Morea.) In1DEx (Baker). 15 
12. M. viscaria (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i, 240); corm 
ovoid, I in. diam.; outer tunics thick, with parallel wiry strands and 
close cross-bristles; produced leaves 1-2, narrow, linear, rigid, 
channelled, strongly-ribbed, glabrous, 1-2 ft. long; inflorescence a 
lax panicle, with 5-20 clusters of flowers; branches short, arcuate, 
viscose, subtended by rudimentary leaves; spathes. cylindrical, 
1-1} in. long, 2-3-flowered ; valves rigid, lanceolate, scariose at the 
tip; perianth very fugitive, brownish, 2 in. long; outer segments 
eblong-unguiculate ; inner, oblanceolate ; filaments free nearly or quite 
to the base; ovary clavate, } in. long; style-crests small, lanceo- 
late ; capsule ellipsvid, obtusely angled, 4 in. long. Ker in Bot. 
Mag. sub t. 696; Ait. Hort. Kew. edit. 2, i. 113; Klatt in Linnea 
xxxiv. 567; Erganz. 33; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 131; 
Handb. Irid. 55, Iris visearia, Linn. fil Suppl. 98 ; Thunb. Diss., 
No. 41; Prodr.12; Fl. Cap. i. 304. Vieusseuxia viscaria, Eckl. 
Top, Verz. 12. 
Var. 8, M. bituminosa (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 240); taller, with 
broader leaves, bright yellow flowers, and green branchlets. Ker in Bot. Mag. 
t. 1045, Iris bituminosa, Linn. fil. Suppl. 98; Thunb. Diss., No, 42, tab. 2, 
fig. 2; Proir.12; Fl. Cap. i. 305. Vieusseuzia bituminosa, Eckl. Top. Verz. 
14. 
Coast Re@ion: Saldanha Bay, Thunberg! Paarl Div., Drége! Dutoit’s 
Kloof, Drége, 8819! Near Cape 'Town, Burchell, 23! Ecklon, 819! Bolus, 3803! 
Baviaan’s Kloof, near Genadendal, Drége, 8320! Swellendam Div., Zeyher, 
16485! Riversdale Div., Burchell, 6598! 6639! Mossel Bay, Burchell, 6296. 
Karanari Reaion: Orange Free State, between Rhenoster R. and Vaal R., 
Zeyher, 1648! 
13. M. juncea (Linn. Sp. Plant, edit. ii. 59); corm globose ; 2 in. 
diam.; outer tunics with thick, parallel, wiry strands ; stem slender, 
6-8 in. long, with two falcate, firm, linear-conduplicate leaves pro- 
duced near its base, which are 2-3 in. long, 4 in. broad, not at all 
crisped ; clusters of flowers 2-3, peduncled, corymbose, the leaves 
from their base rudimentary ; spathes cylindrical, 2-3-flowered, about 
2 in. long; valves lanceolate, green, the outer much the shortest ; 
perianth lilac, fugacious, } in.. long; outer segments oblong-un- 
guiculate, ianer oblanceolate ; anthers oblong, ;’; in. long, shorter 
than the filaments; ovary oblong, 4 in. long. Baker in Journ. Linn. 
Soc. xvi. 180; Handb. Irid, 52. 
Sours Argrica: without locality, seen only in the Linnean herbarium. 
14 M. crispa (Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1284); corm small ; outer 
tunics very thick, with strong, parallel fibres, and short transverse 
strands; stems slender, 4-14 ft. long, with about two produced linear 
leaves near the base, which are 3-1 ft. long, }-3 in. broad, glabrous, 
in the type much crisped ; clusters of flowers few or many, laxly 
corymbose, with long, ascending peduncles ; spathes }—} in. long ; 
glabrous, moderately firm ; valves lanceolate, outer short ; perianth 
2 in. long, fugacious, lilac or yellow, rarely whitish ; outer segments 
oblong-unguiculate, inner oblanceolate ; ovary oblong, + in. long; 
style-crests linear, { in. long; filaments connate in the lower 
