350 



CXXXVI. JRIDEJE (baker). 



[Dierama, 



long.— Handb. Irid. 159; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 174. D, 

 ensifolium, K. Koch & Bouclie in Walp. Ann. vi. 43. B. cupuliflorum, 

 Klatt in Decken's Reisen Bot. 73, t. 3. Ixia pendula, Thunb. Diss. 

 15. Sparaxis pendula, Ker in Bot. Mag. sub t. 1482 ; Bot. Reg. t. 

 1360. 



Mozamb. I>ist. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro, 8000-10,000 ft., Johnston, 

 22 ! Volkens, 983 ! between Lake Nyasa and Lake Tanganyika, 6000-8000 ft., 

 Thomson! British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Mlanje Plateau, McClounie ! Nyika 

 Plateau, 6000-7000 ft., Whyte, 250 ! Mpata and commencement of the Tanganyika 

 Plateau, 2000-3000 ft., Whyte! 



Also widely spread in South Africa. 



8. LAPEYROUSIA, Pourr. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. 705. 



Perianth -tube short or long, subcylindrical, slightly ciliated at the 

 throat; segments oblong-lanceolate or lanceolate, subequal, spreading. 

 Stamens inserted at the throat of the perianth-tube, unilateral, close, 

 arcuate ; filaments short ; anthers basifixed. Ovary 3 -celled ; ovules 

 many, superposed ; style filiform, with short spreading bifid branches. 

 Capsule small, globose or oblong, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds small, 

 globose or angled by pressure. — Rootstock an ovoid corm with matted 

 tunics. Leaves distichous, subterete or linear, usually only 1-2 to each 

 stem. Inflorescence various; spathe-valves usually green. Flowers 

 usually small, various in colour. 



Species 34, the others all South African. 



*OviEDA. Produced leaves usually 1-2, not forming 

 a basal rosette. 



Perianth-tube \-\ in. long. 



Perianth-tube scarcely longer than the spathe-valves. 

 Perianth-tube \ in. long 

 Perianth-tube \ in. long 

 Perianth-tube longer than the spathe-valves. 

 Perianth bright red 

 Perianth lilac or white. 

 Produced leaves basal 

 Produced leaves suprabasal 

 Perianth- tube 1^-2 in. long. 

 Perianth-segments oblanceolate 

 Perianth-segments linear-subulate 

 Perianth-tube 4-6 in. long. 



Perianth-segments lanceolate or linear-lanceolate. 

 Outer spathe-valve \-\ in. long . 

 Outer spathe-valve 1-2 in. long. 

 Perianth-tube 4-4| in. long 

 Perianth-tube 5-6 in. long. 



Spathe 1— 1-| in. long .... 



Spathe li-2 in. long .... 



Outer spathe-valve 3-5 in. long . 



Perianth-segments oblong .... 



Flowers unknown ...... 



1. X. ccsrulea. 



2. L. ahyssinica. 



3. L. erythrantha. 



4. L. Sandersoni. 



5. L. Welwitschii. 



6. L. Bainesii. 



7. L. caudata. 



8. L. congesta. 



9. li.fragrans. 



10. L. edulis. 



11. L. porphyrosiphon. 



12. L. odoratissima. 



13. L. cyanescens. 



14. L. littoralis. 



