Lapeyrousia.] IRIDEZ (Baker). 89 
Subgenus ANOMATHECA, Basal leaves 2~6 in a distichons rosette. 
Leaves narrow linear, firm in texture : 
Spikes numerous, few-flowered : 
Perianth-tube 4g in. long... ~~... (19) Sandersoni, 
Perianth-tube 1; in. long ane oe ... (20) Bainesii. 
Spikes 2~3, many-flowered ... ove ove .-. (21) leptostachya. 
Leaves linear, thin: 
Perianth-limb }-} in. long ... ons ee «. (22) cruenta. 
Perianth limb lin.long ...  .. on Sos a grandifiora, 
Leaves lorate, obtuse Ae ae cs ee 24) juncea. 
1. L. fasciculata (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 238); corm 
ovoid, 4 in. diam., with thick, brown, cancellate tunics ending in 
short bristles and a neck 1-14 in. long below the surface of the 
soil ; leaves and flowers congested into a dense, globose, sessile rosette ; 
leaves with a dilated, ovate, scariose base } in. long, the outer one 
with a plane linear point 3-4 in. long; the inner with a crisped 
lanceolate point 1-14 in. long; spathe-valves ovate, scariose, under 
an inch long; perianth-tube whitish, cylindrical, about 1 in. long; 
segments spreading, lanceolate, }-4 in. long; stamens shorter than 
the perianth-segments. Ker, Gen. Irid.109; Baker, Handb. Irid. 
174, Galaxia plicata, Jacq. Ic. t. 292; Collect. Suppl. 30. Ovieda 
Jasciculata, Spreng. Syst. Veg. i. 147; Klatt in Linnea xxxii, 779 
& xxxv. 381. Ixia heterophylla, Willd. Sp. Plant. i. 159. Meristo- 
stigma heterophyllum, Dietr. Synops. i. 161. 
Western Reaion: Little Namaqualand, Bolus ! 
2. L. cwspitosa (Baker, Handb. Irid. 174); corm globose, 3 in, 
diam., with thick, cancellate, brown tunics ending in short bristles 
and a neck 1 in. long below the surface of the soil; flowers and 
leaves congested into a dense sessile rosette; leaves with- an ovate, 
scariose base } in. long, the outer with a spreading, linear, strongly 
ribbed blade of firm texture -4—6 in. long, the inner with short, free 
points of the same kind, 3-14 in. long; outer spathe-valve ovate, 
scariose, } in. long; perianth whitish ; tube slender, $1 in. long ; 
segments spreading, lanceolate, {~} in. long; anthers lanceolate, 
yz in. long, sagittate at the base, equalling the filaments; style- 
branches very short. Sophronia cespitosa, Lichten. in Roem. et 
Schultes Syst. Veg. i. 482 ; Ker, Gen. Irid. 10. 
CentRat Reoion: Frazerburg Div.; mountains near Zak River Poort, 
Lichtenstein. Between Great Reed River and Stink Fontein, Burchell, 1394! 
Prince Albert Div.; on the Zwarte Bergen near Klaarstroom, ft., 
Drége, 2188! Murraysburg Diy.; between Middelkop and Murraysburg, 4000 
ft., Tyson, 276! : 
3. L. galaxioides (Baker, Handb. Irid. 174) ; corm globose, 4 in. 
diam., with brown reticulated tunics ending in bristles at the top 
and a neck 1-13 in. long below the surface of the soil; leaves and 
flowers congested into a dense, globose, sessile rosette ; leaves with 
an ovate, seariose, pale base, 3-1 in. long; outer with a linear tip 
4-6 in. long of firm texture with about 5 strong ribs ; inner with tips 
of the same kind 1-2 in. long; outer spathe-valve ovate-lanceolate, 
herbaceons, 3-3 in. long; perianth-tube slender, 1~1j in. long ; 
