Lapeyrousia.} IRIDEX (Baker). 91 
6. L. purpureo-lutea (Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xvi. 155); 
corm, leaves, and inflorescence exactly as. in DL. corymbosa ; outer 
spathe-valve ovate, acute, herbaceous, }—-3 in. long; perianth-tube 
} in. long, funnel-shaped towards the top ; segments of the same 
length, oblong, pale yellow, with a small bright violet spot on the 
face at the base; stamens half as long as the perianth-segments. 
nan Trid. 169, Ovieda purpureolutea, Klatt in Linnea xxxii. 
80. 
Coast Reeron: Tulbagh, Thom! 
7. L. micrantha (Baker in Journ Linn. Soc. xvi. 156); corm 
conic, } in. diam., with thick, blackish, cancellate tunics ending in a 
riug of short bristles ; basal leaf 1, spreading, falcate, ensiform, 6-9 in. 
long, 4-3 in. broad, moderately firm in texture; peduncle 3—1 ft. long 
including the inflorescence, strongly ancipitous, with a few much- 
reduced leaves ; flowers arranged in a dense corymbose panicle, 1-2 
at the tip of a branchlet; spathe-valves oblong, obtuse, firm in 
texture, green with a brown tip, $-4 in, long; perianth dark lilac; 
tube cylindrical, }-4 in. long; segments spreading or reflexing, ob- 
lanceolate, 4 in. long; stamens half as long as the perianth-segments, 
Handb. TIrid. 169. Ovieda micrantha, E. Meyer in Herb. Drege ; 
Klatt in Linnea xxxii. 781. lL. manuleeflora, Eckl. Top. 
Verz. 31. 
Coast Region: mountains near Tulbagh, Bolus, 5250! Zeyher, 1593! Due 
toits Kloof, Drége/ Riversdale Div.; between Little Vet River and Kampsche 
Berg, Burchell, 6883! 
8. L. divaricata (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 337); corm globose, 
3 in. diam., with thick brown tunies; produced basal leaf linear, 
6-9 in. long, firm in texture, strongly ribbed; stem 3-1 ft. long in- 
cluding the inflorescence, subterete, copiously branched from near 
the base; branches arcuate, ascending; flowers 6-10 in a spike, 
which is short and dense in the flowering, but elongated in the 
fruiting stage; outer spathe-valve ovate-navicular, with a recurved 
tip, j-4 in. long, green with a red edge; perianth-tube slender, { in. 
long ; limb 3-4 in. long, with oblanceolate segments ; stamens half 
as long as the perianth-segments. Handb. Irid. 170. Gladiolus 
setifolius, Linn, fil. Suppl. 96; Thunb. Diss. No. 19; Prodr.8; Fl. 
Cap. i. 202; Ker, Gen. Irid. 137. 
Sovry Arnica: without locality, Thunberg! Thom! 
Coast Region ; Clanwilliawn Div., Mader in Hb. MacOwan, 2137 partly ! 
Western RecGion: Little Namaqualand; between Port Nolloth and the 
interior mountains, 200 ft., Bolus, 6575! 6577! 
9. L. Pappei (Baker, Handb. Irid. 170); corm not seen ; produced 
leaf 1 from near the base of the stem, lorate, spreading, moderately 
firm in texture, 2-3 in. long, }-4 in. broad ; stem slender, subterete, 
4-6 in. long including inflorescence; branches 2-3; spikes 4-8- 
flowered, lax, erect; outer spathe-valve ovate, green, 4 in. long ; 
perianth lilac ; tube in, long, slightly dilated towards the throat ; 
segments oblong, } in. long ; stamens half as long as the perianth- 
