MOR^A, 49 



standards nearly as long, erect. Ovary clavate. Style-branches 

 narrow, I in. long ; crests lanceolate. 



Var. M. BAEBiGERA Salisb. (Bot, Mag, 1. 1012). M. pilosa Wendl. 

 M. tricolor Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 83. M. hantamensis Klatt. — Perianth 

 bright red ; falls yellow, and finely pilose at the throat of the blade 

 and on the claw. 



Var. M. MiNUTA Ker. 7m minuta Linn. fil. Suppl. 98. — Leaves 

 linear, 2-3 in. long, glabro^^s or finely cihated on the edge. Spathe 

 f-1 in. long. Perianth yellow, f in. long. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western district. 



2. M. MACRocHLAMYs Bakcr. — Corm not seen. Basal leaves 8-6, 

 rosulate, lanceolate-acuminate, glabrous, complicate, moderately 

 firm, ^-1 ft. long, erect or spreading. Cluster one sessile in the 

 centre of the rosette of leaves ; spathe 4 in. long ; outer valve 

 green, lanceolate, very ventricose. Perianth fugitive, an inch long; 

 falls obovate-cuneate. Ovary clavate, ^ in. long. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; on the Sneewbergen, alt. 4000—6000 ft., Drege, 2186 ! 



3. M. GALAxioiDEs Baker in Jouru. Linn. Soc. xvi. 130. — Corm 

 ovoid, ^ in. diam. ; tunics of parallel wiry stands with fine short 

 cross-fibres. Leaves many, crowded, linear, spreading, glabrous, 

 1-li^ in, long. Spathe single, sessile in the centre of the rosette of 

 leaves ; outer valves lanceolate, membranous, ^ in. long. Perianth 

 lilac, fugitive, -| in. long ; falls obovate-cuneate, J in. broad ; 

 standards oblanceolate, erect. Ovary clavate, ^ in. long. 



Hab. Transvaal ; rocky ground at the diamond-fields. First received from 

 Mrs. Barber in 1872. 



4. M. FAsciouLATA Klatt, Erganz. 32. M. polijphyUa Baker in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 130 (name only). — Corm ovoid, ^ in. diam. ; 

 tunics of wiry fibres, finely reticulated towards the top. Leaves 

 many, crowded, liuear-complicate, falcate, glabrous, 2-3 in. long. 

 Spathe single, solitary in the centre of the rosette of leaves ; outer 

 valves green, lanceolate, shorter than the pedicels. Perianth 

 fugitive, f in. long (colour uncertain) ; falls obovate-cuneate, ^ in. 

 broad ; standards oblanceolate, erect. Ovary cylindrical, glabrous, 

 I in. long. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; north-west district, Drege, 2301 1 2600 1 



5. M. FALciFOLiA Klatt, Erganz. 32. — Corm ovoid ; tunics of 

 rigid fibres. Leaves crowded, lanceolate, falcate, glabrous, 1^-2 in. 

 long. Clusters 3-4, sessile; spathes an inch long; valves_ unequal, 

 the outer half-herbaceous, curved, acute. Perianth reddish, i in. 

 long ; falls obovate ; standards oblanceolate. Ovary turbinate, 

 i in. long. 



Hab. Cape Colony; Hantam Mountains, Dr. Meyer, collected in 1869 

 (Herb. BeroL). 



6. M. PAPiLioNACEA Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 750. M. hirsuta Ker. 

 7m papilmiacea Linn. fil. Suppl. 98 ; Thunb. Diss. No. 37, tab. 2, 

 fig. 1 ; Jacq. Coll. Suppl. 159, tab. 3, fig. 2. Vieiisxcuxia ciliata and 

 nervom Eckl. — Whole plant 4-0 in. long. Corm globose, i in. 



