24 IRIDEX (Baker), [ Morea. 
or with 1-8 short, erect branches; spathes cylindrieal, 2-23 in. long, 
2-3-tlowered ; valves lanceolate, euspidate, scariose only at the very 
tip; outer much shorter than inner; perianth-limb fugitive, 1-14 
in, long, outer segments orbicular-cuneate, without any distinct 
claw, bright red, with a large blue-black or greenish-black spot at 
the glabrous base, inner + in. long, with a linear, central cusp, and 
two small side ones; ovary clavate, } in. long; style-column 
cylindrical, 4 in. long; erests of stigma laneeolate ; capsule clavate, 
% in. long, Ker in Ann, Bot. i, 240; Gen. Irid. 34; Baker, Handb, 
Lrid, 59. Iris Pavonia, Linn. fil. Suppl. 98; Thunb. Diss, No, 35, 
t i. fig. 3; Prodr. 12; Fl. Cap. i. 296; Jacg. Hort. Schoenbr. i. 6, 
t.10; Andr, Bot. Rep.t. 364. Vieusseuxia Pavonia, DC, in Ann. Mus, 
ii. 139; Spreng. Syst. i. 166 ; Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv. 622; Erganz. 
34; Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xvi. 133. 
Var, B, villosa (Baker). Leaf pilose; outer segments of perianth bright 
purple, with a hairy claw decorated with a blue-black spot. Jris villosa, Ker in 
Bot, Mag. t,571. Vieusseuwia villosa, Spreng. Syst. Veg. i. 166; Klatt in Linnea, 
xxxiv. 628, excl. syn.; Ergdnz. 34; Baker in Journ. Bot, xvi. 183. Morea 
villosa, Ker in Ann. Bot. i. 240; Gen. Irid. 36, 
Var, y, lutea (Baker), Leaf glabrous; flower yellow; outer segments without 
a distinct spot on the claw. Vieusseusia spiralis, Delaroche, Deser. 81, t. 5; 
DC, Ann, Mus, ii. 140; Roem. et Schult. Syst. Veg. i. 490; Baker in Linn, 
Journ, xvi, 183; Klatt, Erganz. 34. Morza tricuspis, var. lutea, Ker in Bot. 
Mag. t. 772; Gen. Irid. 86, V. Bellendeni, Sweet, Hort, Brit. edit, ii, 498; 
Klatt in Linnea, xxxiv, 624, ' 
Sourn Arrica: without locality, Masson! Harrey, 93! Var. lutea, Drege, 
2329! Thom/ ; 
Coast Rreion: Malmesbury Div.; Zwartland, Thunberg! Var, lutea, near 
Wynberg, Bolus, 2831! Swellendam Diy., Zeyher, 4081! 4082! 
40. M. candida (Baker, Handb. Irid. 59); produced leaf one, 
grass-like, twice as long as the stem; stem simple, 14-2 ft. long, 
with several sheaths; flowers white, twice the size of those of M. 
Pavonia lutea; outer segments with a purple, densely-bearded claw, 
crowned by a spot of two circles, the inner one yellow, the outer one 
purplish and dotted, inner segments with a large, straight, central 
a Vieusseuxia fugaz, Delaroche, Deser, 33; DC, Ann, Mus. ii. 
Sourn Arica: without locality. 
Known only from the description of Delaroche, 
M. fugax, Jacq., to which it is referred by De Candolle, is totally different. 
41. M, unguiculata (Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 593); corm globose, 
% in. diam.; coats coarsely cancellate; produced leaves 1-2, long, 
linear-subulate, glabrous; stem very slender, terete, 1-14 ft. long, 
simple, or with 1-4 short, erect branches; spathes cylindrical, 14 
in, long, 2-8-flowered ; valves cuspidate, scariose only at the very 
tip; perianth 1-1j.in. long, very fugitive, outer segments with a 
claw about as long as the oblong lamina, which is white with reddish- 
purple Ya inner segments with three linear cusps, and a long 
filiform claw ; ovary clavate, } in, long; column cylindrical ; crests of 
stigma linear ; capsule small, clavate. Ker, Gen. Irid. 37 ; Ait. Hort. 
