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diam. ; tunics of stout fibres, produced as a ring of short bristles 

 above its neck. Basal leaves 2, linear, spreading, rigid, pubescent, 

 8-6 in. long. Stem simple or forked low down, bearing 1-6 clusters 

 on short erect peduncles. Spathes cylindrical, pubescent, 1-2 in. 

 long. Perianth bright lilac or red, fugitive, an inch long ; falls 

 with an obovate limb, with a yellow spot at the throat, as long as 

 the pilose claw ; standards nearly as long, oblanceolate-unguiculate, 

 erect. Style -branches ^ in. long ; crests large. Capsule oblong, 

 i in. long. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western district. 



7. M. FiMBBiATA Klatt iu Linn, xxxiv. 561. Vieiisseuxia crispa 

 Eckl. — Whole plant 4-6 in. long. Corm globose, ^ in. diam. ; 

 tunics of wiry fibres, produced as short bristles over its neck. 

 Leaves 8-10 in a basal tuft, linear, rigid, much crisped, obscurely 

 ciliated. Stems simple or forked low down, bearing 1-4 clusters 

 on erect peduncles. Spathes cylindrical, glahrous, 2-3-flowered, 

 1^-2 in. long ; valves lanceolate, outer half as long as the next. 

 Perianth lilac, fugitive, f in. long ; limb of the falls obovate, as long 

 as the claw ; standards erect, oblanceolate. Style-branches ^ in. 

 long; crests small, lanceolate. Capsule oblong, |^ in. long. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; Caledon, Zeyher, 4091 ! 



8. M. Baurii Baker. — Corm not seen. Stem a foot long, simple, 

 slender, 1 -headed, bearing about 4 superposed sheathing leaves 

 with short fine erect enrolled linear tips. Spathe cylindrical, 1-2- 

 flowered, 2 in. long ; valves rigid, lanceolate-acuminate, nearly 

 equal. Ovary clavate, ^ in. long. Perianth yellow ; outer segments 

 1^ in. long, with a reflexing obovate-cuneate blade ^ in. broad, as 

 long as the claw ; inner shorter, oblong-unguiculate, erect. Fila- 

 ments connate only at the base, shorter than the anthers. Style- 

 branches above ^ in. long ; crests ^ iu. long. Capsule clavate, an 

 inch long. 



Hab. Mountains of Transkeian Kaffraria, alt. 2000—3000 ft., Baur, 247 I 



9. M. LURiDA Ker in Bot. Eeg, t, 312. — Corm globose, |- in. 

 diam. Produced leaf single, elongated, linear, glabrous. Stem 

 very slender, 1 -headed, ^ ft. long, with 1-2 rudimentary leaves 

 higher up. Spathe cylindrical, 1^ in. long. Perianth fugitive, 

 bright red-brown, an inch long ; falls with an orbicular-cuspidate 

 blade |- in. broad, as long as the papillose claw ; standards oblanceo- 

 late, ^ in. broad. Ovary cylindrical, ^ in. long. Crests of the 

 style linear. 



Hab. Cape Colony. Known to me only from Ker's figure and description. 



10. M. ANGUSTA Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1276. Iris angusta Thunb. 

 Diss. No. 28. — Corm globose, 1 in. diam. ; tunics of many thick 

 wiry strands often produced as bristles above its neck. Produced 

 leaf single, slender, wiry, terete, a foot or more long. Stem 

 1-headed, 1-1-| ft. long, with 1-2 lanceolate rudimentary leaves 

 above the long one. Spathe cylindrical, 2|-8 in. long; valves 

 rigid, green ; outer short, oblong. Perianth fugitive, yellow, 1^ in. 

 long ; falls obovate-cuneate, ^ in. broad ; standards oblanceolate. 



