two ſtamina, the filaments of which terminate in a point ſupporting antheræ of a white colour, and marked with two fiſſures. In the place of a third ſtamen, I have only found a ſmall filament, without any antheræ, ſituated between the ſuperior interior petal.
The ovarium is inferior. It has three angles, and is ſupported by a long peduncle.
The ſtyle is a little longer than the ſtamina, cylindrical, and terminated by a ſtigma ſhaped like a ſhepherd's crook.
The capſule has three partitions, containing ſeveral ſpherical ſeeds, which are fixed to a receptacle that extends from the middle of the partitions to the top.
This genus, which naturally ranks after the iris and the moræa, has all the habitudes of thoſe plants. Its leaves are of the ſame ſword-like form, with their edges compreſſed near the baſe.
Explanation of the Figures in Plate XV.
Fig. 1. The plant.
Fig. 2. The flower-buds diſplayed by cutting away the ſpatha. A full-blown flower with the three exterior petals torn off.
Fig. 3. An exterior petal ſeen from its inner ſurface.
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