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MORAA BULBIFERA. 
Bulbous Morea. 
Nat. Ord. Irmea.—Trianpria Monoeyrnta. 
Gen. Char.—Perigonium corollinum, superum, tubo brevissimo, limbi 6- — 
partiti laciniis interioribus minoribus, post anthesin convolutis. Stamina 
3, perigonii tubo inserta, filamentis distinctis, anthere oblonge basifixe. 
Ovarium oblongo-prismaticum, stylus triqueter, gracilis, stigmatibus 
3 petaloideis, 2—3-fidis; ovula plurima, angulo centrali loculorum 
24seriatim affixa, horizontalia, anatropa. Capsula membranacea, obtuse 
3-gona, 3-locularis. Semina plurima, angulatan—Herbe Capenses, 
rhizomate repente v. tuberoso-bulboso. Folia 2-faria ensiformia. Spathe 
elongate, subimbricate. 
Monza bulbifera; 14-3-pedalis, bulbo subrotundo, bulbillis numerosis et 
radicibus brevibus curvatis divaricatim ramosis circumdato, scapo 
angulato apice flexuoso folioso glabro, foliis distichis scapo interdum 
longioribus anguste ensiformibus canaliculatis striatis margine carinaque 
asperulis, floribus luteis distiche paniculatis, spathis bivalvibus, valvis 
amplexicaulibus herbaceis inequalibus, valva inferiore breviore 
ovata v. ovato-lanceolata acuminata, superiore lineari-lanceolata, pedi- 
cellis trigonis glabris, perigonii laciniis oblongis obtusis recurvatis, 
stigmatibus bifidis laciniis lanceolatis acutis denticulatis. 
Morea bulbifera, Jacq. Hort. Schenbr. ii. tab. 197; Klatt in Linnea xxxiv. 
565. 
The Mormas, which are amongst the gayest and easiest- 
cultivated of Cape-bulbs, have long gone out of fashion, and 
yet no plants of the kind exceed them in beauty ; this is 
no doubt mainly due to the length of time during which their 
bulbs or tubers must be kept dry and at rest, when the plants 
are as so much lumber in the greenhouse. The present species 
is one of the most beautiful of the genus, and produces a great 
multitude of its golden flowers in succession, which expand 
fully in the sunshine, and ornament a house for a period of 
several weeks. It is a native of various districts of 8. Africa, 
and was lately imported by our friend Mr. Wilson Saunders, 
F.R.S., through his indefatigable collector, Mr. Cooper. It 
was originally introduced into the Vienna Gardens so long 
ago as last century, and figured, in 1792, in Jacquin’s mag- 
JULY Ist, 1869. 
