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This^ narrow fiftulous Part of the Flower, about i 
or 7 Inches above the Theca Communis^ forms fix folir 
aceous Segments, or divides into fo many oblong 
P urple- coloured Vid, Lit, b,c. 
Three of thefe Flower-Leaves are larger than the 
other three, but, in all other Refpeds, are much alike. 
Vid, Lit, c,c, c. 
The Length of the larged is from i |/to z Inches ^ 
the Breadth feldom above ~ Inch : The fhorter Leaves 
are from i, to i i Inch in Length, their Breadth be- 
ing fomething lefs in Proportion. 
, The Infide of each Fetalum is of a Violet Purple- 
Colour, vein’d with a few fmall Lines of a deeper Dye, 
running length'Ways, intermixed with White, or the 
whole is beautifully checquered with Blue and White 
Colours. 
The Outfide is of a whiter Blue, with feveral whi- 
tifh Rifings or Ridges, and jud at the Bottom of the Leaf 
it is of a deeper Blue^ the three fmall Leaves (Vid. 
Lit, h, h, b, ) are much of the fame Colour, only the 
Purple feems to be fomething deeper. 
The Number of the Petala is, for the mod Part, 6 j 
yet, in fome Flowers we may obferve 7 , or 8 j but 
then they are not fo large as when they are fewer. 
STAMINA. 
In every Flower there are three Stamina^ or Chives, 
( Vid, Lit, d, d. d. ) properly fo called, aridng from 
the inner Surface of the tubular Part of the Flower, jud 
before its Dividon into the Petala, where they make,^ 
for fome Space, an apparent Ridge, and then they dand 
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