EON eS 
Marica Cauirornica. YELLow- 
FLOWERED MarIca. 
SRR Rik sede se eae se eo see 
Cla/s and Order. 
TrraNnDRIA Monocynia. 
Generic Characer.—Vid. N*- 654 & 701. © 
Oss. Reétius foret SisyR INCHIUM cum hoc genere unitum. G. 
Specific Charafer. 
MARICA californica; foliis lineari-enfatis, planis ; {capo 
fimpliciffimo, foliiformi-alato, unifafciculato ; co- 
rolla explanata, laciniis obovato-oblongis, fube- 
qualibus, muticis; filamentis tantum bafi coalitis ; 
antheris incumbenter verfatilibus;  ftigmatibus 
fetiformibus, fiffura fumma obliqua, glandulofo- 
puberula. G. : ; 
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Descr. Herb perennial. Root fibrous. Leaves feveral, 
diftich, edges oppofite, from one to near two feet high, about 
half an inch broad; linear-enfiform, ftriatulate. Scape cen- 
trical, foliaceous, round and alately ancipital, quite fimple, 
: ae than leaves, curved, terminated by a lanceolate, com- 
Preiled, many-flowered fa/cicle of navicular, conduplicate, 
one-flowered valves, the outer one a general involucre. Pedicles — 
liform, length of the valves. Flowers many in fucceffion, 
€caying by rolling inwards, foon dropping off; of a uniform 
yellow colour, fcentlefs. Corolla explanate, /egments obovate- 
long, obtufe, inner ones fomething narrower. Fila- 
ments more than twice fhorter than thefe, ftanding on a 
flethy receptacle, fafcicled, upright, fubulate, flightly connate 
at their bafe. Anthers orange-coloured, linear-fagittate, in- 
Cumbent, balancing. Germen green, oval, prifmatic. Stigmas 
fetiform, diverging, with a glandularly roughened oblique _ 
