Watsonia. } IRIDEZ (Baker). 105 
tunics thick, cancellate; stem slender, simple, terete, under a foot 
long ; leaves 3~4, superposed, linear, rigid in texture, the lowest 
4—6 in. long, ;—} in. broad; flowers dark red, arranged in a dense 
spike 1-15 in. long; spathe-valves oblong-lanceolate, brown, rigid, 
3-3 in. long; perianth-tube cylindrical, not exserted from the 
spathe ; segments narrow, oblong, } in. long; stamens and style 
falling short of the perianth-segments. Baker, Handb. Irid. 178. 
W. punctata, var. Zeyheri, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 159. 
’ Coast Reaion: Piquetberg Div., m ! 
variety of W. puastictas Et ante DOL, Fees ae See 8 
18. W. juncifolia (Baker, Handb. Irid. 178) ; corm globose, 2 in, 
diam. ; tunics of fine parallel fibres, prolonged more than an inch 
above its neck; stem slender, terete, simple, 1} ft. long; basal leaves 
usually 2, terete, firm in texture, a foot or more long ; flowers in a 
lax simple erect spike 4-5 in. long ; spathe-valves oblong, rigid in 
texture, } in. long, green with a brown tip; perianth bright lilac; 
tube cylindrical, under an inch long, limb spreading, }-} in. long, 
with narrow oblong segments; anthers Janceolate, 1 in. long, 
equalling the free filaments ; style-branches falling short of the top of 
the anthers. Morphixia juncifolia, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 238 ; 
Journ. Linn, Soc. xvi. 98. Anomatheca calamifolia, Klatt, Ergdnz. 
21. Iria Zeyheri, Baker, Handb, trid. 166, . 
Coast Reaion : Piquetberg Div., Zeyher, 1619! 
14, W. lapeyrousioides (Baker, Handb. Irid. 178); corm ovoid, 
4 in. diam.; tunics of reticulated fibres in the upper half; stem 
simple, 4-6 in. long, with 1-2 lanceolate, erect, small sheathing 
leaves; lower leaves 2, superposed; lanceolate, falcate, spreading, 
moderately firm in texture, 1-3 in. long, a in. broad; flowers 
8-6 in a very lax spike; spathe-valves oblong, } in. long; 
perianth dark red; tube cylindrical, an inch long; segments 
oblong, } in. Jong; stamens and style-branches reaching nearly to 
the tip of the perianth-segments. Anomatheca juncea, Herb. Drége, 
non Ker. 
Coast ReGion: Caledon Div.; Mountains between Villiersdorp and French 
Hoek, 2300 ft., Bolus, 5251! Worcester Div. ; Dutoits Kloof, 2000-4000 ft., 
Drége! Bolus, 6497 ! 
15. W. retusa (Klatt, Erginz. 20); stem slender, terete, simple ; 
leaves linear, like those of an Jzia ; flowers 6-8 in a lax spike 
with a flexuose rachis; spathe-valves like those of an Izia in shape 
and texture, 4 in. long ; perianth-tube curved, cylindrical, twice as 
long as the spathe, dilated into a small funnel at the top; segments 
bright rose-red, oblong, 4 in. long; anthers very small, oblong, with 
very short filaments ; style-branches protruded from the perianth- 
tube, bifid at the tip. Baker, Handb. Irid. 178. Ixia polystachia, 
Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 629. 
Sourn Argica: without locality. 
Known only from the figure cited. The habit is so entirely that ofan Ixia, 
that I fear the styles may have been drawn bifid by some mistake of the artist. 
In Gen. Irid. Ker refers it to Tritonia scillaris. 
