112 1R1DEZ (Baker). [ Babiana. 
19. B. occidentalis (Baker, Handb. Irid. 183) ; corm not seen ; 
leaves 4-5, with a plicate, ensiform, glabrous lamina a foot long, about 
1 in. broad at the middle, tapering gradually to both ends ; flowers 
many, arranged in a panicle of three spikes, with a long peduncle, 
reaching about half-way up the leaves; spathe-valves oblong- 
lanceolate, finely pilose, closely ribbed, an inch long; perianth 
bright lilac ; tube filiform, 1 in, long, funnel-shaped at the top; 
segments unequal, oblong-unguiculate, 1-1} in. long; stamens half 
as long as the perianth-limb. 
Coast Raion: Clanwilliam Div., Mader in Herb. MacOwan, 2169! 
May be a luxuriant variety of B. mucronata. 
20. B. plicata (Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 576, excl. syn.) ; corm 
globose, 3 in. diam.; tunics of brown matted fibres; leaves 5—6, with 
a petiole 2—4 in. long, and a hairy, plicate, ensiform lamina 4—} in. 
broad, 3-6 in. long ; flowers fragrant, arranged in a simple or forked 
spike usually shorter than the leaves; peduncle and rachis hairy ; outer 
spathe-valve oblong-lanceolate, hairy, about an inch long; perianth 
lilac or red, with a tube equalling the spathe and unequal oblong- 
unguiculate segments an inch long; stamens half as long as the 
perianth-limb ; style-branches flattened at the tip. Ker in Konig 
and Sims’ Ann, i, 234; Gen. Irid. 149; Baker, Handb. Irid. 183. 
Gladiolus fragrans, Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr, t. 14. G. plicatus, Linn. 
Sp. Pl. edit. 2, 53, ex parte. G. ringens, Thunb. Fl. Cap. i. 214, ex 
parte. B. caerulescens and B. villosa, Eckl. Top.Verz. 32. B. punctata, 
Klatt, Erganz. 14, 
Van. 8, B. maculata (Klatt, Ergiinz. 15); dwarf, with a small corm, narrow 
linear lines, and not more than 2-3 crowded, erect flowers. B. angustifolia, Eckl. 
Top. Verz. 31. 
Vax. y, Forsteri (Baker, Handb. Irid. 184); lower leaves with a broad half. 
deltoid lamina developed only on the outer x of the midrib. 
Soutn Argica: without locality, Thunberg/ Var. y, Forster! 
Coast Region: Cape Flats, Burchell, 8553! Bolus, 4750! MacOwan and 
Bolus, Herb. Norm., 273! Table Monntain and Devils Mountain, under 
1000 ft., Drege ! Burchell, 8489 ! MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 272! Camps 
Bay, MacOwan, 2559 ! Between Paardeneiland, Blueberg and Tygerberg, Drége, 
8387! Between Paarl Mts. and Paardeberg, under 1000 ft., Drege! Paarl Mts., 
Drege, 8396! Laauws Kloof, near Groene Kloof, Drége, 8384! Var. 8, Cape 
Flats at Doornhoogde, Zeyher ! 
21. B. disticha (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i, 234) ; corm globose, 
}+1 in. diam. ; tunics of fine matted brown fibres; leaves about 6, 
with a petiole 2-3 in. long, and an oblique, ensiform, plicate, hairy 
lamina 4-6 in. long, 3-} in. broad; flowers in a simple spike 
reaching about to the top of the leaves; outer spathe-valve oblong- 
lanceolate, very hairy, closely ribbed, ?-1 in. long; perianth pale 
lilac; tube slender, $- in. longer than the spathe, funnel-shaped at 
the top; limb 1~1} in. long, with unequal oblong-unguiculate 
segments ; stamens half as long as the perianth-limb ; style-branches 
$ in. long, cuneate at the tip. Bot. Mag. t. 626 ; Gen. Irid, 149; 
Baker, Handb, Irid. 184. Gladiolus plicatus, Jacq. Ic. t. 237. 
