Lapeyrousia. | IRIDEX (Baker). 97 
iv. B. 67. Gladiolus polystachius, Andr. Bot, Rep. t. 66. @. 
marmoratus, Lam. Encyc. ii. 727. G. paniculatus, Pers. Syn.i. 45, 
G. excisus, Jaeg. Hort. Schoenbr. t. 491. G. amabilis, Salisb. 
Prodr, 41. 
Coast Region: Uniondale Div. ; Lange Kloof, Thwnberg ! 
XX. MICRANTHOUS, Pers. 
Perianth with a short, curved, subcylindrical tube and subequal, 
spreading, oblanceolate, obtuse segments. Stamens inserted at the 
throat of the perianth-tube, arcuate, unilateral, close ; filaments fili- 
form ; anthers lanceolate-sagittate, versatile. Ovary 3-celled ; ovules 
2 in a cell, erect, collateral ; style filiform ; branches short, filiform, 
bifid. Capsule oblong, membranous, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds 1~2 
in a cell, lanceolate, erect. 
Rootstock a corm with thick, reticulated tunics; leaves sheathing the stem, 
superposed ; flowers small, red, arranged in dense, distichous spikes ; outer spathe- 
valve oblong-lanceolate, with a rigid centre and broad, hyaline border. 
Disteis, Endemic. 
Leaves narrowed gradually to the point ... re oe 1) plantagine 
Leaves lorate, ak es; tipped ist x'easers oS 0 Tutalones. ee 
1. M. plantagineus (Eckl. Top. Verz. 43); corm ovoid, 4 in. 
diam. ; tunics thick, reticulated, ending in bristles at the top; stems 
3-1 ft. long, simple or branched ; produced leaves about 3, super- 
posed, linear, acute, firm in texture, strongly ribbed, the lower 3-1 ft. 
long, the upper much shorter, loosely sheathing the stem to the base 
of the inflorescence; spikes 3-6 in. long, the lower flowers often 
abortive or replaced by bubille; spathes } in. long ; perianth-tube 
as long asthe spathe ; segments 4} in. long; stamens about as long 
as the perianth-segments ; anthers } in. long ; style-branches reaching 
to the top of the filaments. Baker, Handb. Irid. 179. Watsonia 
plantaginea, Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 553; Gen, Irid. 123; Baker in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 159. Izia plantaginea, Ait. Hort. Kew. i. 59 ; 
Red. Lil. #. 198. Gladiolus plantagineus, Pers. Syn. i 46. 
Gladiolus alopecuroides, Linn. Sp. Plant. edit. 2,54, ex parte. M. 
alopecuroides, Eckl. Top. Verz. 43. Ixia triticea, Burm. Prodr, 1. 
M. triticeus, Klatt, Erganz.21. Phalangium spicatum, Houtt. Handl. 
xii, 115, t. 80, fig. 2. Watsonia compacta, Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1577. 
W. triticea, Spreng. Syst. i. 150. 
Van. 8, juncea (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 159) ; leaves subterete, 
Cc : Cape Div.; near Cape Town, Thunberg! Bolus, 2829! 
Lions Bump. Burchell 1101 near Rondebosch, Burchell, 1791 Muizenberg, 
MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 270! Paarl Div.; Klein Drakenstein Mts., 
under 500 ft., Drége! Worcester Div., Cooper, 1621! Dutoits Kloof, 3000- 
4000 ft., Drége! Riversdale Div. ; near Zoetmelks River, Burchell, 6744! 6770! 
6823 ! on the Lange n, near Kampsche Berg, Burchell, 7043! Uitenhage 
Div. ; Galgebosch, MacOwam, 1935! Var. 8, Malmesbury Div. ; Groene Kloof 
and vicinity, under 1000 ft., Zeyher, 1611! Piquetberg Div., Zeyher, 1610! 
Paarl Div.; Klein Drakenstein Mts., under 1000 ft., Drége, 8444! Worcester 
Div., Cooper, 1679! Simons Bay, Milne, 193! MacGillivray, 480! Uitenhage 
Div. ; between Van Stadens Berg and Bethelsdorp, Drege, 8445 ! 
