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20. M. MiRA Klatt in Trans. Cape Phil. Soc7iiT>^'^27-^Wfiole 

 plant 3-4 in. high. Corm small, scaly. Leaves 1-2, figidr linear, 

 ascending, [glabrous, 2-4 in. long. Spathes 2-3 on short erect 

 peduncles, cylindrical, 1^-1^ in. long; valves green, lanceolate, 

 acute ; outer much shorter than the next. Perianth bright lilac, 

 fugitive, \ in. long ; falls oblong-cuneate, with a yellow spot at the 

 throat ; standards oblanceolate. Ovary oblong, \ in. long. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; on the Zwarteberg, prov. Caledon. Collected by 

 Templeman in 1884, Macowan 2612 1 



21. M. iRioPETALA Linn. fil. Suppl. 100. M. vegeta Linn, herb.! 

 M. plumaria Ker. Iris plumaria Thunb. Vieusseuxia plumaria 

 Eclil. — Whole plant ^-1 ft. long. Corm ovoid, ^-| in. diam. ; 

 tunics of flattened strands, produced as bristles above its neck. 

 Produced leaf single, ascending, narrow linear, rigid, plane, ^-1 ft. 

 long. Clusters 1-4 on produced erect peduncles ; spathes cylin- 

 drical, 1|— 1^ in. long ; valves firm, green, lanceolate ; outer half as 

 long as the next. Perianth fugitive, lilac, rarely yellow, ^ in. 

 long ; falls obovate-unguiculate, with a limb as long as the claw ; 

 standards erect, oblanceolate. Capsule oblong, ^ in. long. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western district. 



22. M. TRisTis Ker in Konig & Sims Ann. i. 241. M.sordescens 

 Jacq. Ic. t. 225 ; Eed. Lil. t. 71. Iris tristis Linn. fil. Suppl. 97 ; 

 Ker. in Bot. Mag. t. 577. Vieiisseuxia tristis Eckl. — Whole plant 

 1-1^ ft. long. Corm ^ in. diam. ; tunics of matted parallel fibres. 

 Produced leaves 2-3, linear, glabrous, not rigid, ^-1^ ft. long. 

 Clusters several on produced erect peduncles ; spathes 1-1| in. 

 long ; outer valve shorter than the next. Perianth fugitive, dull 

 purple, f in. long ; falls oblong-cuneate, with a yellow spot at the 

 base of the limb ; standards erect, oblanceolate. Capsule oblong, 

 ^ in. long. Style-crests lanceolate. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western district. Figured in Miller's ' Icones,* 

 tab. 238. 



23. M. CRisPA Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1284. M. decmsata Klatt. 

 Iris crispa Linn. fil. Vieusseuxia crispa Eckl. — Whole plant 1-1^ ft. 

 high. Corm ^ in. diam. ; tunics of wiry strands. Produced leaves 

 2, subbasal, linear, rigid, spreading, glabrous, ^ ft. long. Panicle 

 lax ; lower branches compound ; clusters many ; spathes f in, long, 

 on long erect peduncles ; valves green, lanceolate ; outer shorter 

 than the next. Perianth lilac or yellow, fugitive, ^ in. long ; falls 

 obovate-cuneate ; standards oblanceolate. Capsule oblong, J in. 

 long ; crests of style, lanceolate. 



Var. RECTiFOLiA Baker (Bot. Mag. t. 759). — Leaves not at all 

 crisped. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western district. 



24. M. POLYANTHos Tliunb. Diss. No. 14. Vieusseuoida gramini- 

 folia Eckl. — Whole plant 1-1^ ft. long. Corm f in. diam. ; tunics 



of flattened blackish wiry strands. Produced leaves usually 2, 

 linear, glabrous, ascending, overtopping the flowers. Clusters 

 5-80, on produced erect peduncles ; spathe 1^-2 in. long, green, 



