Morea. ] IRIDEX (Baker), 21 
Var. 6, M. odora (Salisb, Parad. t. 10), Flowers white. 
Var. y, M. longifolia (Sweet, Hort, Brit. edit. 2, 497), Flowers yellow, 
Tris longifolia, Andr. Bot. Rep, t. 45. M. edulis, var., Ker in Bot. Mag. t, 
eae Vicusseuwia longifolia, Eckl. Top. Vere. 14. V. aristata, Delaroche, 
iss. 33, 
Var, 5, M. umbe.lata (Thunb. Diss, No. 16). Main axis of inflorescence 
short; clusters numerous, erect. Prodr., 11; Fl. Cap. i. 279. M. fasciculata, 
Soland. MSS. Bobartia umbellata, Ker, Gen. drid, 81. Aristea umbellata, 
Spreng. Syst. Veg. i. 158. 
Var. e, gracilis (Baker), More slender than in the type, with acute spathes 
scarcely over an inch long, smater flowers, and much smaller capsules (4 in. 
long) narrowed into a distinct beak. 
Pentiy Arrica; without locality; Var. 7, Zeyher, 4079! Var. 3, Thunberg / 
asson ! 
Coast ReGion: Malmesbury Div.; Groenekloof, Thunberg! Zeyher, 1646! 
Table Mountain and vicinity of Cape Town, Ecklon, 823! Thunberg! Bolus, 
4676; Swellendam Div., Zeyher, 4087! Mosrel Bay, Burchell, 6295! Var. y, 
near Cape Town, Bolus, 2830! Var. e, near Tulbagh, Zeyher, 1647 | 
30. M. spiralis (Baker, Handb. Irid. 57); corm not seen; stems 
very slender, 3-4 in. long, with a single, produced, subulate leaf, 
3-6 in. long, springing from the stem above the base, spirally 
twisted, and sometimes very wavy ; clusters 2—4, erecto-patent, close, 
nearly sessile ; spathes cylindrical, 2-3-flowered, 4-8 in. long, glossy, 
glabrous, not ribbed, not cuspidate at the tip; perianth fugitive, lilac, 
under 4 in. long, outer segments oblong-spathulate, inner oblan- 
ceolate ; ovary clavate, narrowed into a neck above } in. long. 
WestFrn Reeion: Little Namaqualand ; near Ookiep, Morris in Hb. Bolus, 
5788 ! Kook Fontein Mountains, 3000—4v00 ft., Drége, 2604! 
31. M. Rogersii (Buker, Handb, Irid. 57); corm not seen; stem 
very short, with a single terminal cluster of flowers, and from the 
base of it a single, falcate, linear-subulate, glabrous leaf of firm 
texture, 3-4 in. long; spathe cylindrical, 1-1} in. long; valves pale 
and scariose, long-pointed, with a few strong ribs; perianth fugacious, 
2 in. long, lilac; all the segments with long claws, outer obovate, 
with a yellow spot at the base of the blade; ovary cylindrical, with 
a short pedicel, narrowed into a filiform beak, 4 in. long. 
Coast Region: the Point, Mossel Bay, Rogers / 
Habit of the dwarf forms of Zris Sisyrinchium, L. 
32. M. Burchellii (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, xvi. 132); corm 
not seen;. stems 3-6 in. long, with 1-3 clusters of flowers, the side 
ones sessile, and a single, slender, terete, glabrous leaf, }—1 ft. long, 
produced from its base; spathes cylindrical, 1-1} in. long; valves 
long-pointed, pale, and scariose at the flowering season, strongly 
ribbed; perianth fugacious, pale lilac, 4 in. long, outer segments 
oblong-unguiculate, with a claw as long as the lamina, inner 
oblanceolate; filaments free nearly to the base; ovary cylindrical, 
with a short peduncle, narrowed into a filiform beak, an inch long ; 
style-crests lanceolate. Baker, Handb. Irid. 57. 
Karanart Raoion: Bechuanaland; Jabira Fountain, near Old Litaku, 
Burchell, 2250! 
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