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KEY TO GENERA. 



A. MORE.E. 



Style branches large and petaloid, transversly stig- 

 matose at the base of the large crest^. 



Style branches petaloid, with two small divergent 

 crests, papillose round their edges. 



B. SISYRINCHIE^. 



Spathes 1-flowered, peduncled. 

 Spathes usually more than 1-flowered. 



1 Style branches long, subulate. Flowers pale 

 yellow, 



1 Style branches short. Flowers blue. 



C. IXIEiE. 



Style branches simple. Flowers regular. Stamens 



equilateral. 

 Style branches bifid. Stamens unilateral. 

 Style branches simple. Stamens unilateral, arcuate. 

 1 Rootstock not tuberous. 



1 Rootstock a corm 



4 Style short, branches long, subulate. Spathe valves 



green. 

 4 Style long, branches short, clavate, Spathe valves 



membranous, entire. Leaves long, rigid. 

 4 Style long, branches short, subulate. Outer spathe 



valve short, brown, emarginate. 



2 Perianth tube slender. Stamens in throat. 



2 Perianth tube widened in the middle, where 

 stamens are inserted. 

 3 Perianth subregular. 

 3 Perianth irregular. 



5 Tube short, cylindrical. 



Capside oblong. 

 5 Tube short, cylindrical. 



Cap-ule inflated. 

 5 Tube long, cylindrical, 

 green. 

 6 Tube funnel-shaped. Spathe valves large, green, 



lanceolate. 

 6 Tube dilated at the middle. Spathe valves oblong- 

 lanceolate. 



Spathe valves small. 

 Spathe valves small. 

 Spathe valves long, 



List of Species. 



1 Moraea, Linn. 

 glauca, Wood Sf Evans. 

 iridioides, Linn. 

 natalensis, Baker. 



D. 

 B. 

 C. 



spathacea, Ker. 

 tenuis, Ker. 

 tricuspis, Ker. 

 violacea, Baker. 



Morj;a, 



HOMERIA. 



ROMULEA. 



bobartia. 

 Aristea. 



schizostylis. 

 Hesperantha. 



DiERAMA. 

 IxlA. 



Lapeyrousia. 

 Watsonia. 



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Tritonia. 



Crocosmia. 



acidanthera, 



Gladiolus-. 



Antholyza. 



CD. 

 B. 

 D. 



