Morea. | CXXXVI, IRIDEZ (BAKER). 341 
broad; inner a little narrower. Style-branches half as long as the 
perianth ; crests deltoid. Ovary cylindrical, 1 in. long. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Urungu; Fwambo, Carson, 87 of 
1894 collection ! 
9. M. textilis, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 270. 
Corm depresso-globose, 14-2 in. diam., with fibrous tunics produced 
above its neck. Produced leaf 1, spreading from several inches above 
the base, firm, linear, glabrous, strongly ribbed, reaching a length of 
4-5 ft., -L in. broad. Stem simple, 2-3 ft. long, bearing several rudi- 
mentary leaves. Spathe 4-5 in. long; outer valve shorter than the 
inner. Ovary 1 in. long. Perianth dark purple, 24-3 in. long; outer 
segments obovate-unguiculate, 4 in. broad, reflexing from above the 
middle; inner erect, emarginate. Style-branches 14 in. long; crests 
large, lanceolate.— Baker, Handb. Irid. 52; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. 
Afr. 173, 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; on hills by the Lopollo Brook, among 
bushes in damp places, 3800-5500 ft., Welwitsch, 1549! 
10. M. Thomsoni, Baker, Handb. Irid. 57. Corm not seen. 
Stem-leaves reduced to sheaths, with short erect free points. Stem 
including inflorescence 1 ft. long, bearing 2-5 remote spicate clusters 
of flowers; spathe cylindrical, 1-14 in. long; outer valve longest. 
Perianth fugitive, light blue, 3 in. long; outer segments spreading 
from half-way down. Style-crests short. Capsule oblong, } in. long. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Higher plateau north of Lake Nyasa, 
Thomson! British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Mount Malosa, 4000-6000 ft., 
Whyte! 
11. M. Carsoni, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 391. Corm not seen. 
Produced leaf 1 from the middle of the stem, narrowly linear, erect, 
rigid, glabrous, strongly ribbed, a foot long, 34; in. broad. Stem very 
slender, 14 ft. long, bearing about 4 clusters of flowers, the lateral 
on very short ascending peduncles. Spathe cylindrical, 14-1} in. long ; 
outer valve acuminate, much shorter than the inner. Perianth purple, 
fugitive, under 1 in. long; outer segments obovate-unguiculate, 4 in. 
broad; inner narrower, oblanceolate. Style-branches 4 in. long; 
crests lanceolate. Capsule oblong, } in. long. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Urungu; Fwambo, Carson ! 
12. M. spithamzea, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i 27k: 
Corm globose, 4—4 in. diam. Stem } ft. long, branched in the upper 
half, viscous below the nodes and spathes, with 2 rudimentary leaves 
below the inflorescence. Produced leaves not seen. Inflorescence 
corymbose, with ascending peduncles 1-1} in. long. Spathes 1-1} in. 
long; outer valve oblong, obtuse, considerably shorter than the inner. 
Perianth yellow, fugacious, under 1 in. long; outer segments obovate- 
cuneate, spotted with black ; inner nearly as broad. Style-branches 
