12 IRIDEZ (Baker). [ Morea, 
Coast Region: Near Cape Town, Thunberg! Swellendam Div., Zeyher, 
4072. Var. 5, Leuwestaart, near Cape Town, Thunterg ! 
CxentraL Region: Var §, Calvinia Div., Hantam Hills, Meyer / 
2. M. macrochlamys (Baker, Handb. Irid. 49) ; corm not seen ; 
basal leaves 3—4, lanceolate-acuminate, nearly an inch broad at the 
dilated base ; 4-1 ft. long, moderately firm, glabrous on both surfaces, 
minutely ciliated on the edge; spathes 1-2, nearly or quite sessile 
in the centre of the rosette of leaves, inflated, 24 in. long; outer 
valves lanceolate, foliaceous; perianth fugitive (culour uncertain), 
an inch long; outer segments oblong, inner oblanceolate, both dis- 
tinctly unguiculate; filaments connate at the base only; ovary 
clavate, 1-1 in. long; style-crests lanceolate. 
Crentrat Region: On the Sneeuwberg range, 4000-6000 ft. alt., Drége, 
2186 | 
3. M. galaxioides (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 130) ; corm 
small, ovoid; outer tunics with wiry parallel strands connected by 
short transverse fibres; basal leaves a dozen or more, narrow linear, 
convolute, 1-14 in. long, falcate, glabrous; spathe under an inch 
long, 1-flowered, sessile in the centre of the rosette of leaves; 
perianth lilac, fugacious, 3-3 in. long; outer segments oblong, inner 
oblanceolate, both distinctly unguiculate; filaments connate in the 
lower half ; ovary clavate, 4 in. long; style-crests small, lanceolate. 
Handb, Irid. 49. 
Katanari ReGion: Griqualand West, in rocky places, Dutoit’s pan, Tuck, 
13! Klip Drift, Mrs. Barber, 14! 
4, M. fasciculata (Klatt, Ergiinz. 32); corm small, ovoid; outer 
tunics of thick fibres; leaves 6-10 ina basal rosette, narrow linear 
acuminate, convolute, glabrous, falcate, 2-3 in. long; spathes 
1-flowered, short, sessile, hidden in the centre of the rosette of 
leaves ; perianth yellow, fugacious, 4 in. long; outer segments ob- 
long, inner oblanceolate, both distinctly unguiculate ; ovary clavate, 
% in. long; style-column 4} in. long; crests of stigmas lanceolate. 
Baker, Handb, Irid. 49. M. polyphylla, Bakerin Journ. Linn. Soc. 
xvi. = (name only). M. longiflora, Klatt in Linnea xxxiv. 725, 
non Ker. 
Soutn Arrica: without locality, Drége, 2301a! 
Coast Region: Clanwilliam Div., at Langevalei, Drége, 2600! 
5. M. falcifolia (Klatt, Erginz. 32); corm small, ovoid ; tunics 
rigidly fibrous; leaves many, lanceolate, falcate, glabrous, 1—1 in. 
long ; peduncle very short; spathes 3-4 sessile, an inch long; valves 
unequal, the outer acute, herbaceous; perianth reddish, fugacious, 
under 4 in. long; outer segments oblong, inner oblanceolate, both 
unguiculate ; style-crests lanceolate. Baker, Handb. Irid. 49. 
CenTkaL Rea@ion: Calvinia Div., Hantam Hills, Meyer. 
6. M. papilionacea (Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 750) ; corm globose, }in. 
diam. ; outer coats of brown imbricated lanceolate processes; basal 
