I 



Jkvord'fl. 



Iris humilis 



ejfer Dwarf 



tnany fozverSj and 

 . minor, flore pifto. Tourn. ] 



Flower-de4uce with a painted floiver. 

 37. Iris {Verna) corclUs imberbibus, caule unifloro fo- 

 liis breviore, radice fibrosa. Flor. Virg. 10. Iris with 

 en unbearded fiowcT^ a Jlalkjhorter than the leaves^, with 

 one flower^ and a fibrous root. Iris Virginiana pumila 

 five cham^iris verna angultifolia, Acre purpuro-ca^- 

 ruleo odorato. Pluk. Aim. 196. Dwarf Spring Vir- 

 ginia Flower-de-luce, with a narrow leaf, and a pio-ple 

 blue fweet fmclling flower. . ., r 



1 8. Iris {Verftcolor) corollis imberbibus, germinibus lub- 

 trigcnis, caule tereti, foliis enfiformibus. Lin, Sp. 

 Plant. 39. Lis with en unbearded flower, a three-cor- 

 nered germen, ataperfialk, and fwcrd-paped leaves. Iris 

 Americana verficolor ftylo crenato. Dill. Hort. Elth. 

 188. Party-ccloured American Flew er- de-luce, with a 



crenatedftyle. 



19. Iris {Fatidiffma) corollis imberbibus petalis inten- 



oribus patentiffimis, caule uniangulato foliis enfifor- 

 mibus. Hort. Cliff. 19. Iris with an unbearded flower, 

 the inner petals fpreading, aftalk with one angle, andfword- 

 fkaped leaves. Iris foetidiffima, feu Xyris. Tourn. InfV. 

 360. Mcftflinking Flower-de-luce, or Xyris, called Stinking 



Gladwyn. 



20. Iris {Sibcrica) corollis imberbibus, germinibus tri- 



caule tereti, foliis linearibus. Lin. Hort. Cliff 





gonis 

 19. 2 



unbearded flower, a // 

 and narrow leaves. 



Iris pratenfis, 

 C.B. P. 32. Taller 



men, a taper ftalk 

 , anguftifolia non foetida altior 



• narrow-leaved Meadow Flower-de-luce, not flinking. 



21. Iris {Tuberofa)'Coxo\\\^ imberbibus, foliis tetragonis. 

 Vir. Cliff. 6. Iris with an unbearded flower and four- 

 cornered leaves. Hermodadtylus folio quadrangulo. 

 Tourn. Cor. 50. HermodaElyle with a four-cornered leaf . 



22. Iris {Florentina) corollis barbatis, caule foliis altiore 

 .fubbifloro floribus feffilibtisVLin. SpT "5 5 '. 'ir/i"w//i& a 



' ' tear did corolla^ ftalks taller than the leaves, having two 



• feffile flowers:: Ins alba Florentina. C. B. P. 31. IVhite 



: Florentine Irts."'^ .■ - '■ /^-f^^^ ^ ; 



23. Iris (5^»:WaVfl) corollis barbatis, caule foliis altlore 



multifloro, petalis deflexis planis, ereftis emarginatis. 



- Lin. Sp. 55. Iris with a bearded corolla, ftalks taller 

 than tpe leaves, having matrf flowers whofe petals are de- 



'-^ pxed, "and the upright are indented. Iris latifolia Ger- 

 manica, fambuci odore. C. B. P. 31, 

 The firft fort grows naturally in ditches and {landing 

 waters in moil parts of England ; this is titled in the 

 Pharmacopeia, Acorus adulterinus, or Pfeudo acorus. 



Baflard 



The roots of this are pretty thick. 



flefhy, and fpread every way near the furface of the 

 . ground.; the leaves are fword-lhaped, very long, of 

 a deep green colour, and not fo ftiff as thofe of the 

 Garden Iris; the ftalks rife from two to three feet 

 high, toward the top of which grow three or four 



{heath; they Iiave three large Violet- coloured petals 

 which turn backward, and are called falls ; thcfe have 

 beards near an inch long on their midrib toward their 



bufe, and have a fl-iort arched petal which cover the 

 beard, with three broad erect petals of the lame co- 

 lour, called ftandards •, the Itamina lie upoa. the rc- 

 flexed petals. Under each flower is fituated an ob- 

 long germen, which turns to a large three-cornered 

 capfule with three celh, filled with large comprcf&d 

 feeds. This flowers in June, and the feeds ripen in 

 Augu{l. 



There is a variety of this with blue {landards and 

 purple falls, which is titled Iris hortenfis latifolia, by 

 Cafpar Eauhin ; and one with pale purple ftandards 

 another with white, and a third with a ftnaller flower 

 but thefe are accidental varieties which have come 

 from feeds. 



