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MORZAA catenulata. 
Chain-dotted Morea. 
TRIANDRIA MONOGY NIA. 
Nat. ord. \rrprEx. 
MORAGA. Supra, vol. 11. fol. 949. 
M. catenulata ; foliis distichis ensiformibus perennantibus tortis scapi subra- 
mosi squamosi longitudine, flore terminali subsolitario: sepalis patentibus 
sub-imberbibus, .exterioribus duplo latioribus basin versus utrinque 
verrucosis. 
Folia atroviridia, glauca, disticha, ensiformia, striata, spiraliter torta, 
circa 15 uncias longa, et unam lata, scapi longitudine. Scapus ramosus, 
compressus, foliosus, multiflorus. Flores albi, pallidé cerulescentes. Ova- 
rium non squamis obtectum, cylindricum, duodecim sulcis. Sepala patentia, 
subequalia, lanceolata, vix unguiculata, post anthesin involuta ; exterioribus 
latioribus supernée carinatis, carind pubescente, apice maculd rhomboided lutea 
notatd, verrucarum lined lutearum ad utrumque latus ; interioribus ungue 
canaliculatd, nudd, immaculatd. Stamina stigmatibus opposita, atque ab vis 
obumbrata. Stigmata cerulea, dorso pulcherrime venosa, colore medio inten- 
siore, erecta, concava, biloba, sepalis exterioribus opposita. 
Nearly akin to M. iridioides, from which it is distin- 
euished by the almost total absence of hairs from the outer 
segments of the corolla, their place being supplied by two 
rows of little papillee, or warts. 
Our drawing was made in the Garden of the Horticul- 
tural Society, from a plant received by Robert Barclay, 
Esquire, from the Mauritius, and by that gentleman pre- 
sented to the collection. A stove-plant, flowering in May. 
Leaves dark green, glaucous, distichous, sword-shaped, 
erect, spirally twisted, about 15 inches long, and one 
broad, the length of the scape. Scape branched, com- 
pressed, leafy, many-flowered. Flowers white, with a 
slight tinge of blue. Ovarium not covered by squame, 
VOL, XIII. ek. 
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