Morcea.] cxxxvi. iride^ (baker). 339 



narrower than the outer. Style-branches with crests a little shorter 

 than the perianth. Capsule oblong, J in. long. — Baker, Handb. Irid. 

 51 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 173. 



Ziower Guinea. Angola : Huilla ; in sandy pastures near LopoUo, 3800- 

 5500 ft., Wehoitsch, ]545 ! 



2. M. Mechowii, Pax in Engl. Jahrh. xv. 151. Stem simple, 

 terete, above 1 ft. long, with several rudimentary leaves. Produced 

 leaf 1, narrowly linear, basal, as long as the stem, y^^ in. broad. Spathe 

 2 in. long ; outer valve shorter than the inner. Perianth 2 in. long ; 

 outer segments obovate-unguiculate, violet- purple with a yellow blotch 

 at the base of the blade, nearly 1 in. broad ; inner segments narrower, 

 erect, violet-purple. Style-branches violet-purple, nearly as long as the 

 perianth-segments. 



Iiower Guinea. Angola : Catala Canginga, Teuscz, 557. 

 No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 



3. M. diversifolia. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 130. Corm 

 globose, 1 in. diam., with brown rigid outer tunics produced 2-3 in. 

 above its neck. Produced leaf 1, rigid, linear, basal, \ in. broad. 

 Stem simple, J^l ft. long, with several rudimentary leaves. Spathe 3 in. 

 long; valves acuminate, the outer rather shorter than the inner. 

 Perianth lilac, 1 J in. long ; outer segments obovate-unguiculate, under 

 J in. broad, spreading from halfway down ; inner oblanceolate, erect. 

 Style-branches half as long as the perianth ; crests large, lanceolate. 

 Capsule oblong, | in. long. — Baker, Handb. Irid. 52 ; Engl. Hoch- 

 gebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 172. — Iris diversifolia, Steud. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. 

 Abyss, ii. 305. Hymenostigma tridentatum and H. Schimperi, Hochst. 

 in Flora, 1844, 24-25. Xiphion diversifolium, Klatt in Linnsea, xxxiv. 

 572. Vietisseuxia Edentata and V. Schimperi, Hochst. ex A, Rich. Tent. 

 Fl. Abyss, ii. 305. 



Wile Xiand. Abyssinia : Semen ; mountain meadows near Enjedcap, Schimper, 

 1173 ! Mount Bachit, near Barnam, Schimper, 1296 ! 



4. M. Welwitschii, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 270. 

 Corm globose, 1 in. diam. ; tunics brown, scariose, produced 4-5 in. 

 above its neck. Leaf 1, basal, linear, rigid, flat, glabrous, 1^-2 ft. long, 

 J in. broad. Stem simple, 1 ft. long, without rudimentary leaves. 

 Spathe 3-4 in. long ; valves acute, subequal. Ovary cylindrical, 1 in. 

 long. Perianth dark lilac-purple, 2 in. long ; outer segments obovate- 

 spathulate, ^ in. broad, spreading from the middle ; inner not much 

 narrower, erect. Style-branches 1-1 J in. long ; crests large, lanceolate. 

 Capsule oblong, IJ in. long. — Baker, Handb. Irid. 51 ; Engl. Hoch- 

 gebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 173. 



JsO'wer Guinea. Angola: Huilla; temperate region, in swamps near the 

 Lopollo Brook, Welwitsch, 1548 ! 



5. M. zambesiacay Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 130. Corm 

 not seen. Produced leaf 1, linear, glabrous, firm, basal, 1-1 J ft. long. 



