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bearing numerous clusters on ascending peduncles 1-2 in. long. 

 Spathes 4-5-flowered, cylindrical, an inch long ; outer valve small, 

 oblong. Perianth small, lilac, fugitive ; segments about equal in 

 length. Ovary turbinate, Jg. in. long. 



Hab. Angola ; mountains of the province of Huilla, alt. 5000 ft., Welwitsch 

 1544! 



30. M. ANDuNGENsis Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. n.s. i. 271. — 

 Corm small, globose. Produced leaves 2-3, narrow linear, rigid, 

 glabrous, the lowest 12-15 in. long. Stem very slender, ^-1 ft. 

 long, bearing 2-8 clusters on long flexuose peduncles, viscose 

 upwards. Spathes cylindrical, under an inch long ; outer valve 

 short. Perianth sulphur-yellow, fugitive, ^ in. long; segments 

 about equal in. length, inner erect, oblanceolate. Capsule depresso- 

 globose, ^-^ in. diam. 



Hab. Angola ; mountains of the province of Pungo Andongo, Welwitsch 

 1532! 



31. M. GLUTiNosA Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. n.s. i. 271. — 

 Corm 1-1^ in. diam. Leaves of the sterile tufts firm, linear- 

 ensiform, a foot long. Stem ^ ft. long below the inflorescence, 

 bearing 3-4 rudimentary leaves. Panicle a foot long, bearing 3-4 

 clusters on long ascending peduncles, viscose below the spathes. 

 Spathes 2-3-flowered, 1^-1^ in. long ; valves green, oblong-lanceo- 

 late ; outer shorter than the next. Perianth lilac, fugitive, an inch 

 long ; segments about equal in length ; falls with an oblong blade 

 |- in. broad ; standards oblanceolate. Ovary turbinate, ^ in. long. 



Hab. Angola ; subtemperate region of Huilla, Welwitsch 1543 ! 



82. M. spiTHAMEA Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. n.s. i. 271. — 

 Corm globose, ^-| in. diam. Stem slender, a few inches long, 

 viscose below the spathes, bearing 2-3 clusters on erect peduncles 

 an inch long, its leaves all rudimentary. Spathes 2-3-flowered, 

 1-1|- in. long ; valves green, lanceolate, outer shorter than the 

 next. Perianth yellow, fugacious, | in. long ; segments narrow, 

 about equal in length, the ialls with a black spot at the base of the 

 limb. Ovary turbinate, ^ in. long. 



Hab. Angola ; subtemperate region of Huilla, Welwitsch 1567 1 



33. M. viscARiA Ker in Konig & Sims Ann. i. 240. Iris viscaria 

 Linn. fil. ; Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 587. Vicusseuxia viscaria Eckl. — 

 Whole plant 1-1^ ft. long. Corm about 1 in. diam. ; tunics of 

 feathered wiry strands produced as bristles above its neck. Produced 

 leaves 2, long, rigid, linear-complicate. Stem copiously branched 

 low down, with many clusters on arcuate viscose brown peduncles ; 

 spathes cylindrical, 1-|- in. long ; outer valves subequal, green, 

 firm, lanceolate. Perianth very fugitive, under an inch long ; seg- 

 ments yellowish brown, outer oblong-cuneate, inner oblanceolate, 

 erect. Style-crests lanceolate. Capsule small, oblong. 



Var. M. BiTUMiNOSA Ker in Konig & Sims Ann. i. 240 ; Bot. 

 Mag. t. 1045. Iris bituminosa Linn. fil. — Flowers bright yellow. 

 Peduncles green. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; southern district, 



