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MaARiIcA GRACILIS. SLENDER-STEMMED 
Marica. 
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Class and Order. 
TrranpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Irivez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Involucrum 2-valve ; Spathe 1-valves, 1-flore, incluse. 
Corolla hexapetaloideo-sexpartita, lacinie intima minores. 
Filamenta discreta, styli angulis opposita, antheris breviora, 
disco glanduloso corolle insistentia. Stigmata 3, rectissima, 
turbinato-divergentia (sepius in compagem alato-trique- 
tram et 3-canaliculatam cujus angulis anthere affiguntur 
altius breviusve coalita) summatim hiantia vel breviter fissa 
et subbilabiata, stylo longiora. Capsula columnariter elon- 
gata, tereto-trigona, polysperma, apice latius denudata. 
Gaul. 
Specific Character and Synonym. 
Manica gracilis ; spatha communi foliacea ultra-pedali, pe- 
dunculis gracilibus, spathe valvis elongatis, flore mo- 
dico. W. Herb. | 
Marica gracilis. W. Herb. MSS. 
This beautiful plant was received at the Glasgow Botanic 
Garden from the noble collection at Woburn, where it has 
been some time cultivated. Mr. Forses imported the spe- 
cies from Brazil, and grows it in the greenhouse. 
The drawing was submitted to the inspection of the Hon. 
and Rev. Witt1am Herzert, who considers it new, and truly 
distinct from the well-known Marica Northiana figured at 
t. 654 of this work. It is much slenderer in every part ; 
the partial spatha particularly long, narrow, and acuminat- 
ed, the flower smaller, and the outer sepals narrower. Mr. 
HERBERT 
