104 IRIDEX (Baker). [Watsonia, 
basal leaves ensiform, very rigid in texture, with a thick pale brown 
border, 1-12 ft. long, 1-14 in. broad; stems reaching a length of 
4-5 ft. including the inflorescence, much branched, the dense end- 
spike 6-9 in. long, the others smaller and stiffly erect ; outer spathe- 
valve oblong-lanceolate, 3 in. long, paler and less rigid than in the 
preceding species, rather lacerated in the edge ; flowers fragrant, 
bright rose-red; perianth-tube $ in. long, dilated into a small 
funnel at the very top and spreading oblong segments #-1 in. long; 
stamens and style reaching halfway up the perianth-segments. 
Gen. Irid. 125; Ait. Hort. Kew. edit. 2, 1.94; Baker, Handb. Irid. 
177. Neuberia marginata, Eckl. Top. Verz. 37. Ixia marginata, 
Ait. Hort. Kew.i. 59. I. sceptrum, Hort. Gladiolus marginatus, 
Linn. fil. Suppl. 95 ; Thunb. Diss. No. 20, ex parte. G. glumaceus, 
Thunb. Prodr. 186; Fl. Cap. i. 204. Ixia cartilaginea, Lam. 
Encyc. iii. 340; Ill, i. 112. 
Var. 8, minor (Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1530); flower smaller, the expanded 
limb about an inch in diameter. 
Sourn Arnica: without locality, Thunberg ! Grey ! Var. 8, Zeyher, 1636! 
oo Fas Reeion: Heaths by the Breede River near Darling Bridge, Bolus, 
! 
This very distinct species is the Gladiolus marginatus of the Linnean and 
Smithian herbaria, but Thunberg also included under the name several of the 
other species as here treated. 
11. W. punctata (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i, 229); corm 
globose, $ in. diam. ; tunics thick, cancellate in the upper half, pro- 
duced into fine bristles at the neck ; leaves 3-4, superposed, narrow 
linear or subterete, rigid in texture, the lower 6-9 in. long; stems 
simple, terete, 3-1 ft. long including inflorescence ; spike dense, 2—3 
in. long ; spathe-valves oblong-lanceolate, acute, brownish-green, rigid 
in texture, }-} in. long; perianth dark red or dark violet, with a 
subeylindrical tube 3-1 in. long and spreading oblong segments 
3 in. long; stamens and style reaching halfway up the perianth- 
segments. - Gen. Irid, 124 ; Klatt, Ergdnz. 19; Baker, Handb. Irid. 
177. Gladiolus spicatus, Linn. Sp. Plant. edit. 2, i. 83; Thunbd. Fl. 
Cap. i, 193. Beilia spicata, Eckl. Top. Verz. 48. W. rubens, Ker, 
+ Gen. Irid. 124. Gladiolus rubens, Vahl, Enum. ii. 98. 
Vak. 8, triticea (Baker, Handb. Irid. 177); spike shorter and denser; flowers 
swaller; leaves terete. Gladiolus triticeus, Thunb. Fl. Cap. i, 194. Beilia 
triticea, Eckl. Top. Verz. 43. G. subulatus, Vahl, Enum. ii. 97. W. subulata, 
Klatt, Ergiinz. 19. W. filifolia, E. Meyer in Herb. Drage. W. sanguinea, 
zictoesd paper (Baker, Handb. Irid. 177); perianth slend 
i & . oo a : 
tube Lay in. long and a limb 4 in. long. A nein! a . 
SoutnH Argica: without i ! 
Poor tag locality, Thunberg! Var, 8, Thunberg! Zeyher, 
Coast Recion: Paarl Mountains, under 100 ft., Drége! Hottentots Hol- 
land Mts., Thunberg ! Bontebok Flats, between Cape Agulhas and Potberg, 
Drege, 3492! ‘Var. 6, Cape Flats near Constantia, and on Table Mountain, 
Paar 5! Worcester Div.; Cooper, 1615! Dutoits Kloof, Drége! Var. y, 
ey 
12. W. minuta (Klatt, Erganz. 19); corm globose, 4 in. diam. ; 
