Moiiadelphia. 
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Ferraria. Gen, char,-— One pistil ; spathe three® 
leaved ; no calyx ; petals six, three outermost broader; 
caps, three-celled, inferior. 
Fer. Tigridia, Mexican Ferraria, Tiger Flower ; with 
folded leaves ; corolla broad, pitcher-shaped, inner seg- 
ments depressed, intersected. This plant, which is a 
native of Mexico and Peru, is conspicuous for the splen® 
dour and rich colouring of its flowers ; but it is not less 
remarkable for its transient existence — all its beauties 
vanish in a few hours. Bot. Mag, xv. 532. 
Fer, TJndulata , Curled Ferraria ; with many-flower« 
ed stem. A native of the Cape; and, though less splen- 
did, yet it is equally singular and beautiful in its form 
and appearance, and not less fugacious in the duration 
of its flowers. 
Order II. Pentandri a. 
Erodium. Gen. char.—* Cal. five-leaved; cor. five- 
petaled ; nectary five scales ; fruit five-seeded, beaked. 
Er. Cicutarium, Hemlock Stork’s Bill ; with many 
flowered peduncles and pinnated leaves, leaflets sessile, 
pinnatifid, gashed ; frequent in waste and sandy places. 
Er. Maritimum, Sea Stork’s Bill ; with about three 
flowered peduncles ; heart-shaped, gashed, crenated, 
rough leaves, depressed stems; not uncommon in sandy 
places on the sea- coast. 
Er. Incarnatum, Flesh-coloured Crane’s Bill ; with 
few flowered peduncles ; leaves three-parted, ternate, or 
trifid, rough ; stem shrubby. Native of the Cape, and 
©ne of the most beautiful ornaments of the green-house. 
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