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 Mor^a Crispa. Short-Spathed Mor^ea, 



Clafs and Order* 

 Triandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character. — Fid. N"- 593, 613, & 695, 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



MORjEA crifpa foliis rigidiufculis, glaberrimis, revoluto. 

 divancatis; caule praeftriao, laeviffimo, his fubas 

 quali : involucris herbaceis, brevibus, navicular^ 

 ovatis, bafi nodulofo-tumidis • laminis obovato- 

 oblongis intimis minoribus, ftigmatibus petali- 

 formibus, erefto-convergentibus. G. 



IRIS crifpa. Linn. Suppl 98. Tbunb. Dijf. 36. Uuf.u Prod. 

 12. (Nee Mor je a cri/pa in ejufd. DJil.) WilUL 

 Sp. PL 1. 238. 



(*) foliis explicatis ; caule fimplici. G. 



(P) foliis fubundulato-crifpis ; caule fubramofo. G. 



(y) foliis totis undulato-crifpis ; caule ramofo. G. 



In root and habit this inconfpicuous fpecies agrees with 

 the generality of its congeners. It was found at the Cape of 

 Good Hope by Thunberg on hills near the town. 



Our drawing was taken at Mr. Salisbury's Botanic Garden, 

 Brompton, by whom it was imported. Its fpecific name will 

 often lead into error, as the leaves are moft frequently without 

 any enfpature. G. 



