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spike ; peduncle short, hairy ; spathe-valves ohlong-lanceolate, f-l 

 ill. long. Perianth pale lilac ; tube fuunel-shaped, as long as the 

 spathe ; segments obioug, l-lj- in. long. Stamens half as long as 

 the limb. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western provinces. 



12. B. Sprengelii Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 165. — Corm 

 small, globose ; tunics membranous, brown. Leaves 4-5, petioled, 

 oblique-oblong, acute, moderately firm, hairy, 1-1^ in. long. 

 Flowers 1-2 in an erect spike on a level with the top of the leaves ; 

 spathe-valves oblong-lanceolate, hairy, f-1 in. long. Perianth pale 

 lilac ; tube fuanel-shaped, as long as the spathe ; segments unequal, 

 oblong-unguiculate, 1-1^ in. long. Stamens half as long as the 

 limb. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; Saldanha Bay, /^e?///(;r ! 



13. B. FLABELiFOLiA Harv. ; Klatt in Linnaea, xxxv. 380. — Corm 

 not seen. Leaves 4-5, with a distinct petiole and a hairy deltoid 

 blade about 2 in. long and broad with a truncate dentate apex. 

 P'lowers 2-3 in an erect spike with a short peduncle ; spathe-valves 

 oblong-lanceolate, hairy, ^-1 in. long. Perianth lilac, with a 

 slender tube as long as the spathe and unequal oblong segments an 

 inch long. Stamens more than half as long as the limb. 



Hab. Namaqualand, Reo. H. Wliitehead ! 



14. B. cuNKiFOLiA Baker in Jouru. Bot. 1876, 335. — Corm 

 globose, 1 in. diam. ; tunics of fine matted fibres. — Leaves 5-6, 

 with a long petiole and an oblique deltoid hairy blade 'i^-2 in. 

 long. Flowers 2-3 in a dense shortly-peduncled spike ; spathe- 

 valves lanceolate-acmninate, 1^ in. long. Perianth bright lilac; 

 tube as the spathe ; segments unequal, oblong-unguiculate, an inch 

 long. Stamens half as long as the limb. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; eastern district, Drege 2627 ! 



15. B. MONONEURA Baker. — Corm not seen. Leaves linear, 

 glabrous, rigidly coriaceous, 8-9 in. long, with a strongly-raised 

 midrib and revolute edges. Peduncle slender, glabrous, 1 -flowered, 

 •J ft. long ; outer spathe-valve lanceolate, green, glabrous, an inch 

 long. Perianth with a tube as long as the spathe and oblong- 

 unguiculate unequal segments 1-1 ^ in. long. Stamens more than 

 half as long as the limb. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western district, Tliunherg ! 



16. B. FiMBRiATA Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 166 Antho- 

 lyza Jimbriata Klatt. — Corm ovoid, f-1 in. diam. ; tunics of fine 

 brown matted fibres. Leaves about 6, with a long petiole and a 

 slightly hairy linear blade 4-6 in. long. Stem a foot long, in- 

 cluding the 1-2 lax spikes ; spathe-valves oblong-lanceolate, sub- 

 glabrous, ^ in. long, with a brown tip. Perianth pale lilac, with a 

 tube as long as the spathe and unequal oblong segments under an 

 inch long. Stamens nearly as long as the limb. 



Hab. Little Namaqnland, Drege 2619 ! 



