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fyf arica Striata. Streaked-Flowereix 



Marica. 



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Oafs and Order. 



Triandria Monogvnia. 



Obs. Haud pluris in Ensatis facienda Monadelphia quam 

 unguium petahrum vel limbi laciniarum brevior longiorve cohafio, nut iliorum 

 abfoluta difiinflio ; in manifefifiitne ad idem genus pertinentibus fpeciehus nunc 

 deeji nunc reperitur hcecce vicifjim, nee alteram reliquis haud aque commune 

 prafcribit fignum ; nulla cert a porro africla lege variat in diverjts, modo fila- 

 ment orum tantum baft, max medio tenus vel ultra, quandoque per iotam eorum 

 longitudinem prodiens : hinc nos a Jolo antherarum numero defgnamus Claf 

 Jem. G. 



Generic Character, — Fid. N um ' 654. 



Obs. l. C. addenda. Hie fpecies planifolio-fibrofie et plicato-bulbfa 

 nee alio, his vel Hit's propria atque Jeorjum communi, dotantur praterea cha-r 

 raclerc ; contra adeo cateroquin inter fe ab invicem implicantur et permifcentur, 

 ut nihil deinde ultra pro genere dividendo lucraretur ; itct videmus paludofam, 

 plicato-bulbojam, ad planifolio-fi.br fas martinicenfem et northianam propius 

 accedere quam ad plicatam, etiatnji plicato-bulbofam ; quin et if am rurfus 

 fructification is organis tenus proximiorem ejje ftriatae, plamfolio-fibrofa, ac 

 paludofae ; et hujufmodi quoque plura, G. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



MARICA flriata radice, fibrofa ; foliis enfiformibus ; invo- 

 lucris feflilibus, fpicatim digeftis ; fiiamemis ultra 

 medium connatis, hide divergentibus ; corolla ur- 

 ceolato-rotata, laciniis obovato-cuneatis, mucronatis; 

 ftigmatibus filiformibus. G. 



SISYRIN6IIIUM ftrialum. Smilb Je. Pitt. 1.9./. 9. Willi* 

 Sp. PL 3. 580. Marl. Mill. Dicl. n. 8. 



SYSYRINCHIUM fpicatum. Cavan. Ic. Plant. 2. 2. I. 104. 



MORJEA ferlata. jaca. Hort. Schoenb. 1. p. 6. t. 11. 



Root fibrous, perennial, fibres thickifh, fomewhat flefhy,. 

 tufted. Stem from one to two feet high, compreffed-ancipital, 



leafy ; 