The third fort has broader leaves than the laft, tlie 

 ftalks have no leaves upon them, and are equal in length 

 with the leaves -, they have three or four large briohr 

 purple flowers, which ftand above e^ch other, having 

 purplilh fl:ieaths or hoods; the three bending petals 

 or falls are ftriped with white, from the bale to the 

 end of the beard ; the flowers are fuccecdedi by large 

 blunt triangular capfules with three cells, filled with 

 compre/fed feeds. It flowers the latter end of May, 

 and the feeds ripen the beginning of Auguft. 

 The fourth fort grows naturally in Hungary; the 

 leaves of this are like thofe of the fecond fort, but 

 are of a darker green ; the ftalks rife as tall as the 

 leaves, and toward the bottom are garnifhed with one 

 leaf at each joint, whofe bafe embrace the ftalks ; the 



' upper part is' naked, and branches into three, each 

 having two pr three flowers above one another; the 

 three upright petals or ftandards are yellow, and the 



' bending petals or falls are variegated with purple 



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England 



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' The fifth fort grows naturally near Conftantinople, 

 and in other parts of the eaft. The leaves of this fort 

 are not fo broad as thofe of the fecond, and are of a 



two 



high, fupporting one very large flower; the three 

 upright petals are almoft as broad as a hand, but very 

 thin, of mixed black and white ftripes; the three 

 bending petals or falls are of a darker colour, from 



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May 



Mournin 



ginning of June, but never has any 



The iixth fort hath broad leaves like thofe of tTie fe- 



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cond fort, but fl^orter ; the ftalks rife nine or ten 

 inches high, branching into two or three at the top, 

 each fuftaining two deep purple flowers. This flowers 

 in May, but is not fucceeded by feeds in England. ^ - 

 The feventh fort hath narrower and ihorter leaves 



flowers one above another, which gradually fucceed ^ than the former ; the ftalks are {horter than the leaves, 

 each Qther; they are fhaped like the ordinary Flower- 

 He-Iucc, but the three mner petals are lefs than "the 



itigmas, lo they waht the tnree upright 

 are termed ftandards^- Thefe appear in J 

 ilicceecied by large three-cornered capfules, containing 

 three rows of flat feeds. 



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This fort is not cultivated in gardens, but being an 



officinal plant, it is here mentioned to introduce the 



other.' -^^•*"■'*•'^^^ -^'-■- ^■"< ?^^^' 



and fupport one flower on the top, of a light purple 

 colour. This flowers the beginning of May, but 

 rarely produces feeds in this country. There are two 

 or three varieties of this, which differ in' the colour 

 of their flowers. ' - ^ 



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The.fecond'fort grows naturally in Germany, but has 

 been long cultivated in the Englifh gardens for br- 

 liafrifent; the roots of this are very thick, fiefhy, and 



.^divided into joints, fpreading juft under the furface of 



^ the ground; they are of a browni(h colour on their 



Olufide, but white within ; the leaves arife in cluftcrs, 



' embracing each other at their bafe,^but fpread afunder 



upward in form of wings ; they are a foot and a 



lialflon^j and two inches broad, having fharp edges, 



■■ ending in points like fwords \ the ftalks between thefe, 



■ which are a little longer than the leaves, having at 



each joint one leaf without a foot-ftalk ; thcfe dimini{h 



in their fize upward; the ftalks divide into three 



branches, each of which produce two or three flowers 



one above another at diftances, each inclofed in a 



The eighth fort hath the largeft leaves of any of the 

 - Flower-de4uce,' they are of a grayifh colour and 

 ipread wide, ehibracing each other at their bafe, where 

 they are purpli{h. The {talks rife near four feet high, 

 and divide into feveral branches, each fupporting three' 

 or four flowers above each other at diftances, covered 

 with a thin flieath ; the three bending petals or falls, 

 are of a faint purple inclining to blue, with purple 

 veins running lengthways ; the beard is yellow, and 

 the three ere<5t p,etals or {landards are of a bright blue, 

 with fome faint purple ftripes, the flowers have an 

 agreeable fceht. They appear the latter end of June, 

 but are fcldom fucceeded by feeds in England. ' 

 The feeds of the ninth fort were brought from Car-- 

 niola,* by the Right Rev. Dr. Po^ock, Biftiop of 

 Oflbry, who found the plants growing there naturally: 

 thefe were Town in the CheTfea garden, where they 

 fucceeded very well, and the plants have been {ince 



communicated to many curious Gardens in Eurore. 



This 



