20 : IRIDEX (Baker). [ Morea. 
ribbed, glabrous, scariose at the tip; perianth lilac, fugacious, 3-1 
in. long ; segments with long claws, outer oblong, inner oblanceolate ; 
filaments united at the base only; ovary oblong, 4 in. long; 
style-crests very small. Baker, Handb. Irid. 56. M. crispa, 
Thunb. Diss No..17; Prodr. 11; £1. Cap. i. 279; Willd. Sp. 
Plant, i. 244; Roem. et Schult. Syst. Veg. i. 453. Klatt, Erganz. 
33, non Ker, 
Sovutn Arrica: without locality, MacOwan, 2102! 
CENTEAL REGION: Fraserburg Div. ; Roggeveld, Thunberg / 
27. M. Bolusii (Baker, Handb. Irid. 57); corm not seen; pro- 
duced leaf solitary, spreading, basal, linear, coriaceous, much crisped, 
6-8 in. long, } in. broad; flowering stem 4-6 in. long, bearing 
several erect, sessile clusters ; spathe 1}-13 in. long; outer valve 
short; perianth fugacious, yellow, an inch long, outer segments 
obovate, inner smaller ; filaments connate ; style-crests lanceolate. 
Westzxn RxGIon; Little Namaqualand, Ookiep, 3000 ft., Bolus, 6574! 
28. M. natalensis (Baker, Handb. Irid. 56); corm not seen; 
stem slender, wiry, 1-1} ft. long, without any produced leaf below 
the inflorescence ; leaf from the base of the inflorescence like a con 
tinuation of the stem, terete, rigid, glabrous, 3-6 in. long ; inflorescence 
of 2-5 ascending, subracemose clusters; spathes cylindrical, 2-3- 
flowered, 13-1} in. long; valves rigid, strongly ribbed, scariose only 
at the cusp; perianth fugitive, lilac, $-1 in. long, outer segments 
obovate-unguiculate, with a yellow eye decurrent down the claw, 
inner shorter, oblanceolate ; ovary clavate, 4 in. long; crests of style 
lanceolate, 4 in. long; capsule ellipsoid, 4-3 in. long, truncate. 
Eastran Recon : Natal, 2000-6000 ft., Sanderson, 258!.Pietermaritzberg, 
Sutherland / Drakensberg, near the sources of the Tugela R., Allison! Wood, 
$442! Liddesdale, Wood, 4255! near Curry’s Post, Wood, 3436! 
29. M. edulis (Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 241); corm 
globose, at in. diam. ; coats with wiry strands connected by short, 
rallel fibres ; stems wiry, terete, 1-2 ft. long, without any produced 
eaves below the inflorescence; leaf one from the base of the 
inflorescence, wiry, rigid, narrow linear, cunvolute, 1-2 ft, long; 
clusters 2-20, on a short or elongated axis; peduncles short, stiff, 
ascending ; spathes cylindrical, 14-2 in. long, 2-4-flowered ; valves 
rigid, strongly ribbed, scariose at the tip perianth fugitive, 
lilac, 1-14 in. long, fragrant, outer segments oblong-spathulate, 
_ with a bright, yellow eye, inner shorter, oblanceolate; ovary 
cylindrical, 3 in. long, narrowed to the top; crests of style lanceo- 
late, 4 in. long; filaments connate, in a cylindrical tube; capsule 
cylindrical, an inch long, narrowed to the apex. Ker in Bot. Mag. 
t. 613; Gen. Irid. 38; Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 564; Ergédnz. 33; 
Baker in Journ. Linn, Soe. xvi. 130 ; Handb. Irid, 56. Tris edulis, 
Linn. fil. Suppl. 98; Thunb. Diss. No. 88; Prodr. 12; Fl. Cap. i. 
800. Tris capensis, Burm. Prodr.2, Vieusseuxia edulis, Eckl. Top. 
Verz. 14. M. vegeta, Jacq. Ic. t.224, non Linn. nec Mill. M. fugaz, 
Jacq. Hort. Vind, iii. 14, t. 20. 
