114 IRIDEZ (Baker). [ Babiana. 
late, 2-3 in. long, hairy, petioled ; peduncle a span long, simple or 
forked ; flowers 3-4 in a lax spike; outer spathe-valve oblong- 
lanceolate, 1-13 in. long, brown at the tip, hairy ; perianth-tube 3 in. 
long; segments obovate, sulphur-yellow tinged with purple at the 
base, 13 in. long; stamens half as long as the limb; anthers linear, 
purple. Baker, Handb. Irid. 184. 
Coast Recion: Malmesbury Div.; moist, sandy places near Darling, 400 ft., 
MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 811! 
Flowered at Kew from plants sent by Prof. MacOwan, June, 1888. 
24. B. secunda (Ker, Gen. Irid. 154); corm not seen; leaves 
about 6, petioled, with an ensiform, densely hairy, plicate lamina 
5-6 in. long, } in. broad; stem a foot long including the inflorescence, 
branched from halfway down; spikes many-flowered, dense, secund ; 
spathe-valves oblong, brown, membranous, glabrous, $-4 in. long, 
with 2-3 teeth at the top, as in Jzia; perianth-tube funnel-shaped, 
$ in. long; segments subequal, oblong, } in. long; stamens not quite 
as long as the perianth-segments. Baker, Handb. Irid. 184 
Gladiolus secundus, Thunb, Fl. Cap. i. 215; Skrivt. Nat. Selsk. 
Kjobenh, vi. t. 4. 
SoutH Argrica: without locality, Thunberg ! 
Seen only in the Thunbergian herbarium. 
25. B. ringens (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 233); corm 
globose, 1 in. diam. ; tunics brown, membranous; stem pilose, 1-14 ft. 
long, ending in a long sterile branch; basal leaves many, narrow 
linear, thick in texture, strongly ribbed, plicate, 3-1 ft. long, glabrous, 
¢ in. broad at the middle ; flowers 8-12 in a dense secund spike on 
a short, arcuate branch; outer spathe-valve lanceolate, 14-1} in. 
long, firm in texture, finely ribbed, pilose; perianth bright red; tube 
greenish, 5 in. longer than the spathe, openly funnel-shaped at the 
top; upper segment standing forward, oblong, with a distinct claw, 
- 1}-2 in, long; the others much shorter, lanceolate or oblanceolate- 
spathulate ; stamens much longer than the upper segment; style- 
branches subulate, 4 in. long.- Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1006 ; Bot. Mag. 
- t, 6667; Ker, Gen. Irid. 152; Baker, Handb. Irid. 185. Antholyza 
ringens, Linn. Sp, Plant. edit. 2.i. 54 ; Thunb. Diss. No. 5 ; Prodr. 7; 
£1. Cap. i. 167 (Commel. Hort. i, 81, t. 41 ; Breyn. Ic. 21, t.8, fig. 1). 
SoutH Arnica: without locality, Masson! - 
Coast Reaion: Cape Flats, under 500 ft.; near Cape Town, Bolus, 3744! 
near Constantia, Thunberg! near Duiker Viey, MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. 
Wookie eat ae Mee mics and Simons Bay, Burchell, 8563! and at 
- vy" a ee iy ! Clanwilliam Div., Zeyher! Malmesbury Div. ; 
26. B. Thunbergii (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 233); corm 
large, globose, with a long neck ; tunics membranous; leaves linear 
or ensiform, 1-1} ft. long, 4} in. broad, firm in texture, plicate, 
finely pilose ; stem 2-8 ft. long including the inflorescence, which 
is a lax panicle of 4-8 dense secund spikes 2-3 in, long; spathe- 
valves oblong- lanceolate, hairy, 1-1} in. long; perianth-tube broadly 
funnel-shaped, }—} in. longer than the spathe ; limb reddish ; upper 
