PLATE CCCCIV. 
MORZA MINIATA. 
Red-lead-coloured Morea. 
CLASS. Ii. ODER TI. 
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Three Chives. One Pointal. 
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Coroxa hexapetala; petala tria interiora pa- | Brossom six-petalled, the three interior ones 
tentia; angustiora. Stigma trifidum. spreading Summit trifid. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Mora, monadelphia, scapo tereti ramoso, Mora, monadelphous, with a round branched 
‘foliis lineari-ensiformibus, caulinis spa- scape, leaves linear-sword-shaped, stem 
thaceis, petalis expansis sub-aqualibus ~ ones spathaceous, and petals expanded 
ovalibus, : nearly equal and oval. 
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REFERENCE TO THE PLATE, 
1. The outer sheath of the flower. 
2. The inner one. _ 
3. The seed-bud, chives and pointal, as they stand in the flower. 
4. The same nified. ‘ 
5. The monadelphous chives spread open, 
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In vain have we turned over all the multifarious works of Jacquin, and many other publications, in 
search of information concerning this elegant plant: for our labour has not been rewarded with the 
east success, As a species, therefore, we conceive it to be entirely new ; and in its generic characters, 
by no means destitute of botanical importance. With Morea we have placed it, because it per- 
baps best agrees with that genus; yetcannot satisfactorily associate it with Morzea tricuspis (Vieussi- 
euxia De la Roche) and its affinities. In its monadelphous stamina it approaches Sisyrinchium and 
Ferraria ; and its flat red flowers remind us of the anomalous Ixia Chinensis *, 
Our drawing was made from the Clapham collection, about the same time that Iris Pavonia of 
our 364th plate was drawn. It requires the same treatment as that splendid plant, and is a native of 
the same country : but we fear it is not at present to be found alive in Britain, 
* This plant, after having been arranged under the several genera, Ixia, Morza, and Ferraria, is now established as 
anew genus, by the name of Pardanthus, in the second number of Annals of Botany, just published. 
