110 IRIDEZ (Baker). [ Babiana. 
petiole 2-3 in. long and a lanceolate, hairy, plicate lamina, 2-3 in. 
long, 4-4 in. broad ; flowers 2-6 in an erect spike, on a short hairy 
pedunele, reaching nearly to the top of the leaves; spathe-valves 
oblong-lanceolate, hairy, $-1 in, long; perianth pale lilac; tube 
funnel-shaped, as long as the spathe; segments unequal, oblong- 
unguiculate, 1-1} in. long; stamens half as long as the perianth- 
limb. Handb. irid. 181. B. nana, Ker, Gen. Irid, 154. Gladiolus 
nanus, Andr. Bot. Rep. t.137. Ixia pigmea, Burm. Prodr. 1. 
Soutn AFRica: without locality, Zeyher ! 
Coast Region: Clanwilliam Div.; between Heeren Logement and Kanagas 
Berg, Drége, 2625! 
12. B. Sprengelii (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 165); corm 
globose, } in. diam. ; tunics brown, membranous ; basal leaves 4-5, 
with a hairy petiole about 2 in. long and an oblique, oblong, acute, 
plicate lamina, 1-14 in. long, hairy and moderately firm in texture ; 
flowers 1-2 in an erect spike reaching to the top of the leaves ; outer 
spathe-valve oblong-lanceolate, hairy, #-1 in. long; perianth pale 
lilac ; tube funnel-shaped, as long as the spathe; segments unequal, 
oblong-unguiculate, 1-1} in. long; stamens half as long as the 
perianth-limb, Handb. Irid. 182. B. pygmea, Spreng. in Herb. 
Zeyher. : 
Coast Rreion ; Saldanha Bay, Zeyher / ; 
Perhaps only a variety of B. pygmaa, with which Dr. Klatt unites it. 
13. B. flabellifolia (Harv. ex Klatt in Linnea xxxv. 380) ; corm 
not seen ; leaves 4-5, with a petiole 2-3 in. long, and an oblique, 
hairy, deltoid, flabellate lamina about 2 in. long and 1 in. broad at the 
truncate dentate tip; flowers 2-8, in an erect spike on a short 
peduncle, reaching to the top of the leaves; spathe-valves oblong- 
lanceolate, hairy, $-1 in. long; perianth lilac; tube filiform, as long 
as the spathe; segments unequal, oblong-unguiculate, 1 in. long; 
stamens more than half as long as the perianth-limb. Baker in 
Journ. Linn, Soc. xvi. 165; Handb. Irid. 182. 
Western Recion ; Little Namaqualand, Whitehead ! 
14. B. cuneifolia (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 335); corm 
globose, 1 in. diam. ; tunics of fine matted brown fibres; leaves 5-6, 
with an underground petiole sometimes 5-6 in. long, and an oblique, 
deltoid, very plicate lamina of firm texture, and more or less hairy, 
14-2 in. long; flowers 5-6 in a congested spike reaching to the 
top of the leaves; spathe-valves lanceolate, acuminate, 12 in. long ; 
perianth bright lilac ; tube as long as the spathe; limb above an inch 
long, with unequal, oblong-unguiculate segments; stamens half as 
Se, = — perianth-limb. Journ. Linn. Soc, xvi. 165; Handb. 
rid. 182. 
Sours Argica: without locality, Drége, 2627 ! 
15. B. mononeura (Baker, Handb. Irid. 182); corm not seen ; 
leaves linear, glabrous, rigidly coriaceous, 8-9 in. long, ; in. broad, 
