Tab. 5438. 

 VIEUSSIEUXIA fugax. 



Fugacious Vieussieuxia. 



Nat. Ord. Iridace^e. — Triandria Monogynia. 



Gen. Char. Perigonium corollinum superura, hexapliyllo-rotatum ; laciniis 

 exterioribus basi unguiculato-angustatis, seepe barbatis, interioribus subulatis v. 

 tricuspidatis. Stamina 3, disco epigyno imposita ; Jilamenta in tubum connata ; 

 antherce oblongse, basifixas. Ovarium inferum, oblongo-prismaticum, triloculare. 

 Ovula plurima, in loculorum angulo central! biseriata, horizontalia, anatropa. 

 Stylus brevis, filiformis ; stigmata 3, petaloideo-dilatata, biloba, staminibus oppo- 

 sita. Capsida coriacea, obtuse trigona, trilocularis, loculicklo-trivalvis. Semina 

 plurima. — Herbse Capenses ; rhizomate taberoso ; fo\\is paucis ensatis, caule tereti 

 paniculatim ramoso, floribus intra spathas diphyllas herbaceas solitariis, pedicel- 

 latis. Endl. 



Vieussieuxia fugax; (imberbis) involucris herbaceis, folio longissimo, corolla? 



laminis subconformibus, extimis duplo majoribus obovato-oblongis, stigma- 



tibus assurgentibus incurvo-convergentibus, filamentis deorsum connatis. 



Gaicl. 

 Vieussieuxia fugax. De la Roche. Be Cand. Ann. du Mus. v. 2. p. 139. 



licem. et Schult. Syst. Veget. v. 1. p. 489. 

 Mor.ea fugax. Jaca. Bort. Vind. v. 3. t. 20. p. 14. 

 Mor.«a vegeta. Jaca. Ic. Ear. v. 2. p. 20. 



Mor.*:a edulis. Gaicl. Bot. Mag. t. 613 and t. 1238 (Jore flavo) . 

 Iris longifolia. Vahl, Enum. v. 2. p. 149. Andr. Bot. Repos. t. 45. 



This very pretty Iris-like plant was first imported from the 

 Cape by Messrs. Loddiges, of Hackney, at the very beginning 

 of the present century ; but we believe it had been long lost to 

 our garden till the past year, 1863, when Mr. Cooper, in his 

 botanical travels, sent the bulbs to his employer, William Wil- 

 son Saunders, Esq. To the latter gentleman we are indebted for 

 the possession of the plant, which flowered with us in August. 



It exhibits broader leaves than those of the many varieties 

 that are figured, and the flowers are extremely elegant in the 

 colours and markings. The ground-colour of the perianth is a 

 pale lilac, and the three petals (which are generally broader than 

 the sepals) have a very bright orange spot near the base of the 



APRIL 1st, 1864. 



