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MOR/EA COLLIN A (ot) MINI ATA MINOR. LESSER 

 EQUAL-FLOWERED MOR^A. 



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C/j/j and Order. 



Triandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character. 



Inflor. fafciculata, pauci-pluriflora, Jpathis commuhi bivalvi 

 involutes diitincta ; raro in fpicam feparata. Cor. fupera,.ere&a 

 involuto-decidua, hexapetalo-partita f. tubulofo fexhda, laciniis 

 obverfis, rotatis f. interne conniventibus, alternis confimilibus ; 

 exterioribus ungue haud raro barbato, faspe foveola in bid], la- 

 mina nunquara erecta; interioribus anguftioribus, raro parviflimis, 

 vel nullis, totis interdum ere&is. Stylus triquctro-filiformis, 

 erectus liberus. Stig. 3, petaliformia, trifaria, antice fbrnicata, 

 poftice carinata, bilabiata labio interior* bifido reflexo extcrius 

 breve retufum multoties f. fere non excedente : raro lincari- 

 radiata, bipartita, fegmentis filiformi-convohitis. FiL corolla? 

 limbive difco-impofita, libera f. partim vel omnino connata. 

 Antb. ereclge, extrorfae, lineari-oblonga?, ftigmatum faciebus ap- 

 preflk, fegmentifve intenertae. Cap/', mcmbranacca, ovato-glo- 

 bofa ad prifmatico-columnarem, 3-loc., loculis bifcriaio-poly- 

 fpcrniis, 3 valv., valvis medio Jfepjigeris. Sem. fepti margint 

 interior! utrinque annexa rotundata i. angulofo-preila ; albumen 

 corneum. G. 



Obs. Radix bulbo-tuber, integumento cxteriore fenefctnlt tutamineo- 

 fibrcfo, reticulats-rimofi, Folia radicalia pane a, tranjverfe b'faria , Jt/i 

 vaginantia, inde convaluto-hrata, jeepius cauiato-cujpidata '. raro 

 acute canaliculata, carinata, ne unqtuan ollateraii-dijticha ; can lis culma- 

 ceus, vaginofo-foliatus, fimplex ad ramojijjimuni, rami e vagina ad articulos, 

 J'olitarii, jape plures aggregati, raro divifi ; Sores in caule aut rama termi- 

 nates, fapins fugaces. Jampridem in ncta N'- 1407 tnonuimus Mor/eam 

 iridtoidem A 7 '- 693 converfis appella/ionibus in Iridem transferendam rile. 

 In I ride radix nunquam bulbj-tuberofa, in MoR/lA conjianter. G. 



Specific Cbaracler and Synonym. 



MORyEA collina,- (fqfciculns 2 — 4 floras ,- cor. bipartita, uniform's, 

 imberbis ; fil. in itnum connata ; fiig. imminulo-petaliformia /} 



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