'^72 CXXY. lEIDEiE. 



Flowers loosely s]>iked, dull-coloured, 



opeuiiifj in the evening 16. ITesperantha. 



Flowers densely spiked, brilliant, diur- 

 nal 17. SCUIZOSTTLIS. 



Perianth-funnel-shaped, with a short tube 18. Geissorhiza. 



h. Flowers solitary, on radical scapes, or radical, sub- 

 sesjsile. 



Stigmas linear, 2-parted. (Scapes mostly obvious.) 19, Teichonema. 



Stigmas lamellar, fimbriate-multifid. (Flowers sub- 

 sessile.) 20. Galaxia. 



1. MOR^A, Linn. 



Perianth with a short tube, and 6-parted, equally-spreading 

 limb, the 3 inner segments smaller, convolute after flowering. 

 Pilaments distinct. Style slender, 3-cornered ; stigmas 3, 

 petaloid, 2-3-fid. Capsule membranous, 3-cornered ; seeds 

 angular. — Endl. Gen. n. 1224. 



Bulbous plants, resembling the Irides of the Northern hemisphere. 

 Leaves mostly ie\v^ and narrow. Flowers yellow white orange or parti- 

 coloured, pedicellate, rising from crowded or subsolitary, terminal sl\eaths. 

 — Many species. 



2. VIEXJSSEUXIA, Eoche. 



Perianth with the inner segments very small and narrow, 

 otherwise as in Morcta. Pilaments connate. Style, etc., of 

 Moraa.—EndJ. Gen. n. 1223. 



Slender plants, witli the habit of Morcea. — Several species. 



3. FERRAIIIA, Linn. 



Perianth 6-parted, the segments oblong, equally spreading, 

 undulate; the outer wider. Pilaments connate in a tube. 

 Style fiHform; stigmas 3, petaloid-dilated, converging, 2-fid, 

 the lobes penicillate-multifid. Seeds with a fleshy coat. — 

 JEndl. Gen. n. 1230. 



Bulbous plants, with ensiform, thick, nerved leaves, a simple or branched, 

 densely-leafy stem, and aggregate floral bracts. — Few species, with curious, 

 brown and spotted, very fugacious, pedicellate flowers. 



4. ARISTEA, Soland. 



Perianth rotate, 6-parted, the spreading segments subequal 

 or the inner much larger. Pilaments distinct, erect or sub- 

 secund. Style subclavate ; stigmas 3, subcapitate or dilated. 

 Capsules stipitate or subsessile, prismatic. Seeds compressed. 

 —Endl. Gen. n. 1232. 



Small or tall plants, with tuberous or fleshy fascicled roots. Leaves 

 sword-shaped, broad. Scape 2-odged, rigid, often branched. Spathes sca- 

 rious or torn, rarely herbaceous, in tufts, either terminal or in compound 



