100 ^R, J. G, BAKER^S Sl'STEMA IIlTDA.CEAErM. 



recto filiformi, segmentis 6 oblongo-ligulatis flore expanse pa- 

 tulis post autlicsin spiraliter tortis. Stamina^, ad faucem tubi 

 sequilateraliter Inserta, limbo multo breviora, filamentis subu- 

 latis, antberis oblongis spiraliter tortis, connectivo angasto. 

 Ovariinn cyliiidricum 6-sulcatum triloculare, ovulis in loculo 

 crebris borizontalibus ;• stylus ex tubo hand exsertus, stigmati- 

 bus 6 subulatis patulis antberis a^quilongis. Gapstila nigra 

 Crustacea cylindrica operculata, apice loculicide trivalvis, semi- 

 nibus niinutis angulatis, testa nigra. HerJjcB hulhosce Cajyenses, 

 tunicis e hasi in segmenta linearia nigra sectis^ apice setosis. 



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Jlorihus successivisfi 



canes 



tunicis mtilhs memhranaceis castaneis^foliis paucis petio- 



latis Jatis jyJicis wnJfis, caule eJongato apice fiorif era geniculatOj 



spatliis pancis oblongis pedtinculatis multijloris, valvis nndtis 



scariosis viridihtts arete tmhrtcatis, pedicellis spatlia hreviorihus^ 



Jlorihiis fugitivis successivis. 



1. E. PLicATA, Herb, he, cit, — Moraca plicata, Sxcartz, FL Ind. Occ,S2* 



1, H. LONGiFOLiA, Vent, Decad.6. — Ixia longifolia, Jacq. Hart. Vind. 

 iii. 47, t. 90(1776)' — Moraia flexuosa, Linn.JiL SuppL 100; KerinBot, 

 Mag, t. 695. — Sisyrincliium flexuosum, Spreng, Syst, Veg. i. 167- 

 Ilexaglottis flexuosa. Sweet, Hort, Brit. edit. ii. 498. — Homeriaflexu- 

 osa, Bol-er in Ref, Bot, t. 24. — Mora^a longifolia, Pers. Syn. I 49. 

 C, B. Spei. 



2. II. viKGATA, Sweet, Hort. Brit. edit. 2. 498.— Moraca virgata, Jflcg. 



Ic. t. 228.— Ixia virgata, Willd. Sp. Plant, i. 202. C. B. Spei. . .« 



12. Eleijtiieei^'E, Serlert, 



Herb, in Bot. Reg, xxix. sub t. 57. — Galatea, Salisb, in Trans. 

 Hort, Soc, i. 310 (nomen). 



Periantliiiim regulare rotatum album, tubo supra ovarium. nullo, 

 segmentis 6 obovatis flore expanso patulis, interioribus paulo 

 minoribus. Stamina 3 vel G epigyna limbo breviora, filamentis 

 erectis brevissimis subulatis, antberis ligulatis basifixis. Ova- 

 rium clavatum triloculare, ovulis in loculo plurimis crebris bori- 

 zontalibus; stylus brevissimus triqueter, stigmatibus tribus 

 erectis subulatis integris. Capmla cylindrica G-sulcata 

 cartilaginea operculata ex apice loculicide trivalvis, seminibus 

 globosis, testa brunnea, albumine corneo. Herbee hulhosce ameri- 



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