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glomerulas, basi tomento intertextas, pedunculatas, corymbose disposita, 
“corymbo” multo ramoso, bemispbaerico, 2 — 3-5 cm. diam. ; involucri 
squamae 5-seriatae, calycinae paucae (4 — 6) 2-seriatae, lineares vel 
lineari-spathulatae, acuminatae vel acutae, squamae corollinae 3-seriatae 
spathulatae, acutae vel intimae obtusissimae, roseae, ad 1-5 mm. latae; 
pappi setae superne ampliatae, inferne minute serrulatae; corolla 3-5 mm. 
longa, segmentis brevissimis. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region ; Caledon Div., hills near 
Hermanus, alt. 400 ft., b. Nov. 1893, H. Bolus, 9179. 
Allied to M. speciosa, Hutchinson, from which it may readily be dis- 
tinguished by the round-backed or cymbiform leaves, straight or scarcely 
twisted, and the more loosely woolly tomentum on the heads. Also allied 
to M. nitidula, Harv., which, however, has longer and narrower leaves, 
less loosely branched “ corymbs,” and a much less woolly tomentum on the 
heads than M. decora. 
Moraea Duthieana 1 , L. Bolus (Irideae-Moraeeae. Subgenus Eu-Moraea: 
Acaules). Planta 10 — 16 cm. alta; cormus globose ovatus, 1 — 1-5 cm. 
diam., bulbillas emittens, tunicis interioribus mollibus cancellatis, extimis 
in segmenta crassa suberosa erumpentibus ; caulis omnino foliis vestitus; 
vaginae basales 2, pallidae, ad 3 cm. longae; folia caulina 3, fere erecta 
linearia acuminata, apice vero obtusa, crebre nervata, glabra vel rarius 
parce puberula, obscure ciliolata, marginibus planis, ad 13 cm. longa, 
7 mm. lata; spatha gracilis obtusa, 3-5 — 6 cm. longa, 3-fb; pedicelli 
saepius longe exserti, 3 — 6 cm. longi; perianthium laete luteum, ca. 3-5 
cm. diam., segmentis exterioribus ad 2-5 cm. longis, lamina obovata, ad 
1 cm. lata, basi maculata, macula rubro-brunnea, extus rubro-brunnea, 
ungue oblongo, intus dense piloso, segmentis interioribus immaculatis, 
2-1 cm. longis, ungue lamina parum longiore, lamina 7 mm. lata; stamina 
ca. 6 mm. longa; ovarium gracillimum, pedicello vix crassius, cristis 
erectis, laete luteis, late ovatis, abrupte acuminatis, marginibus undulatis, 
fere ad 9 mm. latis, ad lobum stigmatiferum integrum semi-orbicularem 
2-partitis. 
Cape Province: South-Western Region; Stellenbosch Div., edge of a 
marsh near the road from Cape Town to Stellenbosch, about 10 miles from 
Stellenbosch, fl. Aug. 17, 1926, L. Bolus (Bolus Herbarium, No. 18529). 
Described from living specimens. Closely allied to M . ciliata, Ker, but 
readily distinguished by the broad stigma-crests which fill up the centre 
of the flower, giving it an entirely different look from that of the former 
species. In the yellow colour of the flower it approaches more nearly 
to M. minuta, Ker (included by Baker in M . ciliata, Ker), but this is 
1 Named in honour of Miss A. V. Duthie, who has made an extensive study of the plants of 
the Stellenbosch Division. 
