ixiA. 1G5 



Subgenus III. Moiu'hixia. 



10. I. BKKviFOLiA Baker. — Corm not seen. Stem very slender, 

 hairy, 6-9 in long, bearuig two sheathing leaves, the ujjpor with a 

 short, free, erect, hairy, narrow linear tip. Flowers 2-6, in a dense 

 spike ; spathe-valves oblong, turning brown, ^ in. long. Pcriantli- 

 tube a little longer than the spatlie, fiuniel-sliaped in tlie upper 

 half; segments oblanceolate-oblong, pale lilac, as long as the tube. 

 Stamens half as long as the segments. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; East Griqualancl, Tyson 1892 ! 



17. I. TKicHOKHizA Baker. Morphlxia trichorhiza Baker in Journ. 

 Bot. 1876, 237. — Corm globose, ^ in. diam. ; tunics of fine parallel 

 fibres. Leaves 3-4, firm, narrow, linear, superposed, shorter than 

 the stem. Stem slender, terete, usually simple, i-1 ft. long. Spikes 

 short, dense, erect ; outer spathe-valve membranous, ^-;\ in. long, 

 dotted brown and white, lacerated at the tip. Perianth-tube 

 funnel-shaped, not longer than the spathe ; segments oblong, 

 bright lilac, concolorous, ^ in. long. Stamens more than half as 

 long as the segments. Style-branches short, spreading. 



Hab. Natal, Dr. Sutherlandl Eastern Griqualancl, alt. 4000 ft., Tyson 

 1567! 



18. I. ODORATA Ker Gen. Irid. 101. I. erecta var., Jacq. Ilort. 

 Sclioen. t. 18 ; Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1173. Morphixid. odurata Baker. 

 — Leaves linear. Stem slender, terete, distantly branched. Flowers 

 fragrant, forming a short spike ; spathe-valves oblong, ^ m. long. 

 Perianth with a funnel-shaped tube i in. long, and oblong bright 

 yellow concolorous segments of the same length. Anthers {. in. 

 long, equalling the free filaments. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western ijrovinces. 



19. I. scARiosA Thunb. Fl. Cap. i. 245. /. rapanculoldcs Red. 

 Lil. t. 431. I. j)hlcujiiiora Bed. Lil. t. 482. /. incnnutta Jacq. Ic. 

 t. 282. /. lancca Jacq. Ic. t. 281. /. striata Vahl. 7. aulica Ait. ■ 

 Murphixia capillaris, aulica, and incaniatu Ker. — Corm globose, 

 ■|-| in. diam. ; tunics of fine matted fibres. Basal leaves 2-3, 

 short, rigid, ensiform. Stem very slender, branched, a foot long. 

 Flowers 3-6, in a lax spike; spathe-valves oblong, ^-^^ in. long, 

 pale green with a brown tip. Perianth with a funnel-shaped tube, 

 ^-^ in. long, and oblong reddish or lilac segments ^ in. long. 

 Anthers i in. long, shorter than the free filaments. Style-branches 

 reaching the tip of the anthers. 



Var. LONGiFOLiA Baker. — Leaves thinner, linear, a foot or more 

 long. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; south-western provinces. I. fiicata Ker in Bot. Mat^. 

 t. 1379, is probably a garden hybrid, of which this is one of the parents. 



20. I. LiNKAKis Thunb. Diss. No. 11. 7. capillaris var. iiracillima 

 Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 570. 7. tcnuij'olia Vahl. Mnrp/iixia linearis 

 Ker. Hijalis ;iracilis Salisb. — Corm globose, ^ in. diam. Basal 

 leaves 2-3, slender, subterete, a foot or more long. Stem slender, 

 terete, simple. Flowers 3-6, laxly spicate ; spathe-valves green, 



