Morza,] 1nIDEz (Baker). 13 
leaves 2-4, linear, rigid, 3-6 in. long, strongly ribbed, densely hairy ; 
stems 1-2 in. long, simple, or with 2-4 short arcuate branches ; 
spathes cylindrical, pubescent, 1-2 in. long; valves green, outer 
short ; perianth very fugitive, lilac or red, in, long; outer segments 
oblong, inner oblanceolate, both with a distinct claw and spreading 
blade ; filaments connate in the lower half; ovary clavate, glabrous, 
¢ in. long; crests of stigma linear, 4-4 in. long; capsule small, 
clavate. Ker, Gen. Irid. 43; Ait. Hort. Kew, edit. 2, i. 114; 
Klatt in Linnea xxxiv. 560 ; Ergdnz. 31; Baker in Journ. Linn. 
Soc, xvi, 129; Handb, Irid. 49. Iris. papilionacea, Linn. fil. 
Suppl. 98; Thunb. Diss. No. 37, tab. 2, fiz. 1; Prodr. 12; Fl. 
Cap. i. 298: Jacg. Collect. Suppl. 159, tab. 3, fig. 2. Morea ciliata, 
Herb. Dréege,non Ker. M. hirsuta. Ker, Gen. Irid. 43. Iris hirsuta, 
Licht. in Roem. et Schultes Syst. Veg. i. 478. Vieusseuxia eiliata and 
nervosa, Eckl. Top. Verz. 11-12. 
Coast Reeton: Hills and Flats near Cape Town, Thunberg! Bolus, 2832! 
8693! Drege! Zeyher, 1640! Ecklon, 818! Wright! Klein River Berg, 
Zeyher, 4071! Paarl Berg, Drége ! 
7. M. fimbriata (Klatt in Linnea xxxiv. 561); corm globose, 
4 in. diam. ; outer tunics thick, with close, wiry, parallel strands ; 
basal leaves 4-6, linear, 2-3 in. long, firm, much crisped, glabrous on 
the faces, minutely ciliated on the edge ; stems slender, 1-3 in. long, 
single or fascicled; spathes cylindrical, 1}in. long, 1-3-flowered ; 
valves lanceolate, scariose at the tip, outer short; perianth lilac, very 
fugacious, # in. long; outer segments oblong, inner oblanceolate, 
both distinctly unguiculate ; ovary clavate, 4 in. long; style-column 
Ki long; crests of stigma small, lanceolate ; capsule clavate, } in. 
ong. Klatt, Ergaénz. 33; Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xvi. 130; 
Handb. Irid. 50. Vieusseuxia erispa, Eckl. Top. Verz. 12. 
Coast Region: Klein River Berg, 1000-3000 ft, alt., Zeyher, 4091! 
A near ally of M. papilionacea. 
8. M. angusta (Ker in Bot. Mag., t. 1276) ; corm globose, 4-1 in. 
diam., with parallel, brown, wiry strands, and a crown of long bristles ; 
stem simple, wiry, flexuose, 1-2 ft. long, with one long, wiry terete 
leaf low down, and two or three others higher up, short and rudi- 
mentary; spathe cylindrical, 2-2} in. long, 3-4-flowered ; valves 
rigid, pale green, obtuse ; outer short ; perianth bright tn fuga- 
cious, 1} in. long; outer segments oblong-unguiculate, 4 in. broad ; 
inner nearly as long, oblanceolate; filaments united towards the 
base ; ovary clavate, in. long; style-crests lanceolate, } in. long; 
capsule oblong, an inch long. Ker, Gen. Irid. 37; Klatt in Linnea 
xxxiv. 559; Ergdnz. 32; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 130; 
Handb. Irid. 50. Iris angusta, Thunb. Diss., No. 28; Prodr. 12; 
Fl. Cap. i. 294; Willd. Sp. Plant. i, 235; Roem. et Schultes Syst. 
Veg. i. 473. M. teretifolia, Soland. MSS. 
Coasr ReGion: vicinity of Cape Town, Thunberg! Masson! Wright, 240! 
‘Bolus, 3802! Elliot, 1095! 1198! Swellendam Div., Zeyher, 4076! 
