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. LAPEYROUSIA Juncea. Cur-Leavep 
acs LareyRrousia. ey 
FEC HbSbieiae 
Cla/s and Order. 
TRIANDR 1A “Monocynta. 
Generic Charadter.—Vid, Ne gop. 0, 
Specific Charafer and ‘Sy 
LAPEYROUSIA juncea; foliis infetne intus. excifis : exte- 
rioribus oblongo-ovatis: interioribus acu- 
minatis, fpatha breviffima, laciniis tubo 
paruin brevioribus fubirregularibus,’ cap- 
fula tuberculato-feabra. G. le 
GLADIOLUS junceus. Thunb. Diff. 1. 18. Linn. Suppl. 94. 
: Syft. Veg. Murr. 86. Gmel. Syft. Nat. 112. 
: Wild. Sp. Pls FGF? GAN ti) 
IXIA excifa var. prior. Linn, Suppl. 92. Willd Sp. Plex. 
| | 207. (exclufo Thunbergii fynonimo.) Pars 
a oa. 
Pee ae 
i ae oy 
a 
prior obfervationis huc; fecunda vero ad 
Ix1am excifam Bot, Mag. 584 refert. 
IXIA /picata. Burm. Flor. Capopred se. 
GLADIOLUS amatilis. Salifb. prod. dork, Bee 
GLADIOLUS polyfachius. Bot. Rep. 66. ejus Recenf. Ixta 
excifa. 
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Ons. - Vix hujus generis genuina Species ?- G. = 
‘emneetinene 
Bulb ovate, largifh : tunic fibrous, foft. Leaves iffue oblique- 
ly from the earth, continue nearly horizontal while young, and 
afterwards become more upright, in number 4—8, half the length 
of the ftem, fmooth, fometimes flighty undulate, with a deep 
clear excifion on their inner fide nearly to the midrib and for 
half their length or farther: inner ones lanceolate-enfiform, 
stadually narrower, nerves not ‘prominent. Stem from three 
inches to two feet high; branches 3—4, patent, round li : 
ae pes 
