Babiana. IRIDEE (Baker). 113 
Coast Reaion: Table Mountain, Ecklon, 124b! Caledon Div.; Klein 
River Berg, Zeyher, 4003 | George Div.; Kaymaus River, Burchell, 5806! Lower 
Albany, Hutton / 
WeEstTERN ReGIon: Little Namaqualand; between Koper Berg, Silver 
Fontein, and Kaus, 2000-3000 ft., Drége, 8386 ! between Pedros Kloof and Lily 
Fontein, 3000-4000 ft., Drege, 8401! without special locality, Scudly, 25! 
Differs from B. plicata mainly by its longer perianth-tube, and is scarcely more 
than a variety. 
22. B. stricta (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 234) ; corm globose, 
3 in. diam., with a long neck and tunics of fine matted fibres ; basal 
leaves about 6, moderately firm in texture, with an ensiform hairy 
lamina 4—6 in. long; stem 3-1 ft. long ineluding the inflorescence, 
which overtops the leaves ; spikes 1-3, moderately dense, many- 
flowered, with a very hairy axis; spathe-valves oblong, firm in 
texture, closely ribbed, very hairy, —$ in. long ; perianth various in 
colour, red or lilac ; tube funnel-shaped at the top, as long as or a 
little longer than the spathe ; segments subequal, obtuse, oblanceolate- 
oblong, #-1 in. long ; stamens about half as long as the perianth- 
segments ; style-branches 4 in. long, flattened at the tip. Bot. Mag. 
tt. 621 and 637 ; Gen. Irid. 150; Baker, Handb. Irid. 184. Gla- 
diolus strictus, Ait. Hort. Kew.i. 63; Red. Lil. t. 90. G. plicatus, 
Linn. Sp. Plant. edit. 2. 53, ex parte; Thunb. Diss. p. 20 and 
Prodr. 9, ex parte; Fl. Cap.i. 211. G@. nervosus, Lam. Encyc. ii, 724. 
B. villosa, Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann, i. 234; Bot. Mag. t. 583, 
Ixia villosa, Ait. Hort. Kew. i. 58. I. punicea, Jacq. Ic. t. 287. 
I, flabelliformis, Salish. Prodr. 37. Gladiolus villosus and puniceus, 
Vahl, Symb. ii. 114-5. B. purpurea, Ker in Bot. Mag. sub t. 1019. 
Ixia purpurea, Jacq. Ic. t. 286. 
Var. 8, B. rubro-cyanea (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 234); perianth- 
 Jimb lilac, with a red throat. Iaia rubro-cyanea, Jacq. Ic. t, 285; Curt. Bot, 
Mag. t. 410 ; Reich. Eaot. t. 30. B. rubro-cerulea, Pritz. Ind. Ic. 134, 
Var. y, B. obtusifolia (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 234); dwarfer than 
the type, with a shorter stem and a few larger, pale lilac flowers, with a more 
funnel-shaped tube. aia villosa, Jacq. Ic. t. 284. ‘ 
Var. 3, B. sulphurea (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 234); flowers milk~ 
white or sulphur-yellow. Bot. Mag. t. 1053. Gladiolus sulphureus, Jacq. Ic. 
t. 239. G. plicatus, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 268. 
Var. ¢, B. angustifolia (Sweet, Hort. Brit. edit. ii. 499); leaves linear. 
B. stricta, var., Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 637. Iwia viltosa, var., Jacg. Frag. t, 14, 
jig. 3. 
Var. ¢, B. reflexa (Eckl. Top. Verz. 33); flowers smaller than in the type, 
the lower of the spike deflexing. 
Sovtn Arrica: without-locality, Thunberg ! 
Coast Region: between Paarl and Pont, below 1000 ft., Drége, 8390a! 
Caledon Div. ; near Appels Kraal, by the Zonder Kinde River, Zeyher, 4001! 
Var. 8, Malmesbury Div, ; near Groene Kloof, 500 ft., MacOwan and Bolus, 
Herb. Norm., 584! 586! Var. 8, Tulbagh Div. ; Halfmanshof, near Twenty-four 
Rivers, 400 ft., MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 543! 
Besides the varieties cited, B. undulato-venosa, parviflora, quadripartita and 
multiflora, Klatt, Erganz. 16-17, belong here. 
23. B. macrantha (MacOwan in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxv. 394); 
corm small, ovoid ; tunics of matted fibres; basal leaves 45, lanceo- 
