Moræa.] CXXXVI. IRIDEÆ (BAKER), 843 
lanceolate. Capsule oblong, 1—14 in. long.—Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. 
t. 196 (excl. syn.); Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 693; Baker, Handb. Irid. 60. 
M. vegeta, Miller, Gard. Dict. edit. viii. (Ic. t. 239, fig. 1), not Linn. 
Iris compressa, Linn. f. Suppl. 98 ; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 147. 
I. moreoides, Ker in Bot. Mag. sub t. 1407. J. crassifolia, Lodd. Bot. 
Cab. t. 1861. Dietes iridifolia, Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 307. D. 
iridioides, Sweet, Hort. Brit. edit. ii. 497. D compressa, Klatt in 
Linnæa, xxxiv. 584. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Valley of the River Umba, Smith ! 
British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Mount Malosa, 4000-6000 ft., Whyte! by the 
Mwata Manga Rivulet, 4000 ft., Kirk ! 
Also widely spread in South Africa, 
2. MARICA, Ker; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. 689. 
Perianth without any tube above the ovary; segments of the two 
rows very different in shape; outer obovate, spreading ; inner smaller, 
convolute vertically. Stamens placed opposite the branches of the style ; 
filaments free ; anthers linear, basifixed. Ovary 3-celled; ovules many, 
superposed ; style subulate at the base, cup-shaped in the upper half, 
with 3 angles to which the stamens loosely adhere ; crests petaloid, with 
a transverse stigma at the base. Capsule oblong, loculicidally 3-valved. 
Seeds globose or angled by pressure.—Rootstock a short rhizome. 
Leaves ensiform, distichous, flabellate. Peduncle flattened, with one 
or few clusters of flowers; spathe-valves rigid or scariose. Flowers very 
fugitive, blue, white, or yellow. 
Species about 10, the others Tropical American. 
1. M. Sabini, Lindl. in Trans. Hort. Soc. vi. 75, t.1. Leaves 
6-8 in a tuft, ensiform, distichous, 2-3 ft. long, bright green, 1-14 in. 
broad, tapering to the point. Peduncle as broad as the leaves, similar 
in texture, bearing 2-3 clusters of flowers from the side a m way 
below its apex. Spathes 2-24 in. long; outer valves firm, green. Outer 
segments of the perianth 2 in. long, bright blue, the base ës E 
spots on a yellow ground; inner segments similarly coloured, re ae 
at the tip, not more than half as long as the outer —Lodd. Sah : 
t. 1164; Baker, Handb. Irid. 61. M. sabiniana, Herb. in Bot. Mag. 
sub t. 3809. ; 
Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Don. 
Lower Guinea. Princes Island, Barter, 2015! Angola, EE ! 
Is probably only a form of the Brazilian M. cerulea, Ker, and introduced. 
3. FERRARIA, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. 692. 
Perianth-segments united at the base, connivent above it, e 
 stpendine, acute, more or less convolute. Stamens placed vedas GH 
branches of the style; filaments united or connivent in a cylindri 
