Ea ee ee a — aes 
ae 
Watsonia. | IRIDEZ (Baker). 103 
2 in. broad ; flowers few, arranged in a very lax spike ; spathe-valves 
oblong-lanceolate, acute, brown, firm in texture, 3-2 in. long; 
perianth bright rose-red; tube slightly curved, 14 in. long, sub- 
cylindrical in the upper half, 4 in. diam. at the throat ; segments 
oblong-spathulate, patent, $ in. long; stamens and style reaching to 
the tip of the perianth-segments. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 
158 ; Handb. Irid. 176 ; Klatt, Ergadnz. 18; Eckl. Top. Verz. 36. 
Coast Region : Caledon, Zeyher! Houw Hoek, Ecklon! 
8. W. brevifolia (Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 601) ; corm globose, 1 in. 
diam, ; tunics of reticulated fibres, produced into a ring of bristles at 
the top; stems 1~1} in. long including the inflorescence, usually 
simple ; basal leaves about 4, linear, rigid in texture, 6-9 in. long; 
spikes lax, 6-8 flowered; spathe-valves oblong-lanceolate, brown, 
rigid, 3-{ in. long; perianth bright rose-red; tube curved, 2-1 in, 
long, dilated into a broad funnel in the upper half; segments oblong, 
3-% in. long; style-branches reaching to the tip of the perianth- 
segments ; anthers just protruded from the perianth-tube, Gen. 
Srid. 125; Art. Hort. Kew. edit. 2, i. 95; Baker, Handb. Irid. 176. 
W. hyacinthoides, Pers. Syn.i. 48. Antholyza spicata, Andr. Bot, 
Rep. t. 56. 
Sovrn Argtca: without locality, Thom ! 
Coast Reeion : Swellendam Div.; near Groot Vaderbosch, Zeyher, 4029 | 
Bears the same relation to W. rosea that W. humilis bears to W, Meriana. 
9. W. rosea (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 230) ; corm large, 
globose; tunics thick, fibrous; basal leaves ensiform, rigid in tex- 
ture, reaching a length of 2-3 ft. and a breadth of 1~2inches; stems 
4-6 ft. long including the inflorescence, usually much branched ; 
spikes lax or rather dense, the end one 4-1 ft: long, the others 
shorter; spathe-valves oblong-lanceolate, acute, brown, rigid, Zin, 
long ; perianth bright rose-red ; tube 1-1} in. long, dilated into a 
broad funnel in the upper third ; segments oblong-spathulate, cuspi- 
date, as long as the tube; stamens and style reaching halfway up 
the perianth-segments. Bot. Mag. t. 1072; Gen. Irid. 125; Ait. 
Hort. Kew. edit. 2,i. 94; Baker, Handb, Irid. 177. Neuberia rosea, 
Eckl. Top. Verz.37. Gladiolus pyramidatus, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 335. 
G. tridifolius var., Jacq. Ic. t. 235. W. striata, Klatt, Ergdnz, 18. 
Gladiolus sceptrum, Forster MSS. 
: without locality, Grey! Thom, 955! Forster! 
seis races : Table etic’ mactuen. 2556! MacGillivray, 482! 
Simons Bay, Milne! between Simonsberg and Ban Hoek, Rogers! Paarl Moun- 
tains, 10002000 ft., Drége! Stockenstrom Div.; Katberg, Hutton! Mrs. 
Barber, 3! : : 
Karanart Region: Transvaal; Pilgrims Rest, Roe in Herb. Bolus, 2655! 
Zoutpansberg Div., Houtbosch Berg, Rehmann, 5778! 6779! 
Habit and leaf of W. Meriana, from which it differs in the shorter tube and 
larger segments of its perianth. 
10. W. marginata (Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 608); corm large, globose; 
