C 1284 ] 



Mor^ea crispa. y. Curled-leaved Mor^a. 



Clafs and Order. 

 Triandria Monogynia. 



Generic Characler. — Vid. No. 1033. 



Specif e Character and Synonyms. 



MOR^EA crifpa ; (imberbis : corolla uniforms t in<equalis - 

 jligmata petaliformia ;) foliis rigidiufculis, imis 

 anguftiuslorato-acuminatis,convoluto-canaliculatis, 

 glaucinis (totum pariim vel omnino non crifpatis), 

 reliquis brevi-fpathaceis ; caule altiorc, remote 

 pauciarticulato, ftrifto, glabro, fimplice velpatenti- 

 paniculatim ramofo (modo panicula ramulis 2-4 in 

 eodem genu fafcicul'atim pojitis); fpathis herbaceis, 

 plurivalvibus, fubbifioris, convoluto-fafciculatis, 

 brevilanceolatis, terminalibus, imurn verfus obfo- 

 letius in nodalum conftri&is ; pedicellis inclufis; 

 germine brevi, fubobovato, rotundato r trigono; 

 coroHae laciniis fubfpatulato-ovatis ; unguibus tur- 

 binatim collectis; laminis explanatis, rotatis re- 

 flexifye, ovatis ; intimis fubdupio anguftioribus ; 

 ftigmatum labii interni fegmentis dimidiato-Ianceo- 



^ latis, ereciis. G. 



MOR^EA crifpa. Supra No. 759. Nobis in Ann.of Bol. v. 1. 

 240 ; ut etfupra No. 1 103 in Spec. Synth. 



X ^IS crifpa. Linn.Suppl. 98. Xbunh Diff. 36. t. \.f. i. Prod. 

 12. Willd. Sp. PL 1. 238. Vahl. Enum. 2 152. Nee 

 cum eorum Mora a crifpa confundenda ; h<ec enim 

 omnino alia fpecies > forte que ad diverfum genus 

 releganda. 



We have already publifhed (No. 759) a variety of this 



jPecies, the leaves of which are without crifpature, and the Hera 



r anchlefs. It varies with blue and with yellow flowers, 



f er >' feldom met with in our collections. For a further account 



°t the fpecies fee No. 759. It is a very diftinft plant from the 



oraa crifpa of Thunserg, Willdenow, and Vahl; 



ut the fame with their Iris crifpa. G. 



