82 1n1pE® (Baker). { Txia. 
throat. Baker, Handb. Irid, 164. I. capitata, var. cvata, Andr. 
Bot. Rep. t. 23. I. fulgens, Pappe MSS. 
Var. B, I. stellata (Klatt, Erginz. 62); throat of perianth yellow. I. capi- 
taia, var, stellata, Andr. Bot, Rep. t. 232. 
Sourn ArRica: without locality, Pappe / 
14. I. viridiflora (Lam. Encyc. iii. 340); corm depresso- 
globose, 4 in. diam. ; tunics fibrous; leaves narrow, linear, firm in 
texture, strongly ribbed, the lower a foot or more long; stem long, 
slender, simple, terete ; flowers numerous, arranged in a long, lax, 
erect spike ; outer spathe-valve oblong, pale green, 4 in. long; 
perianth-tube -slender, cylindrical, as long as or a little longer than 
the spathe; limb campanulate, $-1 in. long, pale green with a 
black throat, the segments oblong; anthers linear, yellow, 4 in. 
long, exceeding the free black filaments ; style branches not reaching 
to the top of the anthers. Lam. Ill. i. 112; Lodd. Bot. Cab. 
t. 1548. J. viridis, Thunb. Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 62, I. maculata, 
Thunb. Diss. No. 19, et Ker, Gen. Irid. 99, ex parte. I. spicata, 
var. viridi-nigra, Andr. Bot, Rep. t. 29. JI. pulchra, Salish. in 
Trans. Hort. Sec. i. 320. JI. maculata, var. viridis, Jarg. Hort. 
Schoenbr. t. 23; Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 549. TI. spectabilis, Salisb. 
Prodr. 35. I. prasina, Soland. MSS. 
Vaz. 8, I. cana (Eckl. Top. Verz. 26); limb pale blue with a black throat. 
I. maculata, var. amethystina, Ker in Bot, Mag. t. 579. 
Van. y, cesia (Ker in Bot. Reg. t. 530); limb pale lilac, with a small, 
greenish eye. 
South A¥FRioa: without locality, Forster! M ! Old ! Thom! 
Var. B, Ecklon, 440! ree oe 
Coast Beeion: Clanwilliam Div., Zeyher! Tulbagh Div.; between Breede 
River and the Bokkeveld, Drége/ near Tulbagh (Roode Sand), Thunberg ! 
Ecklon, 489! MacOwan,; 2692! MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 542! 
15. I. monadelpha (Delaroche, Descr. 22); corm globose, } in. 
diam., with fibrous tunics ; leaves linear, glabrous, moderately firm 
in texture, 4-3 in. broad ; stems slender, terete, simple or branched ; 
flowers few, arranged in a short spike; outer spathe-valve oblong, 
pale green, tricuspidate, }-3 in. long; perianth-tube cylindrical, as 
long as or twice as long as the spathe; limb campanulate, 4—} in. 
long, very variable in colour, in the type lilac, with a greenish or 
blue throat ; filaments dark-blue, 3 in. long, united in a column; 
anthers linear, 7-3 in. long; style-branches thuch shorter than the 
anthers, Burm. Prodr. 1; Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 607; Gen. Irid. 
101; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 92; Handb. Irid. 164. 
Morphiaia monadelpha, Klatt, Ergiinz. 50. deg te ht: 
Prodr. 36. , Ergénz. 50. T. columnaris, Salis 
The following named forms differ from the type only in flower-colouring, Viz.: 
M. purpurea, Klatt, Erginz. 49 (Ixia columnaris, fern Bot. Rep. 208), 
limb concolorous, claret-red, with narrow segments; M. latifolia, Klatt, 
Ergiinz, 51 (Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 213; Galazia iziefora vel ramosa, Red. Lil. 
