Morea.] 1RIDEX (Baker). 23 
oblong lamina, inner linear }- 4 in. long ; column very short; ovary 
clavate, -4 in. long ; style-crests linear, }-} in. long ; capsule clavate, 
obtusely angled, 3 in. long. Ker, Gen. Irid. 35; Baker, Handb. 
Irid. 60. Tris tripetala, Linn. fil. Suppl. 97 ; Thunb. Diss. No. 14 ; 
Prodr. 11; Fl. Cup. i. 286; Jarg. Collect. iii. 272; Ic. tab. 221. 
Vieusseuxia tripetaloides, DC. in Ann. Mus. ii. 138; Roem. et 
Schult, Syst. Veg. i. 489; Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 620; Baker in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 133. 
Var. 8, mutila (Biker). Leaf pilose. Vicusseuvia mutila, Klatt in Linnea, 
xxxiv. 621. Iris mutila, Licht. in Roem. et Schult. Syst. Veg. i. 477. 
Coast ReGion: Hills and plains in the neighbourhood of Cape Town and 
Simons Bay, Thunberg! Wright! Bolus, 3393! 8732! MacOwan and Bolus, 
Herb. Normale, 251! Paarl Div., Drége! Caledon Div.; Klein River Berg, 
Zeyher, 1650! Var. 8, Lion Mountain, Bergius. 
37. M. Elliotii (Baker in Journ. Bot, 1891, 70) ; corm not seen; 
basal leaf single, radimentary ; stem slender, 1-1} ft. long, bearing a 
single, long, linear leaf from the middle; clusters of flowers 1-2; 
spathe cylindrical, 2 flowered, 1} in. long; valves lanceolate, rigid, 
the outer short ; perianth bright lilac, outer segments oblong-ungui- 
culate, 2 in. long, with a pale spot at the base of the blade, inner 
- about half as long, entire, oblanceolate-unguiculate, obtuse; style- 
crests lanceolate ; capsule small, oblong-clavate. Baker, Handb. Irid. 
58. Vieusseuxia Elliottii, Klatt in Durand and Schinz Conspect, Fl. 
Afric. 154, 
Karawart ReGron: Transvaal; marshes near Lake Chrissie, Elliot, 1592! 
Habit of M. tenuis, but in the flower connects Vieusseucia with Eumorea. 
38. M. glaucopis (Drap. Enc. iv. (1836) cum ic.) ; corm globose, 
3 in. diam.; coats cancellate; produced leaf subbasal, long, firm, 
narrow linear, glabrous ; stem 14-2 ft. long, terete, with 2-3 sheaths, 
simple, or with 1-3 short, erect branches; spathes cylindrical, 2-24 
in. long, 2-3-flowered ; valves cuspidate, scariose only at the very 
tip ; outer much shorter than inner; perianth $~1} in. long, fugi- 
tive, outer segments obovate or sub-orbicular, with a short claw, 
white, with a blue-black circular spot at the base of the blade, inner 
with a filiform claw, a large central cusp, and two small side ones ; 
ovary clavate, 4-3 in. long; style column short ; crests of stigmas large, 
lanceolate; capsule clavate, cbtusely-angled, larger than in tricuspis 
and tripetala, Baker, Handb. Irid. 59. Iris Pavonia, Curt. in Bot. 
Mag. t. 168, non aliorum. I. tricuspis, Jacq. Collect. iv. 99, t. 9, fig. 1. 
Vieusseuxia glaucopis, DC. in Ann. Mus, ii. 141, t. 42; Red. Lil, 
t. 42; Flore des Serres, t. 423; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 
133 ; Klatt, Erganz, 34. 
Coast ReGgion: Devils Mountain, Thunberg ! Bolus, 4004! Table Mountain, 
Rogers ! 
39. M. Pavonia (Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1247); corm small, 
globose ; coats thick, cancellate; produced leaf one, subbasal, long, 
linear, pilose ; stem long, slender, terete, with several sheaths, simple, 
