342 CXXXVI. IRIDEÆ (BAKER). [Moræa. 
with crests nearly as long as the perianth. Ovary turbinate, $ in. long. 
—Baker, Handb. Irid. 55. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; subtemperate region, in sandy thickets at 
Lopollo and Humpata, Welwitsch, 1567 ! 
13. M. andongensis, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 271. 
Corm small, globose. Stem slender, 4 ft. long, branched in the upper 
half, viscous below the nodes. Produced leaves 3—4, basal and supra- 
basal, narrowly linear, rigid, glabrous, 6-15 in. long, A in. broad. In- 
florescence corymbose; peduncles ascending, 1-3 in. long; spathes 
#+1 in. long; outer valve much shorter than the inner. Perianth 
sulphur-yellow, fugacious, 4 in. long ; segments nearly equal in width. 
Style-branches with crests nearly as long as the perianth. Capsule 
depresso-globose, }—} in. diam.—Baker, Handb. Irid. 55. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo; in damp wooded meadows at 
Montollo, 2400-3800 ft., Welwitsch, 1532! 
14. M. Candelabrum, Boker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 
271. Corm small, globose. Stem much-branched, 2-3 ft. long, viscous 
below the nodes. Leaves many, 2 basal and others cauline, linear, 
glabrous, moderately firm, } in. broad, the lower above a foot long. 
Inflorescence corymbose ; peduncles ascending, 1-3 in. long; spathes 
1-1} in. long ; outer ovate ł}—} mm. jong, Perianth fugitive, lilac, about 
1 in. long ; segments nearly equal in breadth. Style-branches with their 
crests not much shorter than the perianth. Capsule small, turbinate.— 
Baker, Handb. Irid. 54; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 173. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; among shrubs in stony ground at Morro de 
Lopollo, 5200 ft., Welwitsch, 1544! 
15. M. glutinosa, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 271. 
Corm irregular, 3—14 in. diam. Leaves of the sterile rosette linear, firm, 
glabrous, 1 ft. long, 4—4 in. broad. Stem 14 ft. long, branched from 
below the middle ; rudimentary leaves subtending the branches, lanceo- 
late, 2-4 in. long; stem very viscous below the nodes; peduncles long, 
ascending. Spathes 1-14 in. long; outer valve obtuse, rather shorter 
than the inner. Perianth lilac-purple, fugacious, 1 in. long; outer 
segments 4 in. broad. Style-branches with crests nearly as long as the 
perianth. Ovary clavate, } in. long.—Baker, Handb. Irid. 55. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; subtemperate region, among shrubs on hills 
near Lopollo, Welwitsch, 1543! 
16. M. iridioides, Linn. Mant. 28. Rhizome short, creeping. 
Leaves several in a fan-shaped basal rosette, ensiform, green, firm, 
1-2 ft. long, 3-3 in. broad. Stems 1-2 ft. long, with many sheath- 
leaves, sometimes elongated and rooting. Inflorescence laxly corym- 
bose ` spathes cylindrical, 13-2 in. long; valves firm, not pointed ; 
outer valve small. Perianth white, 1-2 in. long ; segments of both 
rows spreading; outer obovate-cuneate, with a finely pilose claw and a 
yellow keel at the base ; inner narrower, pure white. Style-crests large, 
