352 cxxxvi. iRiDEiE (baker). [LapeT/rousia. 



Mozaxnb* Blst. Portuguese East Africa : Zambesi Delta ; Kongoni River, 

 Kirk, 318 ! near the River Shire, between its mouth and Morambala Mountain, 

 Kirk, 16 ! Lower Zambesi ; Shupanga, Kirk ! British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; 

 Manganja Hills, Kirk ! Waller ! 



4. la. Sanderson!, Baker, Handh. Irid. 1(59. Corm ovoid, J- J in. 

 diam. ; tunics of thick wiry strands. Produced basal leaves 2-3, linear, 

 erect, moderately firm, J-1 ft. long, -|-J in. broad. Stem including the 

 inflorescence 1-1|^ ft. long, branched from the middle or below it, com- 

 pressed and acutely angled, with reduced leaves from the lower forks. 

 Inflorescence a lax panicle, with long corymbose branches ; spikes 2-4- 

 flowered ; outer spathe-valve ovate or oblong, submembranous, ^-J in. 

 long. Perianth lilac or whitish ; tube slender, \-\ in. long ; segments 

 oblanceolate, as long as the tube. Stamens and style rather shorter 

 than the perianth-segments. — Fl. Cap. vi. 95. 



^o-wer Guinea. Hereroland ; Otjitambe, Belck, 50 ! 



AiKozaml}> Di^t. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Shire Highlands, 

 Buchanan, 50 ! Kondowe to Karonga, 2000-6000 ft., Whyte, 338 ! and without 

 precise locality, Buchanan, 426 ! Rhodesia : Matabeleland, Scott-Elliot ! Leshumo 

 Valley, Holuh, 830 ! 832 ! 834 ! 



Also in the Transvaal. 



5. L. Welwitschii, Baher, Handh. Irid. 1G8. Corm ovoid, J in. 

 diam., with thick reticulated brown tunics. Produced leaves 2, supra- 

 basal, narrowly linear, arcuate, | ft. long, 1 lin. broad. Stem slender, 

 terete, flexuose, 8-12 in. long including the inflorescence, branched 

 from below the middle. Inflorescence a lax panicle with few-flowered 

 corymbose branchlets ; outer spathe-valve ovate, submembranous, |^ in. 

 long. Perianth lilac ; tube \ in. long ; segment oblanceolate, as long as 

 the tube. Stamens nearly as long as the perianth-segments ; anthers 

 small, oblong. — L. ahyssinica, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. 

 i. 272. 



Iiower Cuinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo, 2400-3800 ft., Welwitsch, 1531 ! 



6. L. Bainesii, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, o38. Corm not seen. 

 Leaves 3-4, erect, linear, glabrous, strongly ribbed, 1-1 1^ ft. long. 

 Stems and branches quadrangular, slightly compressed, lJ-2 ft. long 

 including the inflorescence. Flowers very numerous, " strongly 

 scented" (Lur/ard), forming a corymbose panicle, 1-2 at the end of each 

 branch ; spathe-valves oblong-lanceolate, acute or acuminate, green or 

 rosy, |-J in. long. Perianth white, with chocolate spots at the base of 

 the lower segments ; tube slender, 1^ in. long; segments of the limb 

 oblanceolate, I- in. long. Stamens shorter than the perianth-segments. 

 — Fl. Cap. vi.^05. 



XUXozamb- Bist. Ngamiland : between Kobis and Shaw Valley, Baines ! 

 Kwebe, Lugard, 179 ! near Bachakuru, Lugard, 242 ! 

 Also in South Africa. 



7. Ij. caudata, Schinz in Verhandl Bot. Ver. Branden, xxxi. 

 213. Corm globose, | in. diam. Produced leaves linear; basal leaves 2, 

 ascending, narrowly linear, firm, glabrous, 6-9 in. long, j^-J in. broad 

 above the base. Stem including the inflorescence 1-1 i ft. long, terete, 



