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IRIS imbricata. 
Æmbricated Iris. 
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TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat..ord. IRIDACEA. 
IRIS. La 
I. imbricata ; foliis latis rigidis erectis scapo subramoso brevioribus, bracteis 
ovatis obtusis distichis foliaceis apice membranaceis arcté imbricatis, 
sepalis barbatis apice rotundatis, petalis obovatis emarginatis, perianthii 
tubo brevissimo. 
This is a very showy perennial, which most probably will 
prove quite hardy in the open border, if planted in a rich 
sandy loam and warm situation. It is increased by dividing 
the old plants any time from October to March, and flowers 
about the end of May. 
Our specimens were forwarded in May, 1844, from 
Spofforth by the Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Man- 
chester. With the history of the plant we are unacquainted. 
It is probable that it is a mere variety of I. squalens ; from 
which it differs in its pure lemon-coloured flowers, and in the 
imbricated short blunt convex bracts which invest their base, 
July, 1845. P 
