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34. M. SETACEA Kcr iu Kouig & Sims Ann. i. 240. /. setacen 

 Thunb. Diss. No. 29, t. i. fig. 2. I. setij'olia Linn. fil. Vieussexixia 

 setucea Eckl. — Corm small, ovoid ; tunics thick, fibrous. Stem 

 slender, -1—1 ft. long, bearing 1-2 very slender subulate leaves 

 ^-1 ft. long. Clusters 1-3 erect, nearly sessile ; spathes about an 

 inch long; valves subequal. Perianth lilac, fugitive, ^ in. long; 

 falls spreading, ^ iu. broad; standards oblanceolate, erect. Capsule 

 oblong, ^ in. long ; style-crests lanceolate. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western district. Described from specimens 

 gathered by Thuuberg & Masson. A similar plant from Bechuanaland, with 

 yellow flowers, gathered by Burchell, is probably distinct specifically. 



35. M. UNDULATA Ker Gen. Irid. 43. M. crispa Thunb. Diss. 

 No. 17, non Ker. — Whole plant ^ ft. long. Corm ovoid, ^ in. 

 diam. ; tunics of flattened wiry strands, connected upwards with 

 short cross fibres. Produced leaf single, spreading, narrow Imear, 

 coriaceous, glabrous, ^-1 ft. long. Spathes 1-3, shortly peduncled, 

 cylindrical, l^in. long; outer valve shorter than the next. Perianth 

 fugitive, lilac, f in. long ; falls with an obovate limb as long as the 

 claw ; standards oblanceolate. Ovary turbinate ^ in. long. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western district. 



36. M. FELicAULis Baker. — Corm not seen. Stem very slender, 

 3-4 in. long below the single cluster, which isj nearly sessile and 

 subtended by 2 very slender setaceous leaves. Spathe f in. long ; 

 outer valve small, acute. Perianth fugitive, ^ in. long. Ovary 

 small, clavate. 



Hab. Cape Colony; north-west district, alt. 4000— 5000 ft., Dre^/e 26051 

 May be an extreme form of M. edulis. 



37. M. NATALENSis Baker. — Corm not seen. Stem slender, wiry, 

 1-1-^ ft. long, without any produced leaf below the inflorescence, 

 which is subtended by a rigid subulate leaf 3-6 in. long. Clusters 

 2-5, shortly peduncled. Spathes cylindrical, 1^ ui. long ; valves 

 rigid ; outer short, lanceolate. Perianth fugitive, lilac, J-1 in. 

 long. Capsule oblong, ^-^ iu. long. 



Hab. Mountains of Natal, alt. 2000—3000 ft. Collected by Dr. Suther- 

 land and Mr. Sanderson. Alhed to M. edulis ; differs by its short bract-leaf and 

 oblong capsule. 



38. M. EDULIS Ker in Konig & Sims Ann. i. 24] ; Bot. Mag. t. 

 613. Iris edulis Linn. fil. I. capensis Bm"m. M. vegeta Jacq. Ic. 

 t. 224, non Linn. Vieusseuxia edulis Eckl. — Corm small, globose ; 

 coats of wiry strands, connected by short cross-fibres. Stem 

 naked for -g— 1^ ft., beariug a long rigid linear-subulate leaf from 

 the base of the inflorescence, which consists of few or many erect 

 shortly-peduncled clusters. Spathe 1^-2 in. long ; valves rigid ; 

 outer short, lanceolate. Perianth fugitive, lilac, fragrant, 1-1-^ in. 

 long ; falls oblong-cuneate ; standards erect, oblanceolate. Capsule 

 cylindrical-trigonous, f-1 in. long. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; southern district. M. odora Salisb. Parad. t. 10, is a 

 form with white, and M. longifoUa Sweet (Bot. Mag. t. 1238) with yellow 

 flowers. M. umbellata Thunb. has many clusters crowded on a short axis. 

 Var. gracilis Baker, Zeijher 1647 ! has slender spathes an inch long and much 

 smaller flowers and capsules than iu the type, and may be a distinct species. 



