torson] CXXII. IRIDEÆ. 409 
ments of the limb large and obovate, the inner ones small, with subu- 
late points. Mugen. very shortly united. Stigmati c lamina of the 
style broad, but not d. 
bong river, Drummond, 1st coll., n. 160; Hampden, Cla 
3. MOR ABA, Linn. 
Perianth regular, divided to the ovary into 6 segments spreading 
almost or quite from the base, " nearly eae ual or the inner ones rather 
narrower. Filaments short, free; anthers pm Style Japy divided 
into 3 oblong or w aris vaia ike branches, opposite to an arching 
over the stamens. Capsule oblong ov oid or Senses opening in 
3 valves, the perioalp Or AME or thick.—Herbs with a thick o 
short yes e and fibrous roots. Leaves mostly ayt cal. Stems erect, | 
without any or with oe or two leaves, renda the bracts subtending 
the branches of the inflorescences. Flowers usually rather large, pedi- 
cellate, in spikes or clusters, solitary within the subtending bract, each 
ower opposed toa bract on the same node, the outer bract of the spike. 
usu send longer SR the subtending one. 
e genus is opie South African, the ool Australian hiie as far as 
pe 
Th 
pyi in Lord Howe's island, The limits o of the genus som eiut un- 
certain, and F. Mueller proposes the unitin ‘the : e : 
ever, as to most species, MS marked, especi diy as to the for he qe ay it is 
1. M. Robinsoniana, F. Muell. Fragm. 153. Rhizome very 
short. Radical leaves attaining "n or 6 ft. in "length and 2 to 4 in. in 
or cluste sym er 
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branches oblong-spathulate, obtuse, about 4 in. ten. Capsule above 
l p sy long, 3 in. broad, cor iaceous, » the fruiting pedice 
opposed bradtic-iivie iana, F. Muell. 1.c.; G. Benn. in | 
Chea 1872, 3 
N. bore, FA —Known as the “ 
ding FI is eet le. is Lord Ho scade sre ied genus, die habit i is that of the st 
allied Pardanihas Chinensis 1 the lowers nearly those of Morea iridioides. 
