18 1RIDEZ (Baker). [ Morea. 
21. M. tristis (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. Bot. i. 241); corm 
globose, $ in. diam., outer tunics of matted parallel fibres; stems 
slender, 4-1 ft. long, with 2-3 produced, linear, grass-like leaves from 
near the base, which are glabrous, 1-2 ft. long, $4 in. broad; 
clusters of fluwers 4-6, laxly corymbose, 3—4-flowered, with 
peduncles 2-3 in. long, the lower subtended by short leaves ; spathes 
cylindrical, 1-1} in. long; valves green, firm, strongly ribbed, 
scariose at the tip; perianth fugacious, # in. long, dull lilac, 
ochraceous or salmon-coloured, outer segments oblong-unguiculate, 
with a yellow eye, inner oblanceolate ; filaments connate, high up; 
ovary clavate, 4 in. long, glabrous or pilose; style-crests small, 
lanceolate ; capsule ellipsoid, obtuse, 4 in. long. Ker in Bot. Mag. 
sub t. 1108; Gen. Irid. 41; Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 564; Hrgdnz. 
33; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 131; Handb, Irid. 53. Iris 
tristis, Linn. fil. Suppl. 97; Thunb. Diss. No. 39; Prodr. 12 ;- Fl. 
Cap. i. 302; Ker in Bot. Mag.t. 577. MM. sordescens, Jacq. Ic. t. 
a Collect. Suppl. 29; DC. in Red. Lil. t.71. Miller Ic. t. 238, 
gs. 1-2. 
Coast Recion: vicinity of Cape Town, Thunberg! Rogers! Elliot, 1097! 
1148! Bolus, 3745! 
22. M. polystachya (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 240); 
corm ovoid, #-1 in. diam. ; tunics thick, with parallel wiry strands, 
connected by short cross-bristles; stems stout, erect, 2-3 ft. long; 
produced leaves about 4, linear, glabrous, strongly ribbed, 1-2 ft. 
long, 3 in. broad; panicle a lax corymb of 5-20 clusters; spathes 
cylindrical, 13-2 in. long, 3-6-flowered; valves with very long, 
membranous cusps; perianth fugacious, bright lilac, 1-14 in. long, 
outer segments oblong-unguiculate, $ in. broad, with a large, bright 
yellow spot at the base of the blade, inner oblanceolate; ovary 
clavate, } in. long; crests of styles large, lanceolate; filaments con- 
nate towards the base; capsule clavate-oblong, obtuse, } in. long. 
Ker, Gen. Irid. 39; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 131. Iris poly- 
stachya, Thunb. Diss. No. 40; Prodr.12; Fl. Cap. i. 303. Iris 
lacera, Lam. Encyce. iii. 804; Illustr. i. 125. Vietsseuxia poly- 
stachya, Eckl. Exsic. M. multiflora, Solander MSS. 
Coast Recion; near Grahamstown, MacOwan, 10! 
Cenrrat Keeton: U tenhage Div., Zeyher! Somerset Div., Bowker! Sneeuw 
Berg, Burchell, 2831! Near Graaff Reinet, Burchell, 2941! Between Sunday R. 
and Fish B., Thunberg ! 
Totally different from M. catenulata, with which Dr. Klatt has united it, 
Erganz, 34. 
23. M ramosa (Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 771) ; corm small, globose, 
surrounded by dense, short, spreading, branched, spine-like fibres, 
bearing, as do the lower nodes of the stem, a copious supply of small 
ovoid bulbille; stem stout, erect, 2-3 ft. long; produced leaves 
about six, from the base of the stem, linear, firm in texture, strongly 
ribbed, glabrous, 1-1} ft. long, 4-} in. broad; inflorescence a lax 
corymb of often 20-30 clusters, the lower branches copiously com- 
