usually branched. 
Spathe-valves small (3-4 in. long) : 
Flowers one or few in a lax raceme ocd 
Flowers very numerous, densely corymbose : 
Perianth-limb about as long as the tube; 
Perianth-segments lilac or white ... (5) corymbosa. 
Perianth-segments light yellow, with a 
_ Violet spotatthebase ... ...  ... (6) purpureo-lutes, 
Perianth-limb shorter than the tube ...  _.... +‘ (7) micrantha. 
Flowers fewer, arranged in panicled spikes : 
Perianth-tube 4 in. long ove wee wee = (8) Givaricata. 
Perianth-tube §-3in. long... ae «. (9) Pappei. 
ws (4) fistulosa. 
Perianth-tube 14-2 in. 1 se dene 10) Fabricii. 
Spathe-valves large : ~ ‘ie 2 gente 
Inflorescence a simple spike: 
Leaf flat, linear .,, (11) fissifolia. 
Leaf subterete oa ers a ave ». (12) montana. 
Flowers in panicled spikes : 
Perianth-tube about as long as the spathe : 
Segments of the limb oblong box .» (13) Barklyi. 
Segments of the limb oblanceolate : 
—— ry ge i es as coats Fy 
i en in. lon wis -. (15) Burchell 
Perianth-tube rather longer then the spath 89 delagoensis. 
Perianth-tube much longer than the spathe ; 
Outer spathe-valve }-} in. long ... .» (17) anceps. 
Outer spathe-valve 1-1} in. long (18) macrospatha. 
