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lanceolate ; outer shorter than the next. Perianth fugitive, lilac, 

 an inch long ; falls with an obovate blade as long as the claw ; 

 with a yellow spot at the base ; standards oblauceolate. Style- 

 crests large, lanceolate. Capsule clavate or oblong, ^-^ in. long. 

 Hab. Cape Colony, northward to the Transvaal. 



25. M. CooPERi Baker. — Corm not seen. Stem slender, terete, 

 1-1|^ ft. long. Produced leaves 2-4, long, firm, linear-subulate. 

 Inflorescence of 6-20 clusters on erect glabrous bracteated 

 peduncles. Spathes cylindrical, 1-1|- in. long ; valves acute, rigid 

 to the tip. Perianth fugitive, lilac, f-1 in. long; falls oblong- 

 cuneate ; standards oblauceolate. Ovary small, turbinate. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; province of Worcester, Cvoper 1661 ! Tulbagh, Bolus 

 5248 ! Habit of M. viacaria, but not at all viscose. 



26. M. POLYSTACHYA Ker in Konig & Sims Ann. i. 240. I. poly- 

 stacJvja Thuub. /. lacera Lam. Vieusseuxia polystachya Eckl. — 

 Whole plant 2-3 ft. long. Corm 1 in. diam. ; tunics of many 

 flattened rigid strands. Produced leaves firm, linear, rigid, strongly 

 ribbed, 1-2 ft. long. Clusters many, on erect peduncles. Spathes 

 cylindrical, 2 in. long; valves green, lanceolate-acuminate. Perianth 

 fugitive, bright lilac, 1-li in. long ; falls oblong-cuneate, with a 

 bright yellow spot at the base of the limb ; standards obloug- 

 unguiculate, erect. Capsule oblong, | in. long. Style-crests large, 

 lanceolate. 



Hab. Cape Colony, ascending to 2500 ft. in the province of Graaf Eeinet. 



27. M. GiGAXTEA Klatt in Linn. xxxv. 381. — Corm not seen. 

 Produced leaves 2, rigid, ensiform, erect, the lower 2-3 ft. long, 

 above an inch broad, acuminate. Stem stout, 2-3 ft. long, bear- 

 ing a dense corymb of 20-30 clusters, on short erect peduncles. 

 Spathes \\ in. long; valves green, with a scariose, linear cusp. 

 Perianth fugitive, yellow, an inch long. Capsule clavate, ^ in. 

 long. 



Hab. Cape Colony, in the central desert, Burchell 1388 ! 1431 ! Very 

 distinct. 



28. M. RAiiosA Ker m Bot. Mag. t. 771. M. bulbifem Jacq. 

 Hort. Schoeu. t. 197; Hook fil. in Bot. Mag. t. 5785. Iris ramosa 

 Thunb. /. ramosissima Linn. fil. Freuchenia bulhij'era Eckl. — 

 Corm globose, hidden by copious sessile bulbillse. Produced leaves 

 4-6, linear, ascending, the lower l-lh; ft. long. Stem stout, erect, 

 2-3 ft. long, bearing a lax corymb of 20-30 clusters, the lower 

 branches copiously compound. Spathes cylmdrical, an inch long; 

 outer valve very small. Perianth bright yellow, 1-1^ in. long; falls 

 obovate, spotted with brown at the base of the limb ; standards 

 erect, oblong-unguiculate. Style-crests large, lanceolate. Capsule 

 small, globose or tm'binate. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; southern district. Very distinct. 



29. M. Candelabrum Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. n.s. i. 271. — 

 Corm small, globose. Leaves many, linear, moderately firm, 

 glabrous, the lowest above a foot long. Stem 2-3 ft. long, 

 copiously branched in the upper half, viscose below the nodes, 



