340 cxxxvi. iRiDEiE (baker). [Morcea. 



J in. broad at the middle. Stem simple, about 1 foot long, with 1-2 

 rudimentary sheathing leaves. Spathe cylindrical, ,3-4 in. long ; outer 

 valve a little shorter than the inner. Perianth lilac-purple, lJ-2 in. 

 long ; outer segments obovate-unguiculate, |-1 in. broad, spreading 

 from the middle ; inner erect, about I in. broad. Style-branches half 

 as long as the perianth ; crests long, lanceolate. Capsule cylindrical, 

 above 1 inch long. — Baker, Handb. Irid. 51. 



Jto^ver Guinea. Angola: Huilla ; Humpata, Johnston! Cr lene River, 

 Johnston ! Lower Congo : Katanga, Cornet ! 



IVIozamb. I>lst. German East Africa : Livingstone Range, Johnson ! Higher 

 Plateau, North of Lake Nyasa, Thomson ! between Lake Ny'asa and Lake Tanganyika, 

 6000-8000 ft., Thomson I Portuguese East Africa : Makua ; Namuli Hills, Last I 

 British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Sliibisa (Chikwawa) to Tshinmuze, 2000- 

 4000 ft., Kirk ! Mount Zomba, Buchanan, 143 ! Manganja Hills, 3000 ft., Meller ! 

 near Mount Sochi, 3000 ft., Kirk ! Mount Mlanje, McClounie, 13 ! 



6. M. macr'antha. Baker. Corm stout. Radical leaves 5-G to a 

 stem, ensiform, not rigid nor strongly veined, lJ-2 ft. long, |-1 in. 

 broad. Stem terete, erect, 2 ft. long, bearing 5-6 sheath-leaves and a 

 single terminal cluster of flowers. Spathe cylindrical, 8-4 in. long ; 

 valve firm, pale green, the inner much longer than the outer. Ovary 

 clavate, J in. long. Perianth bright lilac, 2| in. long ; outer segments 

 obovate-unguiculate, 1 in. broad, reflexing from half-way ; inner oblong- 

 unguiculate, erect, | in. broad. Style ciests large, deltoid. 



Mozamb. Bist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland, Whyte ! 



7. M. angusta, Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1270. Corm globose, 1 in. 

 diam. ; tunics of many thick wiry strands, often produced as bristles 

 above its neck. Produced leaf 1, springing from a little above the base 

 of the stem, subterete, 1 J-2 ft. long, deeply channelled down the face. 

 Stem simple, 1-1 J ft. long, with 1-2 rudimentary sheathing leaves. 

 Spathe cylindrical, 3 in. long ; outer valve acute, much shorter than the 

 inner. Perianth pale yellow, IJ in. long; outer segments obovate, 

 unguiculate, above J in. broad, reflexing from half-way down ; inner 

 erect, not much narrower. Style-branches half as long as the perianth ; 

 crests large, lanceolate. Ovary cylindrical, J in. long. — Baker in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. xvi. 130 ; Handb. Irid. 50. Iris angusta, Thunb. Diss. 

 Irid. 10. 



nxozaznb. Dlst. British Central Africa : Urungu ; Tanganyika Plateau at 

 Fwambo, type and a variety with lilac flowers, Carson ! Nyasaland ; Fort Hill, Whyte ! 



Also in South Africa, 



'6. M. ventricosa, Baker in Kevi Bulletin, 1895, 73. Corm not 

 seen. Produced leaf 1, arising from the stem a little above the base, 

 linear, thick, rigid, 2 ft. long, \ in. broad. Stem 1 ft. long, simple, 

 with several sheathing rudimentary leaves. Spathe ventricose, 3 1-4 in. 

 long ; outer valve cuspidate, much shorter than the other. Perianth 

 pale yellow, 2 in. long ; outer segments obovate, with a long claw, J in. 



