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■ This fort requires the fame treatment as the two for- 

 mer, with which it will produce flowers and perfedl 

 its feeds in England. 



I R E S I N E. Lin. Gen. 1 1 13. Amaranthus. Sloan. Cat. 



Jam. 49. 



The Characters are, 



// bath male and female fowers on different plants \ the 

 'male flowers have an empalement compofed of two neat 

 jmdl leaves y and five ere5l^fmall^ fpear-fhaped petals^ and 

 five neSiarii Jituated between the five ere5i ftamina^ which 

 are terminated by roundifh fummits •, the female flowers on 

 ths other plants^ have the like empalement and corolla as 

 the maky with an. oval germen but no ftyle^ crowned by 

 two roundijh ftigmay the empalement afterward becomes an 

 oval capfuky inclcfmg woolly feeds. 

 This genus is ranged in the fifth order of Linnaeus's 

 twenty-fecond clafs of plants, intitled Dioecia Pen- 



nd 



flaming. 



plants 



. . We know but one Species of this genus, viz. 



[ajjiNP {Celofioides.) Lin.Sp. 1456. Amaranthus panicula 

 fUtvicante gracili holofericea. Sloan. Cat. Jam. 49. 

 Amaranthus with fiender yellowifh panicles of Jilky flowers. 

 This plant grows naturally in Jamaica, and moft of 

 the other iflands in the Weft-Indies, from whence I 

 have received the feeds. It is perennial ; the ftalks 

 are weak, fo require fupport ; they rife ten or twelve 

 ktt high, having large knots at each joint, garnifhed 

 with oval, fpear-lhaped, fn)Qpth leaves. The ftalks 



, are very diffqfed, branching out on every fide \ the 

 flowers are produced on the top, in flender loofe pa- 



; nicies, covered with a filky down, of a pale yellow 

 colour; thcfe appear in July and Auguft, and in warm 



-.feafons the feeds will ripetn in the autumn. 



^t is propagated by feeds, which fhould be fown upon 



ijjhot-bed in the fpring, and the plants (hould be af- 



, terward treated in the fame manner as hath been di- 

 . reded for the tender forts of Amaranthus, till they 



too 



fliould 



fuppo 



, the plants with a trellis to prevent their falling on 

 . other plants \ in this fituation they will produce flowers 

 ', and fce^s the fecond year, but the plants may be con- 



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tinue4. three or four years longer. 

 IRIS- TQHrn. Inft. R. H- 358. tab. 186, 187, 188. 

 -Lin. Gen. Plant. 57. Flower-de-luce; in French, 



JFlambe: : ■*^x^ : ■ "■ -^^^ -i-ir^ 



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rivrThe Characters are^ 



i fbe flowery ^e imJpfed in fpafha, {or fhe^ths) w.hick ^t 

 Remanent \ deflowers c^e divided into Jht parts \ the three 



r ^ter petals are oklongy ohtufe^ and reflexedy tie three inner 

 are ere£ty and end in acute points ), theft all join at their 



ifh$fe: they ^avi t'Bree awl-fbapedftaminay which lie upn 



^^X^exed pelals, atfd ^re terminated by oblong depreffed 

 funmti^ pnder the flow^ isfituqtjid an gblong gerM^n^ 

 ;^porting a flender ^yky crowned kf atar^e three-pointed 

 ftigma ; the germen afterward becomes an oblong angular 

 cepftile witk three cells^ filled with large feeds ^r-^^^^^. ^. 

 This geniis of plants is ranged in thq firft fe<5tioh of 

 Linna2Ty|'s, third cljafs, intitled TriAndriaJVIonogynia, 



which cpnta]U3^.l;hofe plans^.^whsf? flowers have three 



- ftarnma and one ^le'. -n^^^- 

 *v^The Species are, ^t-^^^'*^*^^^*^ • ' 



fe Jr;s {Pfeudoacorus) coroUis imberbibus, petalis inte- 



- rioribus ftigmatfe minoribus, foliis enfiformibus. Hort. 

 .Cliff. Iris with m unbearded flower^ the inner petals 



^f mailer than the.ftigmay and fword-fhaped leaves. Iris 

 paluftris lutea. Tabern. Icon. 643. T'ellow ^ Marfh 

 Flower-de-luce.- ri y^^- \ .- \:-,^< -r u.;'^:v:;^.-- .-. 



?' Iris (Squalens) coroUis barbatis, caule foliis longiore 

 multifloro. Hort. Cliff. 18. Iris with bjarded flowers^ 

 <^^d the ftalks longer than the leaves y having manyfiovoers. 



-^'>This is the Iris vulgaris Germanica live fylveftris. 

 C. B- R^3o. Common German^ or wild Flower-de-luce. 



P'^lps.{:^hylla) coroUis barbatis, fcapo nudb longitu- 



^dtnefoliorummultifloro.'^Prod. Leyd". iy.^ Iris with a 



ieardcd flower, and a naked ft alk the length of the leaves, 



^ith many fli^ers,Arh latifolia, cayle aphyllo, CM- ?- 





32. Sroad-leaved Floiver-de-luce, whofe ftalks are without 

 leaves. 



