22 IRIDEX (Baker). [ Morza. 
33. M. longiflora (Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 712); corm small, ovoid ; 
produced leaves 1-2, subulate, glabrous, 4 ft. long ; stem very slender, 
ending in two sessile clusters ; spathes cylindrical, 14-2 in. long; 
valves lanceolate, acute; perianth bright yellow, fugacious, about an 
inch long, outer segments obovate-unguiculate, 4-4 in. broad, inner 
shorter, oblanceolate; ovary with a long filiform beak, which is 
protruded from the spathe ; style-crests small, lanceolate. Ait. Hort. 
Kew, edit. 2,1. 112; Roem. et Schult. Syst. Veg. i. 455; Ker, Gen. 
Irid. 39; Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xvi. 1382; Handb, Irid. 57. 
Helixyra flava, Salish. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 305. 
SoutH Argica: without locality. 
Known only from the figure cited. 
34, M. simulans (Baker, Handb. Irid. 58); corm small, ovoid ; 
stems 6-15 in. long, apparently decumbent amongst sand ; leaves 
1-2, produced from the base of the inflorescence, often with large 
bulbille in their axils, linear-convolute, 4 ft. long, very thick in 
texture, glabrous, strongly ribbed ; clusters 2-4 to a stem, the side 
ones sessile, or shortly peduncled ; spathes cylindrical, 14-2 in. long ; 
valves pale and scariose at the flowering-time, long-pointed, laxly, 
strongly ribbed ; perianth-limb lilac, fugaeious, under an inch long, 
all the segments with long, distinct claws, blade of outer obovate, 
inner oblanceolate ; filaments free nearly to base ; ovary cylindrical, 
narrowed into a long beak; style-crests small. 
Sours Arkrica: without locality, Elliot, 1250! 
Katanari Recion: Transvaal; Bloemhof, Nelson, 203! 
Habit of the well-known M. Sisyrinchiuwm, Ker (Bot. Mag. t, 1407), of the 
Mediterranean region. 
35. M. cladostachya (Baker, Handb. Irid. 58); corm not seen; 
stem above a foot long, with a single, produced leaf, with a large 
bulbil in its axil, springing from it a space below the inflorescence, 
which is narrow linear, flat, glabrous, strongly ribbed, 2-3 ft. long, 
} in. broad ; clusters 8-10, arranged in a panicle, with three ascend- 
ing, spicate branches ; spathes cylindrical, 14-2 in. long; valves pale 
and scariose at the flowering time, with long points and few distant 
ribs ; perianth fugacious, small, lilac ; ovary cylindrical, with a short 
pedicel, narrowed into a slender beak, nearly an inch long. 
Sours Arrica: without locality, Burchell / 
Western Reaion : Little Namaqualand ; near Verleptpram, Drége, 2610 ! 
CentkaL ReGion: Eastern Frontier of Cape Colony, Mrs. Barber ! 
_ 36. M. tripetala (Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 702) ; corm globose, 3-1 
in. diam., coats thick, fibrous or cancellate ; produced leaf one, sub- 
basal, long, narrow linear, firm, glabrous ; stem very slender, 1-2 ft. 
long, simple, or with 1-3 short, erect branches; spathes cylindrical, 
2-2; in, long, 1-3 flowered; valves cuspidate, scariose only at the 
very tip; perianth-limb 1-1} in. long, fugitive, lilac, rarely blue or 
reddish, outer segments with a claw nearly as long as the spreading, 
