Morcea.] cxxxvi. iRiDEiE (baker), 343 



lanceolate. Capsule oblong, 1—1 J in. long. — Jacq. Hoit. Schoenbr. 

 1. 196 (excl. syn.) ; Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 693 ; Baker, Handb. Irid. 60. 

 M. vegeta, Miller, Gard. Diet. edit. viii. (Ic. t. 231), fig. 1), not Linn. 

 Iris compressa, Linn. f. Suppl. 98 ; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 147. 

 /. morcEoides, Ker in Bot. Mag. sub t. 1407. /. crassifolia, Lodd. Bot. 

 Cab. t, 1861. Dietes iridifolia, Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 307. D. 

 iridioides, Sweet, Hort. Brit. edit. ii. 497. I), compressa, Klatt in 

 Linnsea, xxxiv. 584. 



Mozaxnb. Bist. German East Africa : Valley of the River Umba, Smith ! 

 British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Mount Malosa, 4000-6000 ft., Whyte ! by the 

 Mwata Manga Eivulet, 4000 ft., KirJc ! 



Also widely spread in South Africa. 



2. MARICA, Ker ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PL iii. 689. 



Perianth without any tube above the ovary ; segments of the two 

 rows very different in shape ; outer obovate, spreading ; inner smaller, 

 convolute vertically. Stamens placed opposite the branches of the style ; 

 filaments free ; anthers linear, basifixed. Ovary 3-celled ; ovules many, 

 superposed ; style subulate at the base, cup-shaped in the upper half, 

 with 8 angles to which the stamens loosely adhere ; crests petaloid, with 

 a transverse stigma at the base. Capsule oblong, loculicidally 3-valved. 

 Seeds globose or angled by pressure. — Rootstock a short rhizome. 

 Leaves ensiform, distichous, flabellate. Peduncle flattened, with one 

 or few clusters of flowers ; spathe-valves rigid or scariose. Flowers very 

 fugitive, blue, white, or yellow. 



Species about 10, the others Tropical American. 



1. M. Sabini, Lindl. in Trans. Hort. Soc. vi. 75, t. 1. Leaves 

 6-8 in a tuft, ensiform, distichous, 2-3 ft. long, bright green, 1-1 J in. 

 broad, tapering to the point. Peduncle as broad as the leaves, similar 

 in texture, bearing 2-3 clusters of flowers from the side a long way 

 below its apex. Spathes 2-2^ in. long ; outer valves firm, green. Outer 

 segments of the perianth 2 In. long, bright blue, the base with brown 

 spots on a yellow ground ; inner segments similarly coloured, reflexed 

 at the tip, not more than half as long as the outer — Lodd. Bot. Cab. 

 t. 1164; "Baker, Handb. Irid. 61. M. sabiniana, Herb, in Bot. Mag. 

 sub t. 3809. 



Upper Guinea. Fernando Po, Don. 



]Lower Guinea. Princes Island, Barter, 2015 ! Angola, Curror ! 



Is probably only a form of the Brazilian M. cmrulea, Ker, and introduced. 



3. FEBRARIA, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. 692. 



Perianth-segments united at the base, connivent above it, subequal, 

 spreading, acute, more or less convolute. Stamens placed opposite the 

 branches of the style; filaments united or connivent in a cylindrical 