4. Iris {Variegata) corollis barbatis, caule fubfoliofo 

 longitudine foliorum multifloro. Prod. Leyd. 17. Iris 



-with a bearded flower, and a leafy ft alk the length of tf^e 

 leaves, with many fl.owers. Iris latifolia pannonica, co- 

 lore muhiplici. C. B. P. 31. Broad-leaved Hungarian 

 Flower-de-luce cf many colours, 



5. Iris {Sujiana) corollis barbatis, caule foliis loi 

 unifloro. Hort. Cliff. 18. Iris with a bearded fl^zver^ 

 and a ft alk longer than the leaves, having one flower. Iris 

 Sufiana, Acre maximo ex albo nigricante. C. B. P. 31. 

 Flower-de-luce with a very large flower of a blade and 

 white colour, commonly called Chalcedonian Iris. . ;, 



6. Iris (Biflora) corollis barbatis, caule foliis breviore 

 trifloro. Hort. Upfal. ly. Iris with a bearded flower, 

 and a ftalk fhorter than the leaves, with three flowers. 

 Iris humilis major, faturate purpurea biflora. Tourn. 

 In ft. 361. Greater Bwarf Flower-de-luce of a dark purple- 

 colour, and having two flowers on each fl alk. .. 



7. Iris (Pumila) corollis barbatis, caule foliis breviore 

 unifloro. Lin. Sp. Plant. .38. Iris with a bearded flower^ 



. and a flalk fhorter than the leaves, with one flower. Iris 

 humilis minor, flore purpureo. Tourn. Inft. '361. 



Dwarf Flower-de-luce with a purple fl 



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8. Iris (Germanica) corollis barbatis, caule foliis longi* 

 ore multifloro, floribus inferioribuspedunculatis. Lin. 

 -Sp. 55. Iris with a bearded flower, a ftalk longer than 

 the leaves with many flowers, and the lower flowers on 

 fcot'ftalks. Iris Afiatica c^erulea polyanthos. C. B. P. 

 Blue Afiatic Flower-de-luce with^raar^ flowers^ . called 



greater Dalmatian his. :.^ '';;^V-:^^n '.^^^i^>\:l ; . 



Iris (Orientalis) corollis barbatis, germinibiis^'trigoniSj 



foliis enfiformibus longiffimis caule foliis longiore bi- 



floro. Pluk. 154. Iris with a. bearded flower, a threes 



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flalk 



fword-fh^ 



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lo. Iris {Graminea) corollis imberbibus, germinibus 

 fexangularibus, caule ancipiti, foliis linearibus. Hort. 

 Cliff. 19. Iris with flowers having no beards, (^fix-cor'^ 

 nered germen, a ftalk having flowers on both fides, and 

 narrow leaves. Iris anguftifolia prunum redolens mi- 

 nor. C. B. P. 33. Smaller narrow-leaved Flower-de-luce 



fmelling 



{Maritima} 



flowers are not bearded^ the ftalk fhorter 



s, caule foliis 

 llfbrmibus, Iriswhdft 



guftifol 



flowers 



narrow fwora-jh 



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Flower 





.. Iris {Anguftifolia) qorolUsJn^berbibuSj.pauk, foliis 



aequalibus multifloro, fpatha majoribus ereiftis. /w 

 whofe flowers Save no beards^ the fialks equal in length 

 with the leaves, having fnatry firwers which are largef 

 and more ere£t than the fpatha. , .Iris anguftifolia, rna- 



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Fl,ower-de-lut>c. - p "> • ^ — ,4; > > tr-i^v •- ^^^ « ' -^ 



. Iris (Bicolor) corollis imberbibus, caule foliis Ion- 



giore multifloro, germinibus fexangularibus, foliis li- 



? hearibus. » Iris whofe flowers have no' beards, the ftalks 



Jonger than the leaves^ with many flowers,, a fix-cornered 



germen, and very narrow, leav^f. Jris anguftifolia,. bi- 



..color. C, B»P. 2 3. Narrow-leaved Flower-de-luce with 



\ two colours. ' 



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4. Iris (Spuria) corollis imberbibus, gefmtniDUs lex- 



* "fus, caule tereti, foliis fublinearibus. Hort. 



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Cliff- i^.Iris whofe flowers have no heardt, with aj^x- 

 cornered germen, a taper ftalk^ ''and Vfy narrow leaves. 

 Iris pratenfis anguftifolia, fplio foetido. C. B*-P, 32. 

 Narrow-leaved Meadow Flower-de-luce, with aftinking 



leaf 



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15. Iris (Sativa) corollis imberbibus, fpatha bifolia^ 

 caule foliofo longitudine foliorum, pedunculis lon- 

 gioribus. Iris with flowers having no beards, a fheath 



\:containing two leaves, a leafy ftalk the length of the leaves^ 

 and longer foot -flalks to the flowers, -Iris fativa. lutca. 

 jC. B. P* 32. Yellow Garden Flower-de-luce, inl^'i^^^^ 



16. Iris" (P/^tf) corollis imberbibus, caule lohgitiidinc 



foliorum multifloro, foliis enfiformibus^ IriswUkA^ 



lunbearded flower^ a ftalk the length ofjy Im'ves, wit^ 



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