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Ovai'y cylindrical -trigonous, | in. long ; crests of style large, lan- 

 ceolate. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western district. 



11. M. SPATHACEA Ker in Bot. Mag. sub t. 1103. ilf. lonrfispatha 

 Klatt. Dictes Huttoni Hook. fil. in Bot. Mag. t. 6174. Iris spathncea 

 Thunb, I. spathulata Linn. fil. — Corm large, with a thick coat of 

 brown-black wiry fibres. Produced leaf single, thick, linear- 

 ensiform, strongly ribbed, l-|-2 ft, long. Stem stout, 2-3 ft. long, 

 usually 1 -headed, with several rudimentary leaves above the long 

 one. Spathes 2-4-flowered, 3-5 in. long; valves with a long cusp ; 

 outer short. Perianth bright yellow, 1^-2 in. long ; falls obovate- 

 cuneate, ^-f in. broad ; standards oblanceolate, erect. Ovary 

 cylindrical, ^ in. long ; crests of style large, lanceolate. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; eastern district, from Albany northward to the 

 Tropic, ascending the mountains to 4000 ft. There is a single flower, closely 

 resembling that of this species, in a collection made by the late Bishop Han- 

 nington in the mountains of East Tropical Africn, between 2° and 7° S. lat. 



12. M. GRACII.IS Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. n. s. i. 272. — Corm 

 globose, f-1 in. diam. ; tunics of fine fibres. Stem very slender, 

 simple, ^-1 ft. long; produced leaf rigid, linear-subulate, ^ft. long. 

 Spathe 1-6-flowered, cylindrical, 2-2^ in. long; valves rigid, green, 

 lanceolate, the outer short. Perianth yellow, fugacious, under an 

 inch long; segments narrow, nearly equal in length, the falls with 

 a spreading blade as long as the claw. Style-branches ^ in. long ; 

 crests lanceolate. Capsule oblong, ^ in. long. 



Hab. Angola ; temperate zone of the province of Huilla, Welwitsch 1545 1 



13. M. Welwitschii Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. n.s. i. 270. — 

 Corm ovoid, 1 in. diam., with brown rigid tunics, produced 3-4 in. 

 above its neck. Produced leaf single, basal, ri,2;id, ensiform, li-2^ 

 ft. long. Stem simple, a foot long. Spathe 2-3-flowered ; outer 

 valve lanceolate, scariose, 3-4 in. long. Perianth dark lilac, not 

 fugitive, 2 in. long ; falls with a spreading blade + in. broad, as 

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

 1-1^ in. long ; crests large, lanceolate. Capsule linear- oblong, 

 1^ in. long. 



Hab. Angola ; temperate region of Huilla, in swamps, Welwitsch 1548 ! 



14. M. zAMBEsiAOA Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 130. — Corm 

 not seen. Produced leaf single, ensiform, glabrous, moderately firm, 

 1-1|- ft. long. Stem simple, about a foot long, with 1-2 rudimentary 

 leaves. Spathes 2-4-flowered ; outer valves rigid, lanceolate, 3-4 

 in. long. Ovary clavate, f in. long. Perianth dark lilac, 1^-2 in. 

 long ; falls with a spreading oblong blade i in. broad, exceeding the 

 claw ; standards nearly as long, oblanceolate, erect, J in. broad. 

 Style-branches an inch long ; crests large, lanceolate. Capsule 

 cylindrical-trigonous, above an inch long. 



Hab. Zambesi highlands. First gathered by Dr. Meller and Sir John 

 Kirk. Mountains about Lakes Nyassa and Tanyanika, ascending to 8000 ft., 

 Joseph Tliomsoiil Rev. W. Joh}ison\ Huilla and Cunone, Angola, H. II. 

 Johnston ! 



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