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S72 OXXV. IRIDER. 
Flowers loosely spiked, dull-coloured, 
opening in the evening . . . 16. HESPERANTHA. 
Flowers densely ge brilliant, diur- 
nal . . . 17, SonizostTy ris. 
Perianth-funnel- -shaped, “with § a short tube 18. GEISsORHIZA. 
b. Flowers solitary, on radical scapes, or radical, sub- 
sessile. 
Stigmas linear, 2-parted. (Scapes mostly obvious.) 19, TRICHONEMA. 
Stigmas lamellar, fimbriate-multifid. (Homers sub- 
sessile.) . . . cue : ov ove ore 20, GEATADEEA 
1. MORZA, Linn. 
Perianth with a short tube, and 6-parted, equally-spreading 
limb, the 3 inner segments smaller, convolute after flowering. 
Filaments distinct. Style slender, 3-cornered ; stigmas 3, 
petaloid, 2-3-fid. Capsule membranous, 3- cornered : seeds 
angular.—Hndl. Gen. n. 1224. 
Bulbous plants, resembling the Zrides of the Northern hesnianees 
Leaves mostly few and narrow. Flowers yellow white orange or parti- 
coloured, pedicellate, rising from crowded or subsolitary, terminal sheaths. 
—Many species. 
2. VIEUSSEUXIA, Roche. 
Perianth with the inner segments very small and narrow, 
otherwise as in Morea. Filaments connate. Style, ete., of 
Morea.— Endl. Gen. n. 1223. 
Slender plants, with the habit of Mor@a.—Several species. 
3. FERRARIA, Linn. 
Perianth 6-parted, the segments oblong, equally spreading, 
undulate ; the outer wider. Filaments connate in a tube. 
Style filiform ; stigmas 3, petaloid-dilated, converging, 2-fid, 
the lobes penicillate- multifid. Seeds with a fleshy coat.— 
Endl. Gen. n. 1230. 
Bulbous plants, with ensiform, thick, nerved leaves, a simple or branched, 
densely-leafy stem, and aggregate floral bracts. —Few species, with curious, 
brown and spotted, very fugacious, pedicellate flowers. 
4. ARISTEA, Soland. 
Perianth rotate, 6-parted, the spreading segments subequal 
or the inner much larger. Filaments distinct, erect or sub- 
secund. Style subclavate; stigmas 3, subeapitate or dilated. 
Capsules stipitate or subsessile, prismatic. Seeds compressed. 
—Endl. Gen. n. 1232. 
Small or tall plants, with tuberous or fleshy fascicled roots. Leaves 
sword-shaped, broad. Scape 2-edged, rigid, often branched. Spathes sca- 
rious or torn, rarely herbaceous, in tufts, either terminal or in compound 
