Morza.]} IRIDEZ (Baker). 19 
pound; spathe cylindrical, 1 in. long, 2—3-flowered; outer valve 
very small; perianth bright yellow, 1-1} in. long, outer segments 
obovate, maculate at the base of the limb, inner oblong, both un- 
guiculate ; filaments free nearly or quite down to the base; ovary 
small, globose ; crests of the style large, lanceolate ; capsule globose or 
turbinate. Ker, Gen Irid. 40; Ait. Hort, Kew. ed. 2, i. 113; Klatt, 
Erginz. 33; Baker, Handb. Irid. 54. M. bulbifera, Jacg. Hort, 
Schoenbr. 1. 197; Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 565; Hook, fil. in Bot. 
Mag. t. 5785. Iris ramosa, Thunb. Diss. No. 24; Prodr. 12; Fl, 
Cap. i. 293. I. ramosissima, Linn. fil. Suppl. 99 ; Roem. et Schult. 
Syst. Veg. i. 470. Morea racemosa, Herb. Drege. Freuchenia 
bulbifera, Eckl. Top. Verz. 14. 
South Arrica: without locality, Drége! distributed as M. racemosa. 
Coast Reaion: Malmesbury Div., Zwartland, Thunberg! Mostertsberg, 
Bolus, 5249! Swellendam Div., Zeyher, 1645! Riversdale Div., Burchell, 7143! 
Near George, Burchell, 6098! At the foot of Wittklip, MacOwan, 399! 
24. M. gigantea (Klatt in Linnza, xxxv. 381); corm not seen; 
stem 2 ft. or more long, stout, erect, terete; produced leaves about 3, 
linear, glabrous, firm in texture, strongly ribbed, lower 14-2 ft. long, 
3—} in. broad at the base; inflorescence a dense corymb of 20-30 
clusters, with short, crowded, erect peduncles; spathes cylindrical, 
2-3-flowered, 1} in. long; valves with a very long scariose cusp; 
perianth very fugitive, yellow, above 1 in. long; ovary clavate, 4 in. 
long ; capsule subcylindrical, obtusely-angled, 4 in. long. Baker in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 131; Handb. Irid. 54; Klatt, Ergdnz. 33. 
Centrat Resion: Fraserburg Div.; between Great and Little Reed Rivers, 
Burchell, 1388! near Little Quaggas Fontein, Burchell, 1431! 
25. M. setacea (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i, 240) ; corm ovoid, 
4-4 in. diam., coats thick, fibrous; stems slender, 4-1 ft. long, with 
1-2 very slender, subulate, glabrous leaves, }-1 ft. long, springing 
from it a distance from both base and inflorescence ; clusters 1-3, erect, 
nearly seseile, springing from the axils of lanceolate, rudimentary 
leaves ; spathes cylindrical, 2-3-flowered, about an inch long; valves 
subequal, cuspidate, strongly ribbed, scariose only at the tip; perianth 
fugitive, lilac, 4 in. broad, inner segments oblanceolate; crests of style 
lanceolate ; filaments connate at the base; ovary clavate; capsule 
ellipsoid, 4 in. long, Ker, Gen. Irid. 39; Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 
562; Erganz. 33; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe. xvi. 130; Handb. 
Frid. 56. Tris setifolia, Linn. fil. Suppl. 99. Iris setacea, Thunb. 
Diss. No. 29, t. 1, fig. 2; Prodr. 12; Fl. Cap. i. 295. Vieusseuxia 
setacea, Eckl. Top. Verz. 13. 
Sourn Aragica: without locality, Thunberg! Masson! 
26. M. undulata (Ker, Gen. Irid. 43) ; corm small, ovoid, with 
thick coats of matted fibres; stem 4 foot long, with a single, long, 
glabrous, linear leaf, spreading from near its base, 3-1 ft. long, plain, 
or frilled along the edge ; clusters of flowers 2—3, shortly peduncled, 
erect ; spathes 2—3-flowered, 1-1} in. long; valves cuspidate, strongly 
