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narrower than the outer. Style-branches with crests a little shorter 
than the perianth. Capsule oblong, } in. long.—Baker, Handb. Tod. 
51; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 173. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; in sandy pastures near Lopollo, 3800- 
5500 ft., Welwitsch, 1545! 
2. M. Mechowii, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 151. Stem simple, 
terete, above 1 ft. long, with several rudimentary leaves. Produced 
leaf 1, narrowly linear, basal, as long as the stem, A in. broad. Spathe 
2 in. long; outer valve shorter than the inner, Perianth 2 in. long; 
outer segments obovate-unguiculate, violet-purple with a yellow blotch 
at the base of the blade, nearly 1 in. broad; inner segments narrower, 
erect, violet-purple. Style-branches violet-purple, nearly as long as the 
perianth-segments. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Catala Canginga, Teuscz, 557, 
No specimen in the Kew Herbarium, 
3. M. diversifolia, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 130. Corm 
globose, 1 in. diam., with brown rigid outer tunics produced 2-3 in. 
above its neck. Produced leaf 1, rigid, linear, basal, } in. broad. 
Stem simple, 4—1 ft. long, with several rudimentary leaves. Spathe 3 in. 
long; valves acuminate, the outer rather shorter than the inner. 
Perianth lilac, 14 in. long; outer segments obovate-unguiculate, under 
$ in. broad, spreading from halfway down; inner oblanceolate, erect. 
Style-branches half as long as the perianth; crests large, lanceolate. 
Capsule oblong, 2 in. long.—Baker, Handb. Irid. 52; Engl. Hoch- 
gebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 172.—Iris diversifolia, Steud. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. 
Abyss. ii. 305. Hymenostigma tridentatum and H. Schimperi, Hochst. 
in Flora, 1844, 24-25. Xiphion diversifolium, Klatt in Linnea, XXXiv. 
572. Vieusseuxia tridentata and V. Schimpert, Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. 
Fl. Abyss. ii. 305. 
Nile Land. Abyssinia: Semen; mountain meadows near Enjedcap, Schimper, 
1173! Mount Bachit, near Barnam, Schimper, 1296 ! 
4. M. Welwitschii, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 270. 
Corm globose, 1 in. diam.; tunics brown, scariose, produced 4-5 in, 
above its neck. Leaf 1, basal, linear, rigid, flat, glabrous, 14-2 ft. long, 
4 in. broad. Stem simple, 1 ft. long, without rudimentary leaves. 
Spathe 3-4 in. long; valves acute, subequal. Ovary cylindrical, 1 in. 
long. Perianth dark lilac-purple, 2 in. long; outer segments obovate- 
spathulate, 4 in. broad, spreading from the middle ; inner not much 
narrower, erect. Style-branches 1-1} in. long; crests large, lanceolate. 
Capsule oblong, 1} in. long.—Baker, Handb. Irid. 51; Engl. Hoch- 
gebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 173. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; temperate region, in swamps near the 
Lopollo Brook, Welwitsch, 1548! 
5. M. zambesiaca, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 180. Corm 
not seen. Produced leaf 1, linear, glabrous, firm, basal, 1-14 ft. long, 
