C 693 ] 



Mor^a Iridioides. Perennial-Leaved 



MOR^EA. 

 %$■% fy & ■•% f-sHf ■ ^HM 5 "* $ $ f & 4 % 



Clafs and Order. 

 Triandria Monogynia. 



Generic Characler. — Fid. N os - 593, 613, 6c 6g$. 



Specific Characler and Synonyms. 



MORyEA iridioides (barbata) radice fibrofa ; caule com- 

 preffo, rigido, virgatim et fubcparclatira ramofa 

 (nunc eliam paniculate ramojijfuna) ; foliis pereu- 

 nantibus, flabellatim diftichis, deorfum 1 igentibus ; 

 lacinils obovato-ellipticis, extimis duplo latioribus, 

 obtufioribus. G. 



MORiEA iridioides. Mant. 28. Sxfl. Vegct. 79. Murr. 93. 

 fhunb. Diff. n. 18. Gifcck.ic.fafc. 1. /. 3. /&r/. 

 Am;. 1. 75. Mart. Mill. Diff. Lamank En eye, 

 4. 274. /a£. 31./ U IVilld. Sp. PL 1. 244. 



KiOR-zEA irioides. Gcertn. frucl. et fan. 1. p. 40. 



MORiEA vegeta. Mill. Dul. ed. 8. neve Linna^i. 



MORiEA fpatha uniflora foliis gladiatis, radice fibrofa. Mill, 

 ic. 159. t. 239 ./. I. 



IRIS compnffa. Tbunb. D if. n. 12. /»W. 11. Linn. Fil. Supph 

 98. £y/. Vcg. 89. Mar/. M///. £>/#. Willd. Sp. 

 PL 1. 230. 



Obs. Species ambigua, fuhtriformis, radice foftifque te'nus Ar is TEAM, 

 quoad capjula faciem I r 1 d E M rtjerens, dum reliquis quidern Jignis cum 

 MoRiEA examiijfim convenit. Ejus patria certe Africa Aujiratior, nequa- 

 quam Oriens et Byzantium uti voluit Linn.eus 27//// I RIDE pro ijiius ' 

 Jynonymo perperam habita Jeduftus . G . 



Root fibrous, rootftock in old plants elongated into a fhort 

 woody cicatrized caudex, upon which generally ftand two or 

 three fan-fpread leaf-fafcicles. Stem longer than the leaves, 



coropreflcd, 



