842 cxxxvi. iRiDEiE (baker). [Moroea. 



with crests nearly as long as the perianth. Ovary turbinate, J in. long. 

 — Baker, Handb. Irid. 55. 



ZiO'wer Guinea* Angola: Huilla; subtemperate region, in sandy thickets at 

 Lopollo and Hurapata, Weh-ntsch, 1567 ! 



13. M. andongensis. Baker in Travis. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 271. 

 Corm small, globose. Stem slender, J ft. long, branched in the upper 

 half, viscous below the nodes. Produced leaves 3-4, basal and supra- 

 basal, narrowly linear, rigid, glabrous, 6-15 in. long, J_ in. broad. In- 

 florescence corymbose ; peduncles ascending, 1-3 in. long ; spathes 

 |-1 in. long ; outer valve much shorter than the inner. Perianth 

 sulphur-yellow, fugacious, J in. long ; segments nearly equal in width. 

 Style-branches with crests nearly as long as the perianth. Capsule 

 depresso-globose, J— J in. diam. — Baker, Handb. Irid. 55. 



Iio-wer Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo; in damp wooded meadows at 

 Montollo, 2400-3800 ft., Wehoitsch, 1532 ! 



14. M. Candelabrum, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 

 271. Corm small, globose. Stem much-branched, 2-3 ft. long, viscous 

 below the nodes. Leaves many, 2 basal and others cauline, linear, 

 glabrous, moderately firm, \ in. broad, the lower above a foot long. 

 Inflorescence corymbose; peduncles ascending, 1-3 in. long; spathes 

 1-1 i in. long ; outer ovate \-\ in. long. Perianth fugitive, lilac, about 

 1 in. long ; segments nearly equal in breadth. Style-branches with their 

 crests not much shorter than the perianth. Capsule small, turbinate. — 

 Baker, Handb. Irid. 54 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 173. 



ILo^irer Guinea. Angola : Huilla; among shrubs in stony ground at Morro de 

 Lopollo, 5200 ft., Welwitsch, 1544! 



15. M. glutinosa, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 271. 

 Corm irregular-, f-l^- in. diam. Leaves of the sterile rosette linear, firm, 

 glabrous, 1 ft. long, J—A in, broad. Stem \\ ft. long, branched from 

 below the middle ; rudimentary leaves subtending the branches, lanceo- 

 late, 2-4 in. long ; stem very viscous below the nodes ; peduncles long, 

 ascending. Spathes 1-1;^ in. long; outer valve, obtuse, rather shorter 

 than the inner. Perianth lilac-purple, fugacious, 1 in. long ; outer 

 segments J in. broad. Style-branches with crests nearly as long as the 

 perianth. Ovary clavate, \ in. long. — Baker, Handb. Irid. 55. 



liOwer Guinea. Angola : Huilla ; subtemperate region, among shrubs on hills 

 near Lopollo, Wehoitsch, 1543 I 



16. M. iridioideSy Linn. Mant. 28. Khizome short, creeping. 

 Leaves several in a fan-shaped basal rosette, ensiform, green, firm, 

 1-2 ft. long, J-J in. broad. Stems 1-2 ft. long, with many sheath- 

 leaves, sometimes elongated and rooting. Inflorescence laxly corym- 

 bose ; spathes cylindrical, lJ-2 in. long; valves firm, not pointed; 

 outer valve small. Perianth white, 1-2 in. long ; segments of both 

 rows spreading ; outer obovate-cuneate, with a finely pilose claw and a 

 yellow keel at the base ; inner narrower, pure white. Style- crests large, 



