170 IRIDEX (Baker). [ Antholyza. 
Rogers! Bolus, 4869! MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 290! MacOwan, 
2510, and Herb. Aust. Afr., 1551! 
12. A. Lucidor (Linn. fil. Suppl. 96); corm large; globose ; tunics 
brown, breaking up into fine fibres; stems simple, terete, 1-1} ft. 
long, with several superposed leaves with subulate free points; 
basal leaves rigid, narrow linear at the base, subulate upwards; 
flowers many, bright-red, arranged in a dense equilateral spike 3-6 
in. long; spathe-valves oblong-navicular, rigid in texture, }—} in. 
long, the inner the largest; perianth-tube curved, 1-1} in. long, 
cylindrical in the upper two-thirds; segments oblong-unguiculate, 
subequal, 3-2 in. long; stamens reaching nearly to the tip of the 
segments; anthers lanceolate, 4 in. long; style-branches short, 
slender, cuneate atthe tip. Thunb. Diss. No.1; Prodr.7; Fl. Cap. i. 
162; Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 233; Gen. Irid. 156. 
Gladiolus Lucidor, Baker; Handb Irid. 227. Homoglossum Lucidor, 
Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xvi. 161. Watsonia lucidior, Eckl. 
Tup. Verz. 36. 
Coast Region: near Constantia, Thunberg! Devils Mountain, Ecklon, 88! 
Paarl Mts., Drége! Caledon Div.; Donker Hoek Mts., Burchell, 7962! between 
Donker Hoek and Houw Hoek Mts., Burchell, 8013! mountains near Gena- 
dendal, Burchell, 7697/2! 8638! 
I know nothing of W. pottbergensis and tigrina, Eckl. loc. cit., named only, not 
described, said to be closely allied to this species, 
13. A. nervosa (Thunb. Diss. No. 3); corm large, globose ; outer 
tunics breaking up into fine fibres; inner produced past its neck as 
flattened bristles; stems terete, simple, 1-2 ft. long; basal leaves 
4-6, ensiform, 5-1 ft. long, rigid in texture, 4-1 in. broad at the 
middle, with 4—5 strong ribs; flowers bright-red, arranged in a dense 
equilateral spike 3-6 in. ong; spathe-valves oblong-lanceolate, firm 
in texture, 3-3 in. long; perianth-tube curved, 1-1} in. long, cylin- 
drical in the upper two-thirds; limb }—} in. long, all the segments 
oblanceolate-unguiculate, the lower spreading, the upper straight ; 
stamens reaching nearly to the tip of the perianth-segments : ‘anthers 
lanceolate, 7—} in. long; style-branches very short, cuneate at the 
top; capsule large, inflated ; seeds flat, broadly winged. Thunb. 
Prodr.7; Fl. Cap. i. 164; Ker in Bot. Mag. sub t. 1172; Gen. 
Trid. 156. Gladiolus nervosus, Baker, Handb. Irid. 228. 
South Arrica: without locality, Thunberg! Zeyher, 1638! 
Coast Region: sides of Devils Mountain near Rondebosch, 500 ft., Bolus, 
4528 ! Muizenberg, 600 ft., Bolus, 4870! Worcester Div.; Goudine, Cooper, 
3181! mountains near Swellendam, Burchell, 7871! Riversdale Div. ; between 
pce sea ta pyr pe ee Burchell, 6599! near Zoetemelks River, 
: poor peter Bay, Te = age Div. ; near Wittklip Mountain, MacOwan, 
Pg vara) in the shape of its perianth Homoglossum with Euantholyza through 
14. A. laxiflora (Baker) ; corm not seen ; stem simple, 3 ft. long, 
bearing 4 superposed, rigid, linear, strongly-ribbed leaves, the lowest 
2 ft. long, § in. broad, the second a foot long, the uppermost short ; 
