Babiana.]} 1RIDEZ (Baker). 107 
Subgenus Acastz. Segments of the perianth oblanceolate-oblong, subequal, 
not unguiculate : : 
Spathe-valves firm in texture, hairy, closely ribbed : 
Spathe and perianth-limb an inch long ... .» (22) stricta. 
Spathe and perianth-limb 1} in. long... ... (23) macrantha, 
Spathe-valves brown, membranous, glabrous ... (24) secunda. 
Subgenus ANntHoLyzorpEs. Perianth with lingulate, unguiculate upper 
segments, longer than the others (connects Babiana and Antholyza). 
Upper segment about 2 in. long ez rea ... (25) ringens, 
Upper segment under an inch long ... 3 +. (26) Thunbergii. 
1. B. hypogza (Burchell, Travels, ii. 589); corm large, globose ; 
tunics of fine brown matted fibres ; leaves several, more than twice 
as long as the infloresceuce, linear or subulate, pilose, above a foot 
long ; flowers in 1-3 dense spikes on a very short peduncle; outer 
spathe-valve oblong-lanceolate, membranous, glabrous, 14-2 in. long; 
perianth bright lilac; tube cylindrical, 2-23 in. long, dilated into a 
funnel at the top; limb 1} in. long, with subequal, acute, oblong- 
spathulate segments ; stamens half as long as the segments ; anthers 
lanceolate, 4.in. long; style-branches 4 in. long, flattened at the 
tip. Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xvi. 165; Handb. Irid. 180. 
Antholyza hypogea, Klatt, Ergdénz. 11. 
Katawari Recion: Bechuanaland; Pellat Plains, near Takun, Burchell, 2241! 
Diamond Fields around Kimberley, Mrs. Barber, 3! 8! 
2. B, Bainesii (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 335) ; corm globose, 
1 in, diam. ; tunies of fine drab reticulated fibres ; leaves 6-8, linear, 
a foot long, plicate, finely pilose, acuminate, more than twice as long 
as the inflorescence; flowers few, arranged in 1-2 congested ereet 
spikes on a very short peduncle ; spathe-valve brown, chartaceous, 
lanceolate, obscurely pilose, 13-2 in. long; perianth dark bright 
lilac ; tube filiform, 2.in. long, dilated into a small funnel at the 
top; limb 2 in. long, with oblong or oblong-lanceolate segments 
narrowed into a long claw ; stamens one-third as long as the segments; 
style-branches } in. long, flattened at the tip. Journ. Linn. Soc. 
xvi. 165; Handbd, Irid, 180. 
CenTRAt ReGion : near Murraysburg, 4000 ft., Tyson, 312! 
Kanani Reaion: Transvaal, in grassy places, Wood, 3653! Roe in Herb. 
Bolus, 2654! near Johannesburg, Mrs. Saunders, 15! near Rustenberg, McLea 
in Herb. Bolus, 26541! Olifants River, Nelson, 396! Hooge Veldt, Rehmann, 
6574! South African Gold Fields, Baines! Orange Free State; near Modder 
River, Hutton! 
8. B. lineolata (Klatt, Erginz. 13); corm small, globose ; tunics 
of brown matted fibres; leaves elongated, narrow linear, subglabrous, 
with about four plications, 1 lin. broad ; stem nearly a foot long 
including the inflorescence; spathe-valves hairy at the base, mem- 
branous at the margin, sphacelate at the tip; perianth-tube cylindrical, 
twice as long as the spathe; segments } in. long, pale violet, lineolate. 
Baker, Handb, Irid. 180. 
Coast Recton: Clanwilliam Div.; near the Olifants River, Ecklon and 
Zeyher, 182. 
