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FERRARIA TlGRIDIA. MEXICAN FeRRARIA, 



or Tiger-Flower. 



Clajs and Order. 



MOXADELPHIA TrIANDRIA. 



Generic Characlcr. 



Spaila 2-phylla. Cal. o. Petala 6. 3-externis latioribus. 

 Stylus 1. Cap}. 3-loculari infera. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



JERRARIA Tigridia ; foliis plicatis, coroliis Iato-urceolatis: 



laciniis interioribus depreffb-interfeclis. 

 FERRARIA pavonia ; caule fimpiici fiexuofo, foliis equi- 

 tantibus enfiformibus nervofis, petalis planis : 

 interioribus duplo brevioribus panduriformibus. 

 Spec. PL edit. IVilldenoiv^ v. $. J>. 581. 

 FERRARIA pavonia. Linn. Sup pi. 407. Cav. Dijf. p. 343. 



/. 189. Larmarck Encyclop. v. 2. p. 453. 2. 

 TIGRIDIA JuJJieu. Gen.p. 57 . 

 MOR/EA pavonia. Tbunb. Mcr^a, 14, 20. 

 °COLOXOCHITL feu Core tigris. Hern. nov. PL Arnef. 

 Hijl. tab. 276. Gerard, cmac. 122. 2. Encyclop. 

 Brit. t. 350. 

 TIQRIDIS fios an Dracunculi fpecies? Lob. Obf. 59. Icon. 

 111. Dod.petnpt. 3. p. 421. Swcrtii Ploril. 2. 



'■ 31- fig' 2 - 7' Bauh ' 2 * P' 68 4* Raii H$- 

 1165. /. Thcod. de Bry, Florileg. nov. /. 111. 



°f all the above authors, no one had feen the living plant 



except Hernandez, who was fent to Mexico as a Phyfician, 



p Philip II. King of Spain; and his figure, though only a 



"jail wooden cut, is more botanically correft than any of the 



ot »ers, not excepting that of Cavanilles. We are informed 



by 



