26 VI. H^MODORACE^. [Scnisevieria 



leaves about 1 in. in diameter, becoming subulate-acuminate towards 

 the apex and almost hard and woody, densely fibrous, glaucous-green, 

 transversely white-spotted ; scapes radical, flowers in a dense long 

 raceme, white-reddish, very sweet-smelling. Very plentiful on sunny 

 hills, from Loanda to Cacuaco and elsewhere. In fl. March 1854. 

 No. 3749. 1 Dec. 1853, and Nov. 1858. Coll. Cari'. 140. 



VII. IRIDE^. 

 1. MOR^A L. ; Benth & Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. p. 688. 



1. M. gracilis Baker in Journ. Linn. See. xvi. p. 130 (1877) 

 (nomen), in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2. i. p. 272 (1878), Handb. 

 Irid. p- 51 ; Klatt in Durand & Schinz Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 150. 



HuiLLA. — Flowers yellow, very fugacious. Plentiful in sandy 

 short thicket-grown pastures from Ferrao da Sola to Jnu and near 

 Lopollo. In fl. and fr. Dec. 1859 to end of March 1860. No. 1545. 



2. M. textilis Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, I.e. (nomen), in Trans. 

 Linn. Soc, I.e., p. 270, Handb. Irid. p. 52 ; Klatt, I.e., p. 153. 



Iridopsis textilis Welw. ex Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc, I.e. 



HuiLLA. — Habit of /r/s but distinguished by its almost 6-phyllous 

 perianth, with inner segments biauriculate at base and subpanduri- 

 form, and filaments connate in a long tube including the style. 

 Used for baskets and rope. Soboliferous ; 6 to 10 bulbs frequently 

 found closely united and all cauliferous. Stem 3 to 5 ft., erect, 

 cylindrical, lurid-purple, bearing a little above the base the single 

 leaf, and above acuminate subinfiated sheaths, similar to the flowering 

 spathes in form, green-purple colour, and subglaucous pruinose 

 character. Leaf linear, containing very strong fibres, far exceeding 

 the culm, 5 to 8 ft., laxly decumbent among the herbage. Culm 

 2- to 5-fiowered. Flowers of Iris jMlnstris, but larger, and a deeper 

 violet-blue, with a longer-stalked ovary. Perianth-tube very short 

 almost none, limbs spathulate, outer reflexed at the tip, and there 

 dark purple, broadly banded with orange towards the inner face 

 opposite the stamens : inner limbs violet with purple veins, a little 

 broader than the outer, erect. Plentiful in marshy places and damp 

 hillsides near the river of Lopollo, sometimes even in dry places. 

 In fl. April, in fr. May, 1860. No. 1549. 



3. M. Welwitschii Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, I.e. (nomen), in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc, I.e., Handb. Ii"id. p. 51 ; Klatt, I.e. 



Iridopsis sp. Welw. ms. in Herb. 



HuiLLA. — A plentiful herb in swampy places (inundated in the 

 rainy season), by streams near Lopollo. Exactly resembling certain 

 European Irises. Flowers blue-violet. October to December ; in fl. 

 Nov. 1859, in fr. Jan. 18G0. No. 1548. Dec 1859. Coll. Cai:t. 12. 



4. M. spithamea Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, I.e., p. 131 (nomen), 

 in Trans. Linn. Soc, I.e., p. 271, Handb. Irid. p. 55 ; Klatt, I.e. 



HuiLLA. — Perianth-segments campanulately connivent, limb spread- 

 ing, yellow, marked inside with small black spots from the middle to 

 the base, tips erose-fimbriate, becoming inrolled when marcescent. 

 Stigmas Innately horned. Flowers fugacious. In sandy rather dry 

 thickets about Lopollo and Humpata. In fl. and fr. Oct. 1 859. No. 1547. 



