Moo'cea.] cxxxvi. iride.e (baker). 341 



broad ; inner a little narrower. Style-branches half as long as the 

 perianth ; crests deltoid. Ovary cylindrical, 1 in. long. 



nXozamb. Blst. British Central Africa : Urungu ; Fwambo, Carson, 37 of 

 1894 collection ! 



9. M. textiliSy Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 270. 

 Corm depresso-globose, li-2 in. diam., with fibrous tunics produced 

 above its neck. Produced leaf 1, spreading from several inches above 

 the base, firm, linear, glabrous, strongly ribbed, reaching a length of 

 4-5 ft., |-J in. broad. Stem simple, 2-3 ft. long, bearing several rudi- 

 mentary leaves. Spathe 4-5 in. long; outer valve shorter than the 

 inner. Ovary 1 in. long. Perianth dark purple, 2 J-3 in. long ; outer 

 segments obovate-unguiculate, ^ in. broad, reflexing from above the 

 middle; inner erect, emarginate. Style-branches IJ in. long; crests 

 large, lanceolate. — Baker, Handb. Irid. 52 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. 

 Afr. 173. 



Iiower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; on liills by the LoDollo Brook, among 

 bushes in damp places, 3800-5500 ft., Welwitsch, 1549 ! 



10. M. Thomsoni, Baker^ Handh. Irid. 57. Corm not seen. 

 Stem-leaves reduced to sheaths, with short erect free points. Stem 

 including inflorescence 1 ft. long, bearing 2-5 remote spicate clusters 

 of flowers; spathe cylindrical, 1-1 J in. long; outer valve longest. 

 Perianth fugitive, light blue, | in. long ; outer segments spreading 

 from half-way down. Style-crests short. Capsule oblong, ^- in. long. 



Mozaxzil}. I>ist. German East Africa : Higher plateau north of Lake Nyasa, 

 Thomson ! British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Mount Malosa, 4000-6000^^ ft., 

 Whyte ! 



11. M. Carsoni, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1894, 391. Corm not seen. 

 Produced leaf 1 from the middle of the stem, narrowly linear, erect, 

 rigid, glabrous, strongly ribbed, a foot long, ^^ in. broad. Stem very- 

 slender, IJ ft. long, bearing about 4 clusters of flowers, the lateral 

 on very short ascending peduncles. Spathe cylindrical, l:j-l J in. long ; 

 outer valve acuminate, much shorter than the inner. Perianth purple, 

 fugitive, under 1 in. long ; outer segments obovate-unguiculate, | in. 

 broad ; inner narrower, oblanceolate. Style-branches h in. long ; 

 crests lanceolate. Capsule oblong, ^ in. long. 



IMEozaxnb. Dlst. British Central Africa : Urungu ; Fwambo, Carson ! 



12. M. spithaxnsea, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 271. 

 Corm globose, l-^ in. diam. Stem h ft. long, branched in the upper 

 half, viscous below the nodes and spathes, with 2 rudimentary leaves 

 below the inflorescence. Produced leaves not seen. Inflorescence 

 corymbose, with ascending peduncles 1-1 J in. long. Spathes 1-1 J in. 

 long ; outer valve oblong, obtuse, considerably shorter than the inner. 

 Perianth yellow, fugacious, under 1 in. long ; outer segments obovate- 

 cuneate, spotted with black ; inner nearly as broad. Style-branches 



