106 TRIDEZ (Baker). [ Babiana. 
XXIII. BABIANA, Ker. 
Perianth with a long slender tube, funnel-snaped at the top; seg- 
ments usually oblong or oblong-unguiculate, nearly equal. Stamens 
unilateral, contiguous, inserted near the throat of the tube, usually 
shorter than the segments. Ovary 3-celled ; ovules many, superposed : 
style-branches short, simple, usually flattened at the tip. Capsule 
oblong, membranous, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds small, globose or 
angled by pressure. 
Rootstock a tunicated corm ; leaves plicate, various in shape, strongly ribbed, 
hairy, often distinctly petioled and oblique at the base; flowers various in colour, 
arranged in simple or panicled spikes; spathe-valves various in texture, usually 
lanceolate, firm, pilose, finely ribbed. 
Disters. Besides the Cape species, only one, discovered by Prof. Bayley 
Balfour in Socotra, is known. 
Subgenus Evpapiana. Segments of the perianth rather unequal, oblong, 
spathulate or unguiculate. 
Perianth with a long tube: 
Leaves two or three times as long as the peduncle 
and spikes : 
Stamens half as long as the limb wi ... (1) hypogea. 
Stamens one-third as long as the limb .» (2) Bainesii. 
Leaves shorter than or a little overtopping the 
flowers : 
Tube much longer than the spathe : 
Perianth-limb } inch long : 
Leaves linear ... ‘ «+ ae (3) Tineolata. 
Leaves ensiform ras oon 4) spathacea. 
Perianth-limb 1 in. long: 
Leaves linear .., “ oie -.. (5) tubiflora, 
Leaves ensiform ee eee 
Tube = or but little longer than the 
Leaves hairy : 
Leaves overtopping flowers .., we sambucina. 
Leaves not overtopping flowers ... (8) densiflora. 
Leaves glabrous, very thick and rigid .. 3 Dregei. 
Perianth with a tube not more than 1-1} in. long: 
Spikes few-flowered : 
Peduncle very short : 
Leaves linear, spirally curled .,.  ... (10) namaquersis. 
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aves o os vee ove -.. (12) Sprengelii. 
Leaves deltord : 
Perianth-tube an inch long ... _—,... (13) flabellifolia. 
Perianth-tube 1} in. long ... ... (14) cuneifolia. 
Peduncle elongated ee ti} mononeura. 
wee oon oon 
Spikes 1-3, many-flowered : 
Leaves linear, glabrous or slightly hairy : 
Leaves straight ... e<e eo +» (16) fimbriata. 
Leaves spirally curled .., eid es (17) spiralis, 
Leaves ensiform, glabrous or slightly hairy : 
Leaves not much overtopping the inflor- 
escence .., we ous vic ... (18) mucronata. 
Leaves much longer than the inflorescence ti9} occidentalis. 
Leaves ensiform, hairy : 
Perianth-tube equalling the spathe _.., (20) plicata. 
Perianth-tube longer than the spathe a disticha, 
