Curtis Botanical Magazine Plate 696 - Moraea tricuspis (Trident-Petaled Moraea) | Original Hand-Colored Print

Original hand-colored antique botanical print from Curtis's Botanical Magazine - Plate 696, Moraea tricuspis (Trident-Petaled Moraea).

• Plate: 696
• Latin name: Moraea tricuspis
• Common name: Trident-Petaled Moraea
• Linnaean class / order: Triandria / Monogynia
• Publication: Nov. 1, 1803
• Artist: Syd. Edwards
• Medium: Original hand-colored engraving (physical print, not a reproduction)

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

[ 696 ]

Moraea Tricuspis (a). Trident-Petaled Moraea.

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Class and Order.
Triandria Monogynia.

Generic Character.
—Vid. No. 593, 613, & 695.

Specific Character and Synonyms.
Morae tricuspis (barbata) glabra; caule subramofa; unguibus turbinatim convergenibus; laminis extimis rotundato-ovalis; intimis perpufillis tridentatim partitis; filamentis unguibus 2—3plo brevioribus, connatis. G. Iris tricuspis. Thunb. Diff. n. 15. prod. 11. Syst. Veg. Murr. 89. Hort. Kew. 3. 482. Jacq. Coll. 4. 99. Mart. Mill. Diat. Willd. Sp. 1. 231. IRIS tricuspidala. Linn. Fil. Suppl. 98. (a) flore minore; laminis extimis haud ocellatis. G. IRIS tricuspis. Jacq. ic. rar. 2. tab. 222. Vieusseuxia spiralis. Decand. Ann. Mus. 2. 140. De la Roche Diff. 31. t. 9. Vieusseuxia aristata. Houtt. Linn. Pfl. Syst. 11. p. 105. t. 80. (β) laminis extimis ad bafin ocellatum maculatis. G. IRIS pavonia. Curt. supra No. 168. IRIS tricuspis. Jacq. Coll. 4. tab. 9. f. 1. Vieusseuxia glaucopis. Decand. Ann. Mus. 2. 141. cum tab. Redoute Lil. t. 42. Vieusseuxia aristata. De la Roche Diff. n. 2. 34. quo male invicem commutantur nomina trivialia duarum ultimarum specierum; poltrema ergo penultimae redonetitur titulus, et vice versa. Bulb-tuber and Herb as most usual in this genus, the last quite smooth; stem oftenest simple, sometimes with one or even

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