a tRIDEZ (Baker). [ Lapeyrousia. 
22. L. cruenta (Baker, Handb. Irid. 173); corm ovoid, with 
finely reticulated, fibrous, brown tunics ; produced leaves about 6 in a 
distichous tuft, linear, thin in texture, erect, 1-1 ft. long, $-4 in. 
broad; stems slender, terete, 1-2 ft. long, simple or branched ; 
flowers 6-12, arranged in a lax secund spike; outer spathe-valve — 
ovate or ovate-lanceolate, acute, herbaceous, 1} in. long; perianth- 
tube slender, 1—12 in. long ; limb bright red, 3 in. long, with oblong 
segments, the three lower with a dark spot.at the base ; stamens less 
than half as long as the perianth-segments ; capsule small, globose. 
Anomatheca cruenta, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t.1369 ; Lodd. Cab. t. 1857; 
Past. Mag. i. 103; Klatt in Linnea xxxii. 775. 
Soutsa Arrica: without locality, Drége, 8406! 
Coast Rea@ion : Howisons Poort, near Grahamstown, Hutton / near Grahams- 
town, 2000 ft., MacOwan, 378! 
CENTRAL ReGion: Somerset Div., Bowker ! 
Katanari REGION: Transvaal; damp shady places in wooded ravines around 
Barberton, 3000-3500 ft., Galpin, 1015! : 
Eastern Reaton: Kaffraria, Cooper, 457! Natal; Inanda, Wood, 406! 
Durban, Wood, 650! Nottingham, Buchanan! and without special locality, 
Gerrard, 553! Cooper, 1278! Plant, 28! Sanderson, 180! Krauss, 392! 
23. L. grandiflora (Baker in Bot, Mag. t. 6924) ; corm globose, 
2 in. diam. ; tunics brown, finely fibrous ; leaves 4-8 in a distichous 
basal tuft, linear, erect, a foot or more long, }—} in. broad; stem 
simple, terete, as long as the leaves; flowers 4—6 in a lax spike; 
_ outer spathe-valve lanceolate, green, 3 in. long, much exceeding the 
inner; perianth-tube pale, subcylindrical, 1 in. long; segments 
oblanceolate, bright searlet, as long as the tube, the three lower with 
a darker blotch at the base; stamens as long as the segments. 
Handb. Irid. 173. Anomatheca grandiflora, Baker in Journ. Bot. 
1876, 337. 
ao Reoion: Delagoa Bay, Mrs. Monteiro. Flowered at Kew, Oct., 
Also Highlands of the Zambesi country, collected by Dr. Meller, Sir John 
Kirk, and Mr, Buchanan, 
24, L. juncea(Pourr. in Mém. Acad. Toul. iii. 79) ; corm ovoid, witu 
fibrous tunics ; produced basal leaves 4-6 in a distichous tuft, lorate, 
6-8 in. long, in. broad, moderately firm in texture; stems 1-2 ft. 
long including inflorescence, subterete, branched from below the 
middle ; flowers 46 to a branch, arranged in a lax spike; outer 
spathe-valve oblong, obtuse, green, 1} in. long ; perianth pale red ; 
tube slender, straight, 3-$ in. long, dilated at the throat; segments 
oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse, 3-1 in. long, the 3 lower spotted at the 
throat; stamens half as long as the perianth-segments; capsule 
globose. Ker, Bot. Mag. t. 606; Baker, Handb. Irid.173. Gladiolus 
junceus, Linn. fil. Suppl. 94; Thunb. Diss. No. 18; Red. Lil. t. 141. 
Anumatheca juncea, Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 227; Gen. Irid. 
112. Ixia spicata, Burm, Prod. Cap.1. I. emarginata, Vahl, Enum. 
ii, 70; Lam, Eneye. iii. 342 ; Jll.i. 112.. I. Gawleri, Schrad. Journ. 
