Curtis Botanical Magazine Plate 695 - Moraea flexuosa (Flexuose Moraea) | Original Hand-Colored Print

Original hand-colored antique botanical print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine - Plate 695, Moraea flexuosa (Flexuose Moraea).

• Plate: 695
• Latin name: Moraea flexuosa
• Common name: Flexuose Moraea
• Linnaean class / order: Triandria / Monogynia
• Medium: Original hand-colored engraving (physical print, not a reproduction)

Original Curtis text
Transcribed from the plate's accompanying description page:

[ 695 ]

MORAEA FLEXUOSA. FLEXUOSE MORAEA.

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Class and Order.
TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

Generic Character.
—Vid. No. 593 & 613. OBS. L. C. ADDENDAE. Radix in MORAEA iridioides de rhizomata fibrosa; folia plura, plana, perennia. Corolla generatim quam in IRIDE perfugacior; in paucis involutim simulque spirali-convoluté marcescens, at paulo mox decidua, neutiquam ut in vicina fila proxima ARISTEA dura cohaerente coenia gradens; hic quoque flexuosae in vicinia ramoris, amullifimas, lamellosae camprestas et radicae-palentes ad stylium ufque bipartiuntur necnon anthere, incurvate, vagae et filamenta stignatum lacinitis interjefta; in virgata et lisyrinchio corolla tubo inftruitur; quare MORAEA et IRIDIS discrepantia jam pene ad utriusque mutuum faciei habituive disparitatem refecuntur, ad summum ex his manente illius corolla aquabilitore expansione vel forfan ejusdem tubulosarium tubo iniani, qui in IRIDE farcins; nequaquam ideo sunt commifeenda genera, ea enim ad naturae normam concinnata, extmis ambiguis semper ca ipsis species, striciiora frustra potentior; praetum vel ul ad aperte affines fibi ope cogenduur genera, o minus quod eadem in unius vel alterius arbutrarie praepofiti et invalidi ligni convenientiabm, aliis pluribus, vel figilliatm forte equalibus fimul certe preftantioribus, neglectis, in longinquiora detruderentur; quomodo e. g. in LIL. a Redoute ad GALAXIAS relegatur IXIA monadelpha, itideinque apud Willd. Sp. Pl. ad IXIAS MORAEA virgata; et ad SISYRINCHIA MORAEA collina; ubi poshabitis pluribus, manifestioribus, magisque flabilibus characteribus, iis obtemperator paucioribus et e perquam inconstantioribus temere falectis. G.

Specific Character and Synonyms.
MORAEA flexuosa (imberbis) corolla subaequali; laminis cuneato-oblongis aequalicer explanatis; unguibus minimis erecto-conniventibus; filamentis horum longitudine connatis dein liberis patentilimis; antheris incurvatis; stignatum lacinitis gracillimis, radiantibus. G. MORAEA flexuosa. Linn. Suppl. 100. Syst. Veg. 93. Thunb. Diff. n. 12. prod. 11. Marl. Mill. Dict. Willd. Sp. Pl. 1. 243. IXIA longifolia. Jacq. Hort. Vindb. v. 3. p. 47. t. 90. Root and Herb as usual in the genus, the latter quite smooth. Stem branched, many-flowered, stiff, green; involucres

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