16 IRIDEX (Baker). [ Morea. 
half ; capsule ellipsoid, 4 in. long. Gen. Irid, 41; Ait. Hort. Kev, 
edit. 2, i. 114; Klatt in Linnea xxxiv. 566; Baker in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. xvi. 181; Handb. frid. 53. M. decussata, Klatt, 
Ergénz. 33. Iris crispa, Linn. fil. Suppl. 98; Thunb. Diss., No. 36, 
tab. 1, fig. 1. 
Var. £, rectifolia (Baker) ; leaves narrower, more rigid, not crisped. Baker, 
Handb, Irid. p. 53. M. crispa, Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 759. 
Coast Recion: near Cape Town, Thunberg/ Between Paarl and Pont, 
Drege, 8318! Var. 8, Between Pearl and Pont, Drege, 8328! Simous Bay, 
Wright, 257! Table Mt, 1200 ft. alt., Bolus, 4718! Swellendam Div., Zeyher, 
4088 ! : 
15. M. arenaria (Baker, Handb. Irid. 52); corm not seen ; stem 
3-6 in. long, very slender; glabrous; with 2-3 basal, terete, 
glabrous, spirally-curled leaves 2-3 in. long ; clusters of flowers 2-4, 
laxly corymbose, with short erect peduncles; spathes cylindrical, 
%-1 in. long; valves lanceolate, strongly ribbed, outer small ; 
perianth fugacious (colour uncertain), with very long claws to the 
segments; ovary clavate, glabrous, 4 in. long ; capsule ellipsoid, 
obtuse, + in. long. 
Coast ReGion: Clanwilliam Diy., Ebenezer Sandhills, under 590 ft. alt., 
Drége, 8324! lhitermediate between M. iriopetala and M. setacea. 
16. M. serpentina (Baker, Handb. Irid. 52) ; corm ovoid, }-3 in, 
diam., with thiek outer tunics strongly cancellate towards the top ; 
stem slender, 3-4 in. long, with two subulate, spreading, very thick 
leaves, curling up spirally and strongly ciliated on the margin ; 
clusters of flowers 2-4, corymbose, on short erect peduncles ; spathes 
cylindrical, #-1 in. long, 2-3-flowered ; valves lanceolate, strongly 
ribbed, outer small; perianth fugacious (colour uncertain), } in. 
long, with long claws to all the segments ; capsule ellipsoid, 3-2 
in, long. 
Westeen Reaton: Little Namaqualand, Roodeberg and Ezelskop, 4000-5000 
ft. alt., Drége, 2599! Near Ookeep, Bolus, 6571! 6572! 
17. M. Cooperi (Baker, Handb. Irid. 54); corm not seen; stem 
slender, terete, 1-1} ft. long, with two long subulate, terete, wiry 
leaves, one from near its base, and the other from halfway up to the 
inflorescence ; inflorescence of 6-20 clusters in a subcorymbose panicle, 
the ascending peduncles not over }-} in. long; spathes cylindrical, 
it in. long, 2-3-flowered, smooth, glossy, glabrous ; valves acute, 
rigid to the tip ; perianth fugitive, lilac, {-1 in. long; outer segments 
oblong, spathulate ; inner oblanceolate ; filaments connate in a 
cylindrical column } in. long; ovary clavate ; style-crests lanceolate ; 
capsule not seen, 
Coast Reaion: Tulbagh, on Mount Winterhoek, 1500 ft., Bolus, 5248! 
Central Resion: Worcester Div., Cooper, 1661! 
(18. M. polyanthos (Thunb. Diss., No. 14); corm ovoid, 2 in. 
diam. ; outer tunics thick, dark brown, cancellate ; produced leaves 
about three, one from near the base of the stem, and the others from 
