Lapeyrousia.] IRIDEZ (Baker). 95 
flowered ; rachis narrowly winged; outer spathe-valve lanceolate, 
green, herbaceous, 1-13 in. long; perianth lilac; tube much longer 
than the spathe ; segments oblanceolate, 3 in. long; stamens one 
quarter the length of the limb; capsule oblong, } in. long. L. 
cerulea, Bolus in Herb, Norm. Austr. Afric. No. 697, non Schinz. 
WrsteRn Recion: Little Namaqualand ; between Port Nolluth and Eleven- 
mile Station, 200 ft., Bolus, Herb. Norm., 697! 
19. L. Sandersoni (Baker, Handb. Irid. 169); corm globose, $+} 
in. diam. ; tunics thick, brown, cancellate ; produced basal Jeaves 2, 
narrow linear, firm in texture, erect, strongly ribbed, acuminate, 
1-14 ft. long; stems 1-1} ft. long including the inflorescence, 
ancipitous; flowers in a lax ample corymbose panicle, 1-2 at the tip 
of each branch; spathe-valves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, 1—} in. 
long, herbaceous or subscariose ; perianth white or lilac; tube slender, 
3-2 in. long, rather widened towards the throat; limb spreading, 
3 in. long with oblanceolate segments ; stamens more than half as 
long as the perianth-segments. L. Bainesit, var. breviflora, Baker 
tn Journ, Linn. Soc. xvi. 156. 
Katanari Recion: Transvaal ; without precise locality. Zoutpansberg Div. ; 
summit of Rhenosterpoort, Nelson, 402! Sanderson! Todd, 20! 211! 
Also in Tropical Africa. 
_ and leaves of L. Bainesti, from which it differs by its shorter perianth- 
tube. 
20. L. Bainesii (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 338); corm not 
seen ; produced basal leaves 2, erect, linear, firm in texture, 1-1} ft. 
long; 3-3 in. broad, acuminate, strongly ribbed ; stems ancipitous, 
14-2 ft. long ineluding the inflorescence ; flowers in a dense corym- 
bose panicle, 1-2 at the tip of each branchlet; spathe-valves oblong- 
lanceolate, acute, greenish, herbaceous, }~} in. long; perianth whitish ; 
tube slender, 14 in, long, slightly dilated at the top ; segments of the 
limb oblanceolate, 4 in. long; anthers lanceolate, 3-3} in. long, 
equalling the filaments. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 156 ; 
Handb. Irid. 170. 
a ReGion: Transvaal, Todd, 19! Bechuanaland ; Sirorume River, 
0. : 
Also in Tropical Africa. 
21. L, leptostachya (Baker, Handb. Irid. 170); corm not seen ; 
produced leaves 3-4 in a close rosette, linear, glabrous, erect, 
moderately firm in texture, 6-9 in. long, % in. broad ; stem 12 ft, 
long including the infloreécence, slightly ancipitous; spikes 2-3, 
very lax, the end one 10-12-flowered ; outer spathe-valve ovate or 
ovate-lanceolate, chartaceous, ie Hee, 29 in. long; perianth 
pe lilac ; tube cylindrical, broader up , ¥ in. long; segments 
anceolate, half as long as the tube; stamens half as long as the 
perianth-segments. 
‘KAtanari Recton: Transvaal; Lydenberg Div., McMac, near Pilgrims Rest, 
Mudd! Not Natal, as given in the Handb. lrid. 
