PLATE LXXXIII. 



MOR^A TRICOLOR 



* 



Three-coloured Morcea, 



CLASS 



in. 



ORDER 



I. 



TRIANDRIA MONOGYJSIA. Three Chives. One Pointal. 



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GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calyx. Spathae bivalves. 

 Corolla hexapetala, patens] petala tria Inte- 

 riora patcutia, anguftiora. 



Stamina. Filamenta trla.brevia. Anthereeob- 

 longae, 



PiSTiLLUM. Germen inferum, oblongum. Sty- 

 lus iimplex, breviflimus. Stigmata tria, 



bifida. 



PERiCAiinuM, Capfula trigona, trifulcata, tri- 

 locularis. 



Semina plurima, rotunda. 



Emfalement. Sheaths of two valves. 

 Elossom fix petals, fpreadingj the three inner- 

 moft petals are more fpread out and nar- 



rower. 



Chives, Three fhort threads. Tips oblong 



PoiNTAL. Seed-bud beneath and oblong. ShaTt 

 fimpie, and very lliort. Summits three, 

 ■ two-cleft. 

 Seed-vessel. Capfule three fided, three-fur- 

 rowed, three cells. 

 Seeds many, and round. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Moraea fcapoteriti; foliis radicalibus, lanceola- 

 tis, canaliculatls, fcapo longioresj floribus 

 termlnalibus, tricoloratis. 



Moraea 





grow from the root, are lance- fhaped, chan- 

 nelled, and longer than the flower ftem; 

 the flowers are terminal, and three-co- 

 loured. 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE. 



1. An outer Petal of the Bloflcra. 



2. An Inner Petal of the fame. 



3. The Chives and Pointal; the petals being cut off, to expofe the fituatlon of the Chives hid 



under the fummits. 



Moraea 



having received .t from his colkaor at the Cape, in the fpring of 1799. It is certainly a perfealy 

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fiS^cd U^'f ;r°" '', ' ^Zr"' °^^""'V: at leaft it is not to be found amongft the many 



to Li r 5^" ,rr- ^'^ '"'' "■"' ''''""°" °f "« M""'"™. « fi^ft. had determined us 

 HoTu7l l^of'' T'""'- ,"'" *°*"^ '■"' ""■= ""'■"P^'^'l '" 'hat name, by Jacquin, in his 



^r^o:w\^ ;.::„',!:. 'ri:^l'!^'r■°^'^^» ^-^ing ..s made 'at clpha-hls 



by kZrnVlrent^,' ^ T'-'" ""'"""'• ^''= ™'>' ■"""' "^ f^-S ">- P'-t n perfeaion, is, 



fure 1 tariL 1 2' T ;," ""■ ™^" "^^ """"""S. - it i» too deUeate to bear the leaft expo- 



iurt, u Degins to expand about tivplv.- .^vi^ir «„j : -. , , . , _ ^ 



plant 



perfed 



loft to this country. 



From every appear- 



foon 



