ia.] cxxxvi. iRiDEiE (baker). 353 



copiously branched from a little above the base. Spikes very lax, few- 

 flowered ; outer spathe-valve lanceolate, green, ^-^- in. long. Perianth 

 pale; tube very slender, IJ in. long; segments linear-subulate, half 

 as long as the tube. Stamens and style very short. — Baker, Handb. 

 Irid. 172. 



^oiKrer Guinea* German South-west Africa : Ambolaud ; near Olukonda, Schinz, 

 23 ! Rautanen, 2 ! 



8. L. congesta, Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 403. Corm 

 ^- in. diam. ; tunics rigid, cancellate, dark brown. Produced leaf 1, 

 linear, arising from the base of the spike, 4-5 in. long. Outer spathe- 

 valve linear-lanceolate, \-\ in. long. Perianth-tube slender, 4-5 in. 

 long; segments linear-lanceolate, acute, above 1 in. long. Anthers 

 \ in. long. Style-branches reaching to the tip of the anthers. 



nXozamb. I>ist. German East Africa : between the coast and Uyui, Taylor. 

 No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 



9. Ij. fragranSy Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 272. Corm 

 ovoid, I in. diam. ; tunics thick, brown, cancellate, produced in stout 

 bristles above its neck. Basal leaves 2, narrowly linear, rigid, erect, 

 strongly nerved, 6-8 in. long, yV-:J in. broad. Stem very short, 

 branched, flattened, acutely angled. Peduncles 1-2-flowered ; spathe- 

 valves green, lanceolate, the outer 1 in. long. Perianth white, fragrant ; 

 tube very slender, 4-4 J in. long ; segments lanceolate, acute, 1 in. long. 

 Filaments very short ; anthers linear, J in. long. Capsule oblong, h in, 

 long. — Handb. Irid. 172. 



Jbower Guinea. Angola : Huilla ; subtemperate region in rocky and stony 

 places, near Lopollo, Welwitsch, 1552 ! 



10. Ii. edulis, Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. App. iii. 49. Corm 

 ovoid; outer tunics reticulate-fibrous. Stem much branched, stout, 

 erect, glabrous, 3—4 ft. long; branches acutely angled. Leaves 5-6, 

 superposed, linear, 1-1 J ft. long. Flowers copiously panicled ; branches 

 laxly corymbose; spathe- valves lanceolate, acuminate, 1-1 -|^ in. long. 

 Perianth white; tube very slender, 5-6 in. long; segments lanceolate, 

 1 in. long. Stamens half as long as the perianth-segments ; anthers 

 linear. Style much overtopping the stamens. 



£o-wer Guinea. German South-west Africa : Amboland ; west of Olukonda, 

 Rautanen, 106 ! 



11. I*, porphyrosiphon. Baker. Stem stout, acutely angled, 

 narrowly winged, with several erecto-patent branches, each subtended 

 by a small linear leaf. Panicle corymbose, 1 ft. long and broad ; spathe- 

 valves linear, firm, pale green, l}^-'2 in. long. Perianth-tube very 

 slender, 5-6 in. long, tinged with purple ; segments lanceolate, white, 

 I in. long. Stamens more than half as long as the perianth-segments; 

 anthers large, linear. Style-branches overtopping the anthers. Capsule 

 subglobose, \ in. long. 



XVXozamb. Slst. Ngamiland : Kalahari Desert, near Manninwo, Lu.gard,^Z9>\ 



