laced edgeways, a flat winged proliferous stalk ending in 
a Td coarmon spathe or bract, sepals and petals very 
dissimilar, the former larger and deflexly patent, the latter 
boat-shaped, with an incurved central knob, and a revolute 
end, capsule hard, coriaceous, and reflexly dehiscent, seeds 
angularly oblong or nearly square, and much larger than 
in the plants Mr. Ker proposed to unite with it; the style 
slender below, triangularly enlarged upwards into three 
lobes, each bearing three, sharp, rigid crests, of which two 
are behind and one springs from between the lobes of the 
true stigma, which is soft, short, and transverse like that 
of Iris. W. H. 
Fig. (W. H.) 1. represents one Style-lobe of M. humilis princeps. 
(W. H.) 2. Two Style-lobes and Stamens of ditto. 
Maric# Species Note. 
- Northana ; spath’d communi foliacea circ. 3}-unc. subfalcata flores 
subzequante, caule supra articulum brevi crasso mox deflexo, peri- 
anthio unguibus luteis rubro maculosis, sepalorum lamina luteo- 
lactescente petalorum apice subceruleo. Supra 654. 
2. cerulea; spatha communi foliaced subdodrantali flores subeequante, 
ramulis subfasciculatis elongatis, perianthio unguibus luteis rubro 
maculosis, laminis ceruleo-purpurascentibus, cristis brevioribus 
latioribus. Bot. Reg. 713. 
. humilis. Lodd. Bot. Cab. 1081. 
. humilis, v. lutea, vel M. lutea ? 
. gracilis ; spatha foliacea ultrapedali flores longé superante, ramulis 
et spathe valvis gracilibus, perianthio unguibus luteis purpura 
maculosis sepalorum lamina alba petalorum apice purpureo, cristis 
tenuibus. Supra 3713. 
. Sabiniana ; spatha communi foliaceA ultrapedali 2-unc. lata flores 
superante, perianthii unguibus luteis rubro transversé biseriatim 
striatis, laminis (petalorum saturatiis) purpurascentibus. Hort. 
Soc. Tr. v. 6. p.l : 
Omnes, ni fallor, ex America tropica. W. #7. 
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