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Cla/s and Order. 
TRIANDRIA Monocynlia. 
Generic Character.—Vid. N* 593, 613, & 695. 
Specific Charaéier and Synonyms. 
MOREA JBituminofa (imberbis ; ftigm. petaloidea) foliis non- 
nullis, convoluto-concavis; extimo {piraliter torto ; 
cauli brachiatim et fafciculatim polyftachio ; 
ramulis viridi-vifcofis; corolla laminis conformi- 
bus, ovato-oblongis, acutis; extimis majoribus, 
cujus ungues imo {crobiculati, melliferi ; filamentis 
bafin ufque difcretis, columnariter arreétis. G. 
MORAA bituminofa. G. in Ann. of Bot. v. 1. p. 240. 
IRIS bituminofa. Thunb. Diff. n. 42. tab. 2. f. 2. prod. 12. 
Linn, Suppl. 98. Vahl Enum. 2. 150. Willd. Sp. 
Fi, 235 2% 
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Descr. Root a bulb-tuber; . Leaves feveral, linear-lorate, 
convolute-concave, lower one {pirally twifted fometimes at the 
fe, at others very remarkably fo and for a confiderable dif- 
tance towards the upper part, (in our plant it was only fo very 
near the bafe, whence the draughtfman has not fhewn that 
_ Charaéter in the figure, having done the upper length only) 
fhorter than the ftem, {mooth, ftreaked on the outfide, fhining 
_ Onthe under; fubradical longeft, ftem-embracing, fheathing 
for fome diftance ; upper ones fpathe-like, fhort; (fem about 
two feet high or more, culmaceous, paniculately branching, 
fomething in the manner of a chandelier, jointed, upright, 
ftiffith, elaftic, fmooth, fheathed at every joint by a leaf-like 
fipule, from the axil of which iffue the éranches, from the 
_ towermoft one, from the next two, from the uppermoft three ; 
— thefe branches or peduncles are fafcicled of equal length, affur- — 
_ &ently diverging, with one flower-falcicle, filiform, ftifthh, elaftic, 
green, 
