Lapeyrousia.] cxxxvi. iRiDEiE (baker). 351 



**Anomatheca. Produced leaves several, thin, form- 

 ing a distichous rosette. 



Perianth-tube about 1 in. long. 

 Flowers less than 1 in. diam. 



Perianth-segments 1 lin. broad, lilac . . . 15. L. holostachya. 



Perianth-segments l|-2 lin. broad, red . . 16. L. cruenta. 



Flowers large, bright red ..... 17. L. grandijlora . 



Perianth-tube 4-5 in. long ...... 18. L. Monteiroi. 



1. Ii. coeralea, Schinz in Verhandl. Bot. Ver. Branden. xxxi. 212. 

 Corm ovoid, J in. diam. ; tunics thick, cancellate. Produced leaves 1-2, 

 suprabasal, arcuate, narrow^ly linear, 6-9 in. long, J lin. broad, with a 

 thick stramineous midrib. Stem 1 ft. long including the inflorescence, 

 very slender, terete, branched from the middle. Inflorescence a lax 

 panicle, with few-flowered corymbose branchlets ; outer spathe-valve 

 oblong, ^ in. long, green with a brown tip. Perianth lilac-blue ; tube 

 scarcely longer than the spathe ; segments oblanceolate, \-\ in. long. 

 Stamens nearly as long as the perianth-limb ; anthers lanceolate. 

 Style-branches overtopping the anthers. 



Iiov^er G-ulnea. German South-West Africa : Hereroland ; Otjitambe, Belck, 

 50, Ombale, Schinz, 13 ! and without precise locality, Liideritz. 



2. L. abyssinica. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 155. Corm 

 ovoid, l^-f in. diam. ; tunics thick, reticulated. Produced leaves 3-4, 

 basal or the upper suprabasal, linear, moderately firm, glabrous, 3-6 in. 

 long, -J-J in. broad. Stem J-1 ft. long including the inflorescence, 

 compressed, acutely angled in the lower part, usually branched from 

 about the middle. Spikes lax, 2— 6-flowered ; outer spathe-vaive oblong- 

 lanceolate, greenish-brown, \ in. long. Perianth lilac ; tube cylindrical, 

 as long as the spathe; segments oblanceolate, J in. long. Stamens 

 more than half as long as the segments; anthers shorter than the 

 filaments. — Handb. Irid. 168 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 178. 

 Geissorhiza ahyssinica, R. Br. in Salt, Trav. App. Ixii. ; A. Rich. Tent. 

 Fl. Abyss, ii. 308. Monthretia abyssinica, Hochst. and M. gallabatensiSf 

 Schweinf. ex Baker in Joum. Linn. Soc. xvi. 155. 



Ulle Iiand. Galabat : Matamma, Schweinfurth ! Abyssinia : Tigre ; near 

 Adowa, Schimper, 329 ! and without precise locality, Schimper, 563 ! Parkyvs I 



3. ta. erythrantha. Baker in Joum. Linn. Soc. xvi. 155. Corm 

 ovoid, |-1 in. diam. ; tunics thick, fibrous. Produced basal leaves 1-2, 

 linear, erect, glabrous, rather thin, 1 foot or more long, \-\ in. broad. 

 Stem including inflorescence 1-2 ft. long, compressed, acutely angled, 

 branched from below the middle. Branches of the panicle long, corym- 

 bose ; spathe-valves oblong, membranous, -J- in. long, the inner bifid. 

 Perianth bright red ; tube cylindrical, \-\ in. long ; segments oblanceo- 

 late, not longer than the tube. Stamens as long as the perianth- 

 segments; anthers oblong. — Handb. Irid, 168. Ovieda erythrantha, 

 Klotzsch in Peters, Reise Mossamb. Bot. 516, t, 58. 



South Central. Congo Free State : Upper Congo ; Katanga, Cornet. 



