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Wartsonia Marcinata.  Lone-Srixep> - 
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Cla/s and Order. 
“TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA,. ~ 
Generic Charafter-—Vid. No 537 & 5 5B. LEP, 
Specific Charafer and Synonyms. a ee 
WATSONIA wmarginata ; foliis margine craffa, [pica ex ad- 
preffis {piculis confluenter continuis elongata, 
limbo regulari, fauce brevi intus fexdentata, 
ftaminibus ereétis trifariam fpeftantibus. G, 
GLADIOLUS marginatus. Thunb. Diff. 20. var. (a). prod. 8. 
Suppl. 95. Syft. Veg. Murr. 86. Willd. Sp. Pl. 
1. 217. (exclufo Antu. caryophyllee fyn.) 
Mart. Mill. Did. Ue ant nee 
IXIA marginata, Hort. Kew. 1. 59. Mart. Mill. Did. 
GLADIOLUS. Herb. Herman. 4. fol. 35. Specimena Linnzo 
fubfcriptum. ee ns Ces 
‘Sialiniinaiiieas 
Bulb compreffed; fubreniform. Leaves lanceolate, fubco- 
Tiaceous, nerved, far fhorter than the ftem, edged with a very — 
thick brownifh cartilage. Stem round, ftri&, woody at the 
bafe, gracilefcent upwards, adpreffedly polyftachious, 3—4 
feet high. Spike lengthened by the adpreffedly confluent 
fpikelets. Flowers numerous, clofe fet, diftichly fabimbricate, 
diffufing a kernelly fmell fomething refembling that of Het1o0- 
TROPIUM peruvianum. Spathes green at the bafe, fphacelate 
upwards. Corolla falver-fhaped, nodding: tube recurved: 
: faux twice fhorter than the tube, cyathiform-turbinate, armed 
with fix lamellous appendicles on the infide alternating with 
: the ftamens. Segments elliptic: interior ones fomewhat _ 
-broadeft. Filaments femicolumnar oes anthers fagittate. 
_ Yellow, furrounding the flyle (not para ee 
