172 HANDBOOK OF IRIDE.E, 



lax, few-flowered; outer spatlie-valvo iMnceolalc, green, l-lf in. 

 long. Perianth with a slender tube l^-l4 in. long; segraeiits 

 reddish, Hnear-lanoeolate, half as long as the tube. {Stamens half 

 as long as the segments. 



Hab. Delagoa Bay, Bolus 7618 ! 



21. L. ANCEPs Ker in Konig et Sims, Ann. i. 238; Sweet, Brit. 

 Flow. Gard. t. 143. Gladiolus anceiis Linn. fil. ex parte ; Jacq. Ic. 

 t. 2G9. G. (lenticulatiis Lam. Ovieda avccpti Spreng. Ixia jij/ramidnlis 

 Lam. Witsenia jnjramiddJis Pers. — Corm ovoid, tunics thick, hrown, 

 caucellate. Produced basal leaf 1, linear, ^ ft. long. Stems ^-1 ft. 

 long including the inflorescence, strongly ancipitous, branched low 

 down; spikes laxly 2-5-flowered; outer spathe-valve ovate, pale 

 green, ^\ in. long. Perianth lilac or white, with a slender tube 

 1-1-|- in. long and oblanceolate segments -^-^ in. long. Stamens 

 lialf as long as the segments. 



Var. L. ACULEATA Sweet (Flow. Gard. ser. ii. t. 39). Grieda 

 (tcnieata Klatt. — Outer spathe-valve denticulate on the keel. Peri- 

 anth-tube shorter than in the type and segments broader. 



Hab. Ca^De Colony ; south-western provinces and Namaqualand. 



22. L. CAUDATA Schinz in Verhand. Bot. Vereins, Branden. xxxi. 

 218. — Corm globose, ^ in. diam. Produced basal leaves 1-2, 

 linear, firm, ascending, G-9 in. long. Stem 1-1^ ft. long in- 

 cluding the inflorescence, copiously branched from low down ; 

 branches obscurely ancipitous ; flowers many, in long very lax 

 spikes; outer spathe-valve lanceolate, green, ^ in. long. Perumth 

 pale, with a very slender tube 1^ in. long ; segments linear- 

 subulate, spreading, flexuose, half as long as the tube. Stamens 

 very short. 



Hab. South-west Tropical Africa ; Ambolana, Dr. Schiiiz ! 



23. L. LiTTORALis Bilker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, i. 272. 

 — Stem much branched, 3 in. long including the inflorescence, 

 bearing 2 firm linear leaves low down. Piachis of panicle angled, 

 very flexuose; spathe-valves subequal, lanceolate, green, ^ in. long. 

 Flower not seen. Capsule obovoid-oblong, ^-^ in. long. 



Hab. Angola ; i^rovince of Mossamedes, on the sandy sea-shore, Welwitsch ! 



21. L. cYANEscENs Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, i. 272. — 

 Corm globose, 1 in. diam. ; tunics thick, coarsely fibrous. Stem 

 G-9 in. long, bearing 3-4 crowded, linear, firm, erect leaves a foot or 

 more long. Flowers few, in a very lax panicle with acutely angled 

 branches, all peduncled ; spathe-valves lanceolate, firm, green, 

 1 J-li- in. long. Perianth white, with a slender tube 4-5 in. long ; 

 segments oblong, obtuse, an inch long. Anthers ^ in. long ; fila- 

 ments very short. 



Hab. Angola; province of Huilla, subtemperate region, Welwitsch 155'd\ 

 Anoiiiatlieca aiiciolen^is Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 3:i7, described from a i^lant 

 sent by Mr. Monteiro that flowered at Kew, July, 1862, is perhaps a form of the 

 same species. 



25. L. FRAGRANs Biikcr in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, i. 272.— 

 Corm ovoid, ^-l in. diam. ; tunics coarsely fibrous. Produced 



