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Morza—continued. 
To the species, &c., described on pp. 381-2, Vol. IT., the 
following should be added. A number of plants 
formerly included here are now classed under Aristea, 
Eleutherine, Hexaglottis, Homeria, Lapeyrousia, 
Libertia, Marica, Pardanthus, Sisyrinchium, 
Sparaxis, Tigridia, &c. 
M. barbigera (beard-bearing). A form of M. ciliata. 
M. ciliata (ciliated). 7. lilac with a yellow eye, or yellow, 
fugitive; blade of the falls sin. broad ; spathe single. September. 
i., basal ones three to five, spreading, lanceolate, acuminate, 
focL} pubescent, Jin. to 5in. long. A. 4in. to 6in. 1587. (B. M. 
M. c. barbigera (beard-bearing). 7. bright red, with yellow 
falls, finely pilose at the throat of the blade and on the claw. 
1587. Syns. M. barbigera (B. M. 1012), M. tricolor (A. B. R. 83). 
M. fimbriata (fringed). fl. lilac, fugitive; perianth jin. long; 
standards erect ; spathes two- to three-flowered. J. three to ten 
in a basal tuft, linear, rigid, much crisped, obscurely ciliated. 
h. 4in. to 6in. SYN. Vieusseuxia crispa. 
M. glaucopis (owl-eyed). l., perianth white, fugitive, lin. to 
ljin. long, the falls having a bluish-black spot at the base ; 
spathes ‘Bin. to 2kin. long. May. Z., produced one solitary, 
long, single, narrow-linear. Stem 14ft. to 2ft. long, simple or 
branched. Cape Colony. Syns. Jris pavonia (B, M. 168), 
Vieusseuxia glaucopis (F. d. 8. 423). 
M. Huttoni (Hutton’s). The species catalogued under this name 
is M. spathacea. 
M. longispatha (long-spathed). A synonym of M. spathacea. 
M. pavonia (peacock-like). j., perianth bright red, fugitive, 
lin. to ljin. long, the falls having a bluish-black or greenish- 
black spot at the base; spathes cylindrical, 2in. long. May. 
2, produced one solitary, narrow-linear. Stem lft. to 2ft. 
long, simple or branched. Cape Colony. (B. M. 1247.) Syn. 
Tris pavonia (A. B. R. 61). ; 
M. p. lutea (yellow). /. yellow; falls not spotted. Syn, 
M, tricuspis lutea (B. M. 772). 
M. p. villosa (villous). ., falls bright purple, with a bluish- 
ae spot and a hairy claw. 1789. Syn. Iris villosa (B. M. 
M. Robinsoniana (Robinson’s).* ., perianth pure white, 
fugacious, din. to 4in. across ; segments of both rows spreading, 
the outer ones above lin. broad, the inner ones narrower}; 
clusters loosely corymbose; spathes lin. to 2in. long. June 
to September, /., radical ones firm, ensiform, 5ft. to 6ft. long. 
Stem 5ft. to 6ft. long. Australia, 1877. A distinct and hand- 
some species, resembling Phormiwm tenax in habit. The 
flowers of this plant in its native country are largely employed 
in wedding bouquets. (B. M. 7212.) Syn. Iris Robinsonianw 
(G. C. 1872, p. 392). 
M, Sisyrinchium is identical with Iris (Xiphion) Sisyrinchium. 
M. sordescens (dirty). A synonym of MW. tristis. 
M. sulphurea (sulphur-coloured). fl. sulphur-yellow, with 
orange and brown markings, about lin. in diameter, disposed 
in a single, terminal cluster. /. two, linear, 4in. long. Stem 
slender, erect. Corm small, globose. 1898. (B. M. 7658.) 
M. Tenoreana (Tenore’s) A synonym of Jris (Xiphion) 
inchium. 
M. tricolor (three-coloured). A synonym of M. ciliata barbigera. 
M, tricuspis lutea (yellow). A synonym of M. pavonia lutea. 
M. viscaria bituminosa is the correct name of M. bituminosa. 
MORGAGNIA. A synonym of Simethis (which see). 
