Babiana.] IR1DEX (Baker). 111 
narrowed gradually from the middle to both ends, with a distinct 
strongly-raised midrib and revolute edges ; peduncle slender, glabrous, 
one- flowered, 3 ft. long, with a small sheathing leaf at the middle; 
outer spathe-valve lanceolate, green, glabrous, closely ribbed, an inch 
long ; perianth-tube as long as the spathe; limb 1-1} in. long, with 
oblong-unguiculate, unequal segments, the upper one the largest; 
stamens more than half as long as the perianth-limb; anther } in. 
long. 
Sours Arrica: without locality, Thunberg ! 
16. B. fimbriata (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 166) ; corm ovoid, 
$~1 in. diam. ; tunics of fine brown matted fibres; leaves about 6, 
with a long petiole and a slightly hairy, plicate, linear lamina of 
moderately firm texture, 4-6 in. long, a4 in. broad ; stem a foot 
long including the inflorescence ; spikes 1-2, lax, with a slender 
nearly glabrous axis ; outer spathe-valve oblong-lanceolate, 3 in. long, 
subglabrous, green, with a brown scariose cusp; perianth pale lilac ; 
tube as long as the spathe; limb ringent, under an inch long, with 
unequal, oblong-unguiculate segments ; stamens nearly as long as the 
perianth-limb. Handb. Irid. 182. Antholyza fimbriata, Klatt in 
Linnea xxxv. 299; Ergdnz, 11. 
WestEen Recion: Little Namaqualand; between Zwartdoorn River and 
Groen River, Drége, 2619 ! 
17. B. spiralis (Baker, Handb. Irid. 183) ; corm not seen; basal 
leaves 6-8, petioled, narrow linear, plicate, rather hairy, moderately 
firm in texture, with a blade 6-9 in. long, ;,—-4 in. broad, spirally 
twisted towards the tip; stem a foot long including the inflorescence ; 
spikes 2-3, lax, with a flexuose, pubescent rachis ; outer spathe-valve 
oblong-lanceolate, } in. long, green, finely pubescent, with a brown 
scariose cusp; perianth pale lilac; tube as long as the spathe; 
segments $ in. long, unequal, oblong-unguiculate ; stamens as Jong as 
the perianth-segments. 
Sours Arrica: without mere Two specimens in the Forsyth herbarium, 
purchased by Mr. Bentham in . 
18. B. mucronata (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 234); corm 
globose, 1 in. diam. ; tunics of fine matted fibres; leaves 5-6, with a 
petiole 3-4 in. long, and an ensiform, glabrous, plicate lamina }—? in. 
broad ; flowers several in a dense spike on a short peduncle, ing 
about to the top of the leaves ; outer spathe-valve oblong-lanceolate, 
firm in texture, green, closely ribbed, glabrous or slightly hairy, 
3-1 in. long ; perianth lilac; tube as long as the spathe ; segments 
unequal, oblong-unguiculate, an inch long; stamens half as long as 
the perianth-limb. Ker, Gen. Irid. 149; Baker, Handb. frid. 183. 
Gladiolus mucronatus, Jacq. Ic. t. 253; Collect. iv. 162. 
B. scabrifolia, Brehmer ex Klatt Ergénz, 15. 
Var. B, 1 8 er, Handb. Irid. 183) ; perianth-tube 1 than the 
spathe, eatieeuee s. spathacea, Ker in Pe joa t. 638, py Thunb, 
Coast Recton: Clanwilliam Div.; near Holle River, under 1000 ft., Drége, 
2624! Lange Vallei, Drage, 2623 ! 
Wesrekn Recion : Little Namaqualand, MacOwan! 
