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Hab. Central Brazil ; Lagoa Santa, IVarming. 



4. M. NoRTHiANA Ker in Bot. Mag. t, 654. Moraa Norihiana 

 Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 255. Iris Northiana Pers. Morcea vaginata 

 Red. Lil. t. 66. Ferraria elef/ans Salisb. — Leaves about 8 in a 

 tuft, ensiform, bright green, the outer a foot, the inner 2 ft. long, 

 1^-2 in. broad. Peduncle as broad as the leaves, 3 ft. long, bear- 

 ing about 2 shortly peduncled lateral clusters near its apex ; 

 spathes l-l^ in, long; outer valves rigid, green, lanceolate. Ex- 

 panded flower 3-4 in, diam, ; outer segments obovate, pure white, 

 an inch broad, the claw variegated with yellow and brown ; inner 

 with a convolute violet tip and similarly decorated claw. Style, 

 including its lanceolate crests, f in, long. 



Hab. Tropical America. Perhaps not more than a white-flowered variety 

 of J/, ccerulea. There is a sjiecimen from Kew Gardens in Bishop Good- 

 enough's herbarium, dried in 1784. 



5. M. GKACiLis Herb, in Bot. Mag. t. 3713. Cypella gracilis 

 Klatt. — Leaves 6-8 in a tuft, ensiform, bright green, not rigid, 

 1-1^ ft. long, ^-1 in. broad. Peduncle elongated, flat, with the 

 flowers some distance below its point, which is sometimes length- 

 ened out and takes root, Clusters with short or elongated peduncles ; 

 spathes 1^ in. long; outer valves green, lanceolate-acuminate. 

 Expanded flowers 2 in. diam. ; outer segments obovate, white, 

 veined with cross-bars of yellow and brown at the base ; inner 

 with a small reflexed blue. Style-crests 3, large, lanceolate, with 

 2 spreading orbicular stigmatic spurs at the base. Capsule oblong, 

 obtusely angled, an inch long. 



Hab. Tropical America, from Mexico to Brazil. 



6. M. BRACHYPus Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 6380. Cypella hrachypm 

 Baker. — Leaves 6-8, ensiform, bright green, If ft. long, l-l|- in. 

 broad. Peduncle 1^ in. broad, producing a single sessile cluster of 

 flowers 3-4 in. above its base ; outer spathe-valves green, firm, lax, 

 ovate, 3-4 in. long. Perianth bright yellow, the segments of both 

 rows transversely banded with brown in the lower third ; outer 

 oblong, 1\ in. long; inner half as long. Style-crests pale yellow, 

 lanceolate. 



Hab. Trinidad. Described from a iDlant flowered in Kew Gardens in 1875, 

 received from Mr. Wilson Saunders. 



7. M. LONGiFOLiA Link, Klotsch & Otto Ic. Plant. Select. 123, t. 

 58. Cypella longifoUa Klatt. — Leaves green, ensiform, an inch 

 broad. Peduncle narrowly winged, 1-2 ft. long, bearing 3 long- 

 peduncled clusters a short space below the tip. Spathes 1-1 J in, 

 long; valves green, lanceolate, acute. Expanded flower 2 in. 

 diam. ; outer segments obovate, yellow, with transverse bars of 

 brown on the claw ; inner yellow, banded with brown up to the tip. 

 Style, including its lanceolate crests, f in. long. 



Hab. Eio Janeiro. Described originally from a plant flowered in the 

 Berlin Botanic garden about 1828, sent i)y Mr. Harrison from Bio Janeiro. 



8. M. LUTEA Herb, in Bot. Mag. t. 3809.^Leaves many, in a 

 lax rosette, 1| ft. long. |-f in. broad. Scape narrowly winged, 



