132 TRIDEZ (Baker). [ Acidanthera. 
Diss. No. 8, t. 1, fig. 1; Fl. Cap. i. 189; Ker, Gen. Irid. 146. 
Spherospora flecuosa, Klatt in Linnea xxxii. 726, 
South Argica: without locality, Thunberg ! 
Doubtfully distinct from A. twhulosa. 
6. A. tubulosa (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 160); corm 
globose, 4 in. diam.; stems 1-1} ft. long including inflorescence, 
simple, slender, terete; leaves about 3, superposed, distant, linear, 
firm in texture, with a thick midrib, the lowest basal a foot long, the 
others sheathing the stem with only short, free points ; flowers 2-5, 
arranged in a very lax spike with a flexuose axis; outer 
spathe-valve lanceolate, acute, glabrous, 13-2 in. long; perianth 
with a slender tube about 2 in. long; segments oblanceolate 
or oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse, white with a slight tinge of pink, 
1-1} in. long, 4-4 in. broad ; stamens inserted at the throat of the 
tube, more than half as long as the segments; anthers lanceolate, half 
as long as the filaments. Handb. Irid. 186. Izxia tubulosa, Houtt. 
Handi. xii. 36, t. 78, fig. 2. Gladiolus exscapus, Thunb. Fl. Cap. 1. 
175; Ker, Gen. Irid. 146. G. longiflorus, Linn. herb., ex parte / 
Acidanthera exscapa, Baker in Berl. Monat. xix. 15, Freesia 
costata, Eckl. ‘ , 
SourH Arrica: without locality, Thunberg ! 
Coast Reaion: Simons Bay, Wright, 264! Devils Mountain, 500 ft., 
MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 946! Worcester Div.; Dutoits Kloof, 2000- 
4000 ft., Drége! Drakenstein Mts., near Dutoits Kloof, MacOwan, 2506! with- 
out precise locality, Cooper, 1678! Tulbagh Div.; Witsen Berg and Skurfde 
Berg, Zeyher, 1607a! near Tulbagh Waterfall, 1200 ft., Bolus, 5253! Caledon 
Div., Pappe! 
7. A. rosea (Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. 222) ; corm not seen ; 
stem very slender, simple, under a foot long, with 2 remote, narrow 
linear leaves from the middle, the lower sometimes 6-8 in. long ; spike 
1-2-flowered ; outer spathe green, herbaceous, lanceolate, 1—1} in. 
long ; perianth reddish-lilac ; tube very slender, half as long again as 
the spathe ; segments oblanceolate, 3 in. long; stamens and style 
shorter than the perianth-segments, 
Coast ReGion: Table Mountain (Devils Mountain on label), Schlechter, 75! 
8. A. pauciflora (Benth. Gen. Plant. iii. 706): corm globose, } in. 
diam.; tunics membranous ; produced basal leaves 2-3, linear, glabrous, 
grass-like in texture, } ft. long; stem 3-1 ft. long, simple, terete, 1—2- 
flowered, with 2-3 reduced sheathing leaves; outer spathe-valve lanceo- 
late, acute, herbaceous, 1j-14 in. long; perianth-tube curved, a little 
longer than the spathe, dilated into a small funnel at the top; 
segments of the limb oblong-spathulate, white with a slight reddish 
tinge, 1-1; in. long; stamens reaching more than halfway up the 
perianth-limb ; anthers lanceolate, as long as the filaments. Hundb. 
rid. 187. Montbretia pauciflora, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 336. 
CanTRAL ReGion: Somerset Div., Bowker! 
_9. A. brevicaulis (Baker); corm not seen; stem very short, 
simple; produced basal leaves 3, linear, glabrous, 6-8 in. long ; 
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