—— 
Ieia.] IRIDEX (Baker). 83 
t. 41), blue with a brownish throat; M. versicolor, Klatt, Erganz. 51 (Andr. 
Bot. Rep. t. 211), pale yellow, with a large black spot with radiating reddish 
lines; M. curta, Klatt, Erginz. 50 (Iria eurta, Andr. Bot. Rep. t.. 564; I. 
monadelpha, var. curta, Ker, Bot. Mag. t. 1378), limb fulvous, with a reddish- 
green throat, and large flowers with very broad segments. M. grandiflora, Klatt, 
Erginz. 49 (Bot. Rep. t. 250; Iaia grandiflora, Pers. Syn. i, 48) isa large- 
flowered form with a lilac limb with an obscnre blue throat. 
Sourn AFE1cA: without locality, Villett! Mund ! Drége, 8373! 
Coast Reeton: near Groene Kloof, Ecklon, 442! Hout Bay, MacOwan, 
2431! and MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 263! 
16. I, linearis (Thunb. Diss. No, 11); corm globose, } in. diam. ; 
basal leaves 2-3, slender, subterete, firm in texture, 4 lin. diam., 
reaching a foot or more in length; stem slender, terete; flowers 
3—U, arranged in a lax simple spike; spathe-valves green, }—3 in, 
long; perianth-tube funnel-shaped, } in. long; limb lilac, 4 in. 
_long, with oblong segments ; anthers lanceolate, 4 in. long, equalling 
the free filaments; style branches shorter than the anthers. Prodr. 
9; Fl. Cap. i. 231; Linn. jil, Suppl, 92; Baker, Handb. Irid. 165. 
Morphizia linearis, Ker, Gen. Irid. 106; Baker in Journ. Linn, 
Soc. xvi. 97. Ixia eapillaris, Herb. Thunberg/ I. capillaris, var. 
gracillima, Ker in Bot, Mag. t. 570. JI. tenutfolia, Vahl, Enum. ii. 
62% Hyalis gracilis, Salish. in Trans, Hort. Soe. i. 317. 
Sours Argica: without locality, Masson / 
Coast Reeton: Stellenbosch, Thunberg! near the mouth of Bot River, 
MacOwan, 2657, and MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm.. 262! George Div.; at 
Wolve Drift, Maigat River, Burchell, 6118! 
17 I. scariosa (Thunb. Fl. Cap. i. 243); corm globose, }-{ in. 
diam. ; tunics of fine, matted fibres; basal leaves 2-3, short, ensi~- 
form, rigid in texture, }-3 in. broad; stem very slender, branched, 
about a foot long; flowers 3-6 to a lax spike; spathe-valves 
oblong, thin in texture, pale green with a brown tip, }—} in. long ; 
perianth-tube funnel-shaped, }-} in. long; limb reddis or lilac, 
+ in. long, with oblong segments; anthers lanceolate, 4 in. long, 
shorter than the free filaments; style-branches reaching. the top of 
the anthers. Baker, Handb. Irid. 165. Morphizxia capillaris, aulica 
and insarnata, Ker, Gen. Irid. 106-7. M. capillaris and aulica, 
Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 97. Ixia rapunculoides, Red. 
Lil. t. 431. Hyalis latifolia, marginifolia and aulica, Salish. in 
Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 317-318. I. incarnata, Jacq. Je. t. 282. I. 
lancea, Jacq. Ie. t, 281. I. striata, Vahl, Enum. ti. 65. I. aulica, 
Ait. Hort. Kew. i. 57. I. phlogiflora, Red. Lil. t. 432. 
Var. 8, longifolia (Baker, Handb. Irid. 165); leaves linear, thinner in 
texture, a foot or more long. 
I. fucata, Ker, Bot. Mag. t. 1379, is probably a garden hybrid, of which this 
is one of the parents, eee j 
: wi i n ‘asson 
oats sant h faaceg dos Gute Rive, Ecklon and Zeyher, 94! Var. B, 
+ Warm Bokkeveld, near Ceres, Bolus, 2621! Uniondale Div.; mountains near 
Avontuur, Bolus, 2487 ! 