MORINA. To the species described on p. 383, 
Vol. I1., the following should be added: 
M. betonicoides (Betony-like). jl. sessile; involucre bristly; 
corolla bright rose-red, crimson at the bases of three or four 
of the lobes, the limb sin. in diameter; spikes sub-capitate, 
subtended by opposite bract-leaves tinged with red. June. 
2. 4in. to 8in. long, linear-lanceolate, acute, entire, with very 
long prickles on the margins. Stem erect or sub-erect, 10in, 
to 18in. high. Sikkim-Himalaya, 1883. Hardy rock plant. 
(B. M. 6966.) 
M. persica (Persian).* /. pink, disposed in elongated spikes; 
corolla tube lin. to Isin. long. July. 7. 6in. long, lin. broad, 
sessile, doubly spiny-toothed, pubescent or glabrous. Stems 
3ft. to 4ft. high, pubescent or villous upwards. Western 
Himalayas, 1740. A very ornamental hardy perennial. Syn. 
M. Wallichiana. 
M,. Wallichiana (Wallich’s). A synonym of M. persica. 
MORINGA. MUM. oleifera 
M., pterygosperma, 
MORISIA (named in honour of G. G. Moris, 1796- 
1869, Professor of Botany at Turin, and joint author 
with G. de Notaris of ‘Flora Caprari#’”’), Orb. 
Vol. V. 
is the correct name of 
SUPPLEMENT—RECENT INTRODUCTIONS, 
Gs = tao 
Morisia—continued. 
Crucifere. A monotypic genus. The species is an 
interesting alpine perennial, requiring a sandy nook in 
the rockery. It may be propagated by seeds or by 
divisions. . 
M. hypogeza (underground). fl. golden-yellow, jin. broad, 
very numerous; petals spathulate; scape decurving after 
flowering and burying the ripening fruit in the soil, March. 
7. spreading horizontally from the root, 2in. to 3in. long, 
linear, pinnatisect or pinnatifid. Stems short or wanting. 
Rocks and sandy shores of Sardinia and Corsica, 1890. (B. M. 
7598 ; G. C. 1890, ii., p. 503; Gn. 1891, 822.) 
Fic. 574. MORMODES PARDINA. 
MORMODES, Syn. Cyclosia. To the species, &c., 
dekomes on pp. 384-5, Vol. IL, the following should 
e added: 
M. aromatica (aromatic). jl. of a greenish-brownish-purple, 
with darker spots, having a fragrance like aromatic vinegar ; 
sepals and petals roundish-ovate, acute, secund, concave ; 
lip narrow-cuneate, convex, the middle segment triangular, 
acuminate, hood-like; raceme short, erect. J. smaller than in 
M. pardina (to which this species is related), Mexico, about 
1840. (B. R. 1843, t. 56.) The form oleo-aurantiaca has orange 
flowers, dotted and streaked with blackish-purple. 1880. 
M. badia (brown). 7. about a dozen borne on an erect scape 
lft. long; sepals and petals dull red; lip yellowish-brown. 
Peru, 1897. Allied to MW. ignea. There is also a yellow form (/utea). 
M. Buccinator aurea (golden). /. deep orange-yellow ; spike 
strong, about 6in. long. 1891. 
M. B. major (larger). (7. ochre, larger than in the type; sepals 
and petals numerously dotted cinnamon; lip with a few pale 
markings on the sides. Colombia. 
M. calantha (beautiful-flowered). A synonym of M. Colossus. 
M. citrina (citron-yellow). A synonym of M. pardina unicolor. 
M. Cogniauxii (Cogniaux’s). 7. somewhat Jarger than those 
of M. Rolfeana, which they otherwise closely resemble. 1894. 
M. Dayana (Day’s). /l. as large as those of M. Wendlandi; 
sepals and petals ochre, with red, longitudinal lines inside; 
lip white, revolute, so that the outsides of both halves touch, 
triangular, with a short, inflexed apiculus in the middle; 
column white, small, apiculate ; raceme few-flowered. 1885. 
M. ignea maculata (spotted). ., sepals and _ petals 
yellowish-brown, regularly spotted* with dark purplish-brown ; 
lip red, irregularly spotted with dark brown. Peru, 1893. 
(L. vi., t. 273.) 
M. Lawrenceana (Sir Trevor Lawrence's). /l., sepals and 
petals dark orange-yellow, striped with dark brown within, 
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