24 PLANT INVENTORY NO. 139 



132669. Perle von Firikenburg. 



132670. Samling von Werth. 



132671. Schwarze Hangische. 



132672. Prunus cerasus L. Sour cherry. 

 Spanische Glaskirsche. 



132673. Prunus avium L. Sweet cherry. 

 Werners Fruhe. 



132674 to 132690. 



From the Union of South Africa. Bulbs purchased from John Martley, Banhoek, 

 Stellenbosch. Received April 24, 1939. 



132674. Anoiganthus breviflorus (Harv.) Baker. Amaryllidaceae. 



A plant with 3 or 4 narrow, strap-shaped, channeled leaves, 1 foot or more 

 long, appearing with the flowers, and an umbel of 2 to 10 bright-yellow or white 

 funnel-shaped flowers about 1 inch long ; native to Natal and the Cape region, 

 ascending the mountains to about 6,000 feet altitude. 



132675 to 132678. Babiana spp. Iridaceae. 



132675. Babiana hiemalis L. Bolus. 



An early-flowering babiana with 3 to 5 leaves in a short stiff fan and a 

 short simple spike of 4 to 6 pale-blue flowers. Native to South Africa. 



132676. Babiana plicata (L.) Ker. 



A dwarf, sweet-scented, early-flowering babiana with 5 to 6 lanceolate 

 leaves, 3 to 6 inches long, and 4 to 6 flowers in a simple or forked spike, usually 

 shorter than the leaves. The ringent lilac or reddish perianth is about 1 inch 

 long. Native to South Africa. 



132677 and 132678. Babiana stricta var. sulphurea (Jacq.) Baker. 



A large babiana with spikes 1 foot long of milk-white or sulfur-yellow 

 flowers. Native to South Africa. 



132679. Geissorhiza splendidissima Diels. Iridaceae. 



A low irislike plant from South Africa, 4 to 6 inches high, with 3 linear leaves 

 2 to 5 inches long and small blue flowers in a 3- to 5-flowered lax spike. 



For previous introduction see 105282. 



132680. Hesperantha angusta (Willd.) Ker. Iridaceae. 



A hesperantha with 3 or 4 linear, grasslike leaves, the lower 4 to 6 inches 

 long, the upper sheathing the slender simple or forked stem. The few white 

 flowers are in a lax spike. The curved perianth tube is '% inch long, and the 

 segments are % inch long. Native to South Africa. 



132681. Hesperantha buhrii L. Bolus. 



A hesperantha about 12 inches high, with several narrow leaves up to 8 inches 

 long and a lax, flexuose spike of about 7 small rose flowers. 



For previous introduction see 128423. 



132682. Ixia sp. Iridaceae. 



Introduced under the name "cochlearis," for which a place of publication has 

 not been found. 



132683. Melasphaerula graminea (Thunb.) Ker. Iridaceae. 



A dainty bulbous plant with several linear leaves in a distichous basal rosette 

 and a slender stem up to 2 feet high bearing a broad lax panicle of small yellow- 

 ish-green flowers having purplish-black veins. Native to South Africa. 



132684. Romtjlea amoena Schlechter. Iridaceae. 



A crocuslike herb with cylindrical -filiform leaves and 1 or 2 bright rose-lilac 

 flowers on a short scape. Allied to Romulea hirsuta from which it differs in its 

 glabrous leaves and larger flowers. Native to South Africa. 



