BABIANA. 181 



Var. B. FiLiFOLiA Pappe. — Leaves very narrow. Spikes 1-2- 

 flowered. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western district. 



6. B. TUBATA Sweet, Brit. Flow. Gard. edit. 2, 500. li. tuhijlora 

 var. tubata Ker in. Bot. Mag. t. 680. (rhulioliis tuhatus Jacq. Ic. t. 

 264. G. lonfjifinrus Andr. Bot. Kept. t. 5. — Corm globose, 1 in. 

 diam. ; tunics membranous. Leaves linear, petioled, pilose, a foot 

 or more long. Spikes often several, dense, secund, 2-4 in. long ; 

 outer spathe-valve oblong or oblong-lanceolate, firm, 1-1^ in. long, 

 densely jtilose, scariose at the tip. Perianth dull pink ; tube 

 slender, IJ- in. longer than the spathe ; segments oblong-spathu- 

 late, l-ly in. Img. Stamens shorter than the segments. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western district. 



7. B. sAMBuciNA Ker in Konig & Sims, Ann. i. 233 ; Bot. Mag, 

 t. 1019. Gladiolus saiithucinus Jacq. Hort. Schoen. t. 15. — Corm 

 globose, tunicated. Basal leaves, 5-G, linear, petioled, plicate, 

 overtopping the flowers. Peduncle, including the inflorescence, 

 ^-1 ft. long; spikes dense, few or several; outer spathe-valve 

 lanceolate, pubescent, H-2 in. long. Perianth deep lilac; tube 

 l|-2 in. long ; segments oblong-spathulate, an inch long. Stamens 

 half as long as the limb. 



Hab. Cape Colony; south-western district. 



8. B. DENSiFLORA Klatt, Erganz. 14. — Corm ovoid ; tunics of 

 thick fibres. Leaves linear, hairy, plicate, ^ ft. long. Stems 

 glabrous, terete, curved, 6-8 in. long ; flowers 8-9 in a dense 

 spike ; outer spathe-valve oblong-lanceolate, membranous, 1^ in. 

 long. Perianth whitish ; tube slender, 2 in. long ; segments 

 oblong-spathulate, f in. long, the three lower with two purple spots 

 low down. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; province of Clanwilliam, Dr. Meyer. 



9. B. Dregei Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 336. — Corm not 

 seen. Leaves very thick, linear, rigid, plicate, glabrous, 9-12 in. 

 long. Flowers in 3-4 congested spikes on a short peduncle ; 

 spathe-valves oblong-lanceolate, glabrous, 1^-2 in. long. Perianth- 

 tube slender, 2-2^ in. long ; segments oblong-spathulate, an inch 

 long. Stamens half as long as the limb. 



Hab. Mountains of Namaqualand, alt. 2000—3000 ft., Drege 2328 ! 



10. B. NAMAQUENSis Balicr. — Corm small, globose, with a long 

 neck. Leaves linear, spirally curled, very hairy, 1-li in. long. 

 Spikes 2, crowded, subsessile ; spathe-valves oblong, acute, scariose, 

 i in. long. Perianth-tube as long as the spathe ; segments obovato, 

 dark purple, an inch long. Stamens shorter than tlie limb. 



Hab. Lesser Namaqualand ; in sandy ground near Port NoUoch BoIkk 

 4343! 



11. B. PYGM.EA Baker in. Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 165. B. nana 

 Ker. Gladiohis vanun Andr. Bot. Eep. t. 137. Lrin pijijnuea Burm. 

 — Corm small, ovoid ; tunics membranous, brown. Leaves 4-5, 

 lanceolate, petioled, hairy, 2-3 in. long. Flowers 2-6 in an erect 



