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fhould have relinquished all hopes of having it 

 drawn if new flowers had not fuccecded thofe 

 h went off, almoft as fpon as I had gathered 

 the plant. 



Like the other irides it has no calyx. 



The corolla has fix deep petals, the three in- 

 terior of which are much fmaller than the exte- 

 rior: of thefe interior petals the fuperior one is a 

 little fhorter than the two others, and more pro- 

 minent toward its bate. 



Having examined a great number of the flow- 

 ers, I ronftantly found only two itamina, the 

 filaments of which terminated in a point, bear- 

 ing anthers of a white colour, marked with two 

 grooves. I have always feen in the place of a 

 third ftamen the rudiment of a filament, not more 

 than two millimeters long; it bears no anther, 

 and it is fituated beneath the interior and fupe- 

 rior petal. 



Tie gcrmen is inferior : it has three angles, 

 and is borne on a long peduncle. 



The flyle, a little longer than the ftamina, is 

 cylindrical, and terminated by a ftigma, which is 

 in thefhape of a fhepherd's crook. 



The capfule is trilocular, and contains feveral 



ular feeds, attached to a receptacle which 



from the middle of the cells to their fummit. 



as, which muft naturally be placed 



mara-a, has alt the parts of 



thofe 



