14 tRIDEZ (Baker). [ Morea. 
9. M. Baurii (Baker, Handb. Irid. 50) ; corm not seen ; stem a foot 
long, simple, slender, 1-headed, bearing about four superposed sheath- 
ing leaves with short, free, erect, enrolled linear tips; spathes 
cylindrical, 1—2-flowered, 2 in. long; valves rigid, lanceolate- 
acuminate, nearly equal; perianth yellow; outer segments 14 in. 
long, with a reflexing obovate-connate blade as long as the claw ; inner 
shorter, oblong-unguiculate, erect ; filaments connate only at the 
base ; ovary clavate, 4 in. long; style-crests 4 in. long; capsule 
clavate, an inch long. 
Eastegn Reoion: Kaffraria, Bazeia Mts., 2000-3000 ft. alt., Baur, 247! 
10. M. lurida (Ker in Bot. Reg., t. 312); corm globose ; } in. 
diam. ; stem a span long, very slender, glabrous, bearing one long, 
narrow linear, glabrous, produced leaf, } in. broad, and two rudi- 
mentary ones higher up; spathe single, terminal, cylindrical, 4 in. 
long ; perianth fugacious, bright reddish-brown, an inch long ; outer 
segments obovate-unguiculate, } in. broad ; inner oblanceolate ; fila- 
ments united at the base ; style-crests linear. Klatt in Linnea xxxiv. 
559; Erganz. 32; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 130; Handb, 
Irid. 50. 
Sours Avrrica: locality unknown, 
Known only from the figure cited. Habit of a Vieusseuxia. 
11. M. spathacea (Ker in Bot. Mag. sub t. 1103); corm large, 
ovoid, with a dense coat of brown-black, wiry fibres ; stem short, 
2-4 ft. long, simple or rarely branched, with a single leaf produced from 
the base, which is thick, rigid, linear, acuminate, flat, strongly ribbed, 
13-2 ft. long, 3—} in. broad, low down, and several rudimentary stem- 
leaves ; spathes 3-5 in. long, 2-5-flowered ; valves with a long cusp ; 
outer much shorter than the inner ; perianth bright yellow, 14-2 in. 
long ; outer segments oblong-unguiculate, #-1 in. broad; inner 
oblanceolate ; filaments connate in the lower half; ovary clavate, 
3 in. long ; style }-3 in. long ; capsule ellipsoid, obtusely angled, 14 in. 
long. Ker, Gen. Irid. 39; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 131; 
Handb. Frid. 51. Iris spathulata, Linn. fil. Suppl. 99. Tris 
spathacea, Thunb. Diss., No. 23; Prodr. 12; Fl. Cap. i. 292; Eckl. 
Top. Verz. 11. Morea longispatha, Klatt in Linnea xxxv, 308. 
Dietes Huttoni, Hook. fil. in Bot. Mag. t. 6174. 
Vax. 8, natalensis (Baker) ; flowers large; segments more distinctly un- 
guiculate; style-crests larger. 
Vag. +, Galpini (Baker) ; leaves long, very narrow, convolute; flowering stem 
not above } ft. long; flowers in August, the type in February. 
Coast RuGion: Paal Berg, Drége! Knysna Div., Burchell, 5552! Drage, 
8301! Near George, Burchell, 60°! Near Grahamstown, MacOwan! 
Stockenstrom Div., Scu’/y, 12! 65! Queenstown Div., Cooper, 316! 
Eastern Reaion: Kaffraria; Bazeia, along streams 200) ft. alt., Baur, 514! 
Var. 8, Griqualand East, Haygarth in Hb. Wood, 4183! Natal, ascending 
to 5000 or 6000 ft., Sanderson, 355! Wood, 487! 4526! Mrs. K. Saunders! 
Katanart Reeion: Var. 8, Transvaal; Houtbosch Berg, Nelson, 502! 
Var. y, Transvaal, Saddleback Range, near Barberton, Galpin, 459! 
