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39. M. BoLusii Baker. — Corm not seen. Produced leaf solitary, 

 spreading, basal, linear, coriaceous, much crisped, 6-8 in. long, 

 ^ in. broad. Flowering stem 4-G in. long, bearing several erect 

 sessile clusters. Spatlie 1^-1^ in. long ; outer valve shorter than 

 the next. Perianth fugitive, yellow, an inch long ; outer segments 

 obovate, |- in. broad ; inner rather smaller. Filaments mona- 

 delphous, longer than the anthers. Style-crests lanceolate. 



Hab. Lesser Namaqualand, at Ookiep. alt. 3000 ft., Bolus G574 1 



40. M. Thomson! Baker. — Corm and leaves not seen. Upper 

 part of very slender stem bearing 1-2 rudimentary leaves. Inflor- 

 escence a panicle of 2-3 laxly disposed clusters, the side ones 

 sessile and erect. Spathe 2-3-flowered, cylindrical, an inch long ; 

 valves lanceolate. Perianth small, fugitive. Capsule oblong, ^ in. 

 long, like those of M. trisits and iriopetala. 



Hab. High plateau north of Lyke Nyassa. Collected by Mr. Joseph 

 Thomson in 1880. 



Subgenus II. Helixyra (Salisb.). 



41. M. LONGiFLOKA Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 712. Helixyra flava 

 Salisb. — Corm small, ovoid. Produced leaves 1-2, subulate, 

 glabrous, | ft. long. Stem very slender, short, ending in 2 sessile 

 clusters. Spathes cylindrical, 1|— 2 in. long ; valves lanceolate. 

 Ovary with a long filiform beak. Perianth bright yellow, fugacious, 

 an inch long ; falls obovate-unguiculate, ^-^ in. broad ; inner 

 shorter, oblanceolate. Style-crests small, lanceolate. 



Hab. Cape Colony. Known to me only from the figure cited. 



42. M. BuRCHELLii Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 132. — Corm 

 not seen. Stem very short, bearing a single slender firm terete 

 leaf, ^-1 ft. long from the base of the inflorescence. Clusters 1-3, 

 the side ones sessile, erect. Spathes 1-1 i in. long; outer valves 

 acute or acuminate. Ovary narrowed into a filiform beak an inch 

 long. Perianth fugitive, pale lilac, ^ in. long ; falls with an oblong 

 blade as long as the claw. Style-crests lanceolate. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; Bechuanaland, Burchell 2250 ! 



43. M. SPIRALIS Baker. — Corm not seen. Stem short, very 

 slender, with a single firm subulate leaf 3-6 in. long, which is 

 more or less spirally twisted, from the base of the inflorescence. 

 Clusters 1-5, contiguous, sessile on a flexuose racliis, erecto-patent. 

 Spathes ^-f in. long; valves rigid, lanceolate. Ovary clavate, 

 narrowed into a beak above ^ in. long. Perianth lilac, fugitive, 

 under ^ in. long. 



Hab. Cape Colony; north-western district, Drege 2604! and re-gathered 

 lately by the Kev. W. Morris [Bolus 5788 !). 



44. M. EoGERsii Baker. — Corm not seen. Stem very short, 

 with a single sessile cluster and from the base of it a single linear- 

 subulate firm falcate leaf 3-4 in. long. Spathe cylindrical, an inch 

 long ; valves lanceolate, subscariose. Ovary narrowed into a tili- 

 form beak ^ in. long. Perianth lilac, fugitive, ^ in. long; falls 

 obovate-cuneate, with a yellow spot at the base of the blade. 



