84 -rgipgz (Baker). [ Tata. 
Centrat Rroion: Tulbagh Div.; on the Wind-heuvel, Koedoes Mts., 
Burchell, 1285 ! 
18. I. brevifolia (Baker, Handb. Irid. 165); corm not seen; 
stem very slender, hairy, 6-9 in. long, with two sheathin grudi- 
mentary leaves, the upper with a short, free, erect, hairy, narrow 
linear tip; flowers 2-4 in a dense spike ; spathe-valves oblong, 
1 in. long, turning brown ; perianth-tube a little lovger than the 
spathe, funnel-shaped in the upper half; segments oblanceolate- 
oblong, pale lilac, as long as the tube; stamens half as long as the 
segments. 
Eastern Reeion: Griqualand East; on the Zuurberg Range, 5000 ft., 
Tyson, 1872! 
19. I. odorata (Ker, Gen. Irid. 101); leaves linear, j-} in. 
broad ; stem slender, terete, distantly branched ; flowers fragrant, 
arranged in a short spike; spathe-valves oblong, in. long; 
perianth-tube funnel-shaped, 3 in. long; limb bright yellow, 5 in. 
long, with oblong segments ; anthers 1} in. long, equalling the free 
filaments. Baker, Handb. Irid. 165. Morphixia odorata, Baker 
in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 97. I. erecta, var., Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. 
t. 18.; Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1173. 
South AFEIcA: without locality. 
Known to me only from the figures cited, 
20. I. trichorhiza (Baker, Handb. Irid. 165); corm globose, 3 in. 
diam. ; tunics of copious fine fibres, prolonged as fine bristles an inch 
or more above its neck ; leaves 3-4, narrow linear, small, erect, all 
distantly superposed ; stem slender, terete, simple, 4-6 in. long; 
flowers 2, laxly spicate; spathe-valves ovate, brown, membranous, 
7-3 in. long, entire or slightly lacerated; perianth-tube funnel- 
shaped, 3 in. long; limb concolorous, bright lilac, 4 in. long, with 
oblong segments ; anthers lanceolate, + in. long, equalling the free 
filaments ; style protruded from the tube; branches short, spreading. 
Morphixia trichorhiza, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 237. 
Coast Region : Stockenstrom Div. ; on the Katberg, Scully, 145! 
Eastren Reeion: Griqualand East; Zaurberg Ra : 
1567! Natal; near Durban, Sutherland ! rg Range, 4000 ft., Tyson, 
1 ee 4 Cooperi (Baker, Handb. Irid. (66); corm globose; leaves 
terete, firm in texture, the lower a foot or more long; stems simple, 
slender, terete, a foot or more long, bearing 2-3 reduced superposed 
leaves ; flowers several, arranged in a lax secund spike; spathe- 
valves oblong, pale green, tricuspidate, 4 in. long, brown at the very 
tip ; perianth whitish ; tube cylindrical, 2 in. long, slightly dilated 
in the upper third; segments of the limb whitish, patent, oblan- 
ceolate, obtuse, 4 in. long; stamens much exserted from the 
perianth-tube; anthers lanceolate, 4 in. long, deeply sagittate, 
equalling the free filaments ; style exserted from the tube; branches 
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