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MARICA iridifolia. 
Rough-edged Marica. 
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Peis rig 
Nat. ord. ENsavse. Linn. ord. nat. VI. Nobis in ann, of bot. 1. 219. 
la +.) Inns. Jussieu gen. 57, Ininex. Brown prod. 1. 302. 
MARICA.. Supra vol, 3. fol. 229. 
Div. II. Stigmatibus subulatis distinctis. Si1syrincura. Species Ameri- 
cane tam tropice quam extratropice. Nob. supra y. 3. f. 229. in spec, 
enum. td ig ] 7 
M. iridifolia, foliis ensiformibus, margine scabris, culmo foliaceo-ancipiti 
brevioribus, ramis parallelis é yagina genu; spathis terminalibus ; corolla 
___.extis inferné germineque pubescentibus; filamento monadelpho infra 
- barbato; capsuld rotunda, nudiuscula. ee f ; 
Marica iridifolia. Nobis supra vol. 3. fol. 229 (altero verso in spec. enum.). © 
Sisyrinchiam iridifolitim. Kunth nov. gen. et spec, 1. 260. 
Sisyrinchiumlaxum. Curtis's magaz. 2312. = ier 
Sisyrinchium. Pavon in exemplari australi-americano Herbarti Lambertiani, 
Perennis, radice fibrosd. Folia radicalia plura collaterali-disticha, an- 
gustins ensiformia, margine scabra. * Culmus sesquipedalis v. ultra, lineari- 
foliaceus, foliis altior, uniarticulatus, ramosus, ramis 2-pluribus intra 
articuli. ‘vaginam .aggregatis. _ Spathe terminales, .multiflore, bivalves, 
_ lineari-lanceolate, compress, valvis exterioribus 2 gramineis, naviculari- 
bus, interioribus flores distinguentibus plurimim brevioribus pellucido-mem- 
branaceis convolutis, flori’ cuique uno: pedunculi graciles flexiles, floridi 
spatham. equantes, fructiferi longids, exserti, Cor. ochroleuca, hexapetalo- 
partita, hypocratertformis, purpureo-striata, limbo rotato, diametro un- 
cie, teneriore, involuto-emarcescente ; * lacinie equilonge, cuneato-ligulate, — 
plane, mucronate, exteriores 3 alterne, latiores, inferne extis villose; ur- - 
ceolus limbo jfirmior diuturnior et ¥ brevior, flavo et purpureo vitiatus, ore 
intis. purpurco-stellatus, fundo flavescens. Stamina laciniis exterioribus op- 
posita, urceolo feré duplo breviora; fil. monadelpha; tubus stamineus aureo- 
flavescens, ampullaceus, inferne pube densd capitatd barbatus, inde subglaber, 
ore tridendato patens dentibus antheriferis subulato-teretibus obsolete viren- 
tibus glabris: auth. incumbentes, extrorsiim dehiscentes, flave, polline grumoso. 
Stigmata 3 subulata patentia apice convoluto-canaliculata erosula antheras 
alterné intercipientia, stylo filiformi viridi duplo breviora. Germen par- 
vulum obovato-globosum villosum. Capsula subglobosa membranacea nudi- 
uscula ; loculis biseriato-polyspermis; sem. fusca, contacti angulosa. 
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We had some hesitation in referring our plant to the 
resent species, the germen being described by Mr. Kunth 
n iridifolia, while here it is plainly furred, al- 
u gradually disappears as the germen ad- 
and is Ben ee or nearly so, in the 
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