MOR.EA 



THE BULB BOOK 



MUSCAEI 



"Wedding Flower," It is a native 

 of Australia and Lord Howe's 

 Island, and resembles a large German 

 Iris or Green New Zealand Flax 

 Plant (Phormium tenax) in appear- 



M. Thomson!. A native of E. 

 Tropical Africa, about 1 ft. high, 

 with stiffish rush-like habit, the 

 round leaves being furrowed, and 

 about 7 ins. long. The flowers, about 



Fro. 251. M orcea pavonia. 



ance. It grows 4 to 6 ft. high, and 

 produces large pure white flattish 

 ilowers. (Bot. Mag. t. 7212.) 



This species is best grown in a cool 

 greenhouse planted out in a border 

 of gritty soil, and well exposed to 

 the sunshine. 



M. spathacea (Dietes Huttoni\ 

 A rhizomatous species with bright 

 yellow sweet-scented flowers with 

 purple lines on the claws (Bot. Mag. 

 tt. 1103, 6174 ; Garden, 1889, t. 715). 



M. sulphurea. This species has 

 small round corms, slender erect 

 stems, with linear leaves 4 ins. long, 

 and a single terminal cluster of 

 sulphur-yellow flowers 1 in. across, 

 with orange and brown markings 

 (Bot. Mag. t. 760). 



FIG. 252. Morcea Robinsoniana. 



2 ins. across, appear in spiked clusters 

 and are pale lilac, yellow at the base, 

 and spotted with brown. (Bot. Mag. 

 t. 7976.) Tender. 



M. tricuspls. Flowers pale lilac 

 blotched with purple (Bot. Mag. t. 

 696). 



M. tripetala. Flowers usually lilac, 

 but sometimes lilac or reddish (Bot. 

 Mag. t. 702). 



M. tristis. Flowers dull purple, 

 blotched with yellow at the base of 

 the segments (Bot. Mag. t. 577). 



M. unguiculata. Flowers white, 

 the outer segments spotted with red 

 along the claw (Bot. Mag. t. 593). 



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MUSCARI (moschos, musk ; in 

 reference to the scent of the flowers). 



