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16. M. TEXTiLis Baker in Trans. Linn. See. ser. 2, i. 270. — 

 Corra globose, 1^-2 in. diam. ; tunics of parallel wiry fibres, pro- 

 duced above its neck as bristles. Produced leaf solitary, linear, 

 rigid, glabrous, sometimes 4-5 ft. long. Stem simple, 2-3 ft. long, 

 bearing several rudimentary leaves. Spathes 3-5-flowered, 4-5 in. 

 long ; valves purple, outer shorter than, the next. Ovary clavate, 

 an inch long. Perianth dark purple, 2 in. long, not fugitive ; 

 outer segments with an obovate limb shorter than the claw ; inner 

 as long, erect, oblanceolate, emarginate. Style-branches above an 

 inch long ; crests large, lanceolate. 



Hab. Angola ; temperate region of the province of Huilla, Wehvitsch 

 1549! 



16. M. mvERsiFOLiA Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 130. Iris 

 diversifolia Steud. HymenoHtiyma ScJiimperi and tridentatum Hochst. 

 — Corm 1 in. diam., with brown rigid sheaths, produced 2-8 in. 

 above its neck. Produced leaf single, rigid, linear, subbasal, a foot 

 or more long. Stem simple, |-1 ft. long, bearing a single sheath- 

 leaf. Spathe 2-3-flowered ; outer valves green, lanceolate, acumi- 

 nate, 3 in. long. Perianth fugitive (colour uncertain) ; outer seg- 

 ments 1-lJ in. long, with a spreading blade J in. broad, as long as 

 the narrow claw ; inner nearly as long, oblanceolate-unguiculate, 

 erect. Style-branches f in. long ; crests large, lanceolate. Capsule 

 oblong, obtusely angled, f iu. long. 



Hab. Mountains of Abyssinia, Schimper 1173 ! 1196 ! 



17. M. JUNOEA Linn. Sp. Plant. 59. — Corm J in. diam. ; tunics 

 of unequal wiry strands. Produced leaves 2, falcate, linear-com- 

 plicate, firm, glabrous, 2-3 in. long. Stem very slender, glabrous, 

 6-8 in. long. Clusters 2-3, on produced erect peduncles ; spathe 

 I in. long; outer valve short. Perianth fugitive, lilac, i in. long; 

 falls obovate-cuneate ; standards oblanceolate. Ovary oblong, 

 i in. long. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western district. Described from the type 

 specimen in the Linnean herbarium. 



18. M. ARENARiA Baker.— Wholo plant 3-6 in. long. Corm not 

 seen. Produced leaves 2-3, subterete, coriaceous, glabrous, much 

 twisted spirally, 2-3 in. long. Spathes 3-4, on short erect 

 peduncles, under an inch long, outer valve short, lanceolate. 

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

 cuneate. Capsule oblong, ^ in. long. 



Hab. Cape Colony; north-west district, on Ebenezer sandhills, Drege 

 8324 1 



19. M. SERPENTINA Baker. — Whole plant 5-6 in. high. Corm 

 ovoid, ^ in. diam. ; tunics of black wiry fibres, honeycombed 

 towards the top. Produced leaves 2, spreading, linear, rigidly 

 coriaceous, pilose, 3-4 in. long, very flexuose. Clusters 2-4 on 

 erect peduncles an inch long. Spathes an inch long ; outer valve 

 lanceolate, half as long as the next. Perianth fugitive, ^ in. long 

 (colour uncertain). Capsule small, oblong. 



Hab. Mountains of Namaqualand, alt. 3000—5000 ft.. Dreae 2599 ! 

 Bohif< G571! 6572! " 



