1404 
IRIS* bicolor. . 
"TellRtaloured Iris. 
TRIANDRIA MONOGY NIA. 
Nat. ord. Irn1pEx Juss. (Introduction to the natural system of Botany, 
p. 237.) 
IRIS.—Supra, vol. 3. fol. 246. 
I. bicolor ; foliis equitantibus lineari-ensiformibus, scapo tereti apice ramoso, 
spathis longis convolutis obtusis, sepalis subrotundo-ovatis imberbibus basi 
maculatis, petalis minoribus oblongis undulatis patentibus unicoloribus. 
Rhizoma breve, fusco-viride, apice subascendens. Folia pallide viridia, 
angusta, ensiformia, subglauca, bipedalia, equitantia. Scapus erectus, teres, 
multiflorus, apice dichotomus. Bracteee communes breves, scariose, propriee 
convolute, cylindrum efformantes Dianthi more. Flores speciosi, lutei. Se- 
pala rhomboidea, apiculata versis basin maculá magná, rotundd, nigrá, luteo 
ocellatá notata, infra maculam sanguineo-guttata, imberbia. Petala ob- 
longa, patentia, subundulata, minora. Stigmata biloba, petaloidea, petalis 
breviora. Anthere stigmatibus occultate. ` 
Our drawing of this was taken in the Garden of the 
Comte de Vandes at Bayswater, where it has been culti- 
vated more than nine years. Mr. Campbell, the intelligent 
gardener in this establishment, informs us that he found it 
in the collection when he first assumed the management, 
and is therefore unacquainted with its origin. He treats it 
as a half-hardy plant, giving it a north aspect in the summer, 
as the midday sun is too powerful for its beautiful blossoms. 
It produces a tolerable succession of flowers for several 
months. 
We presume the plant will soon become more common, 
* So called with reference to Iris, or the rainbow, the brilliant changeable 
colours of which are imitated by the flowers of some of the species of this 
genus. 
