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Triandria Monogynia. 
Generic Character. 
Corolla 6-partita : Petalis alternis, reflexis. Stigmata petali- 
formia. 
Specific Char after and Synonyms. 
IRIS Perfica corolla imberbi, petalis interioribus breviffimis 
patentiflimis. Linn. Syfi. Vegetab. p. 79. Sp. PI. p. 59, 
JRIS bulbofa praecox minus odora Perfica variegata. Morif. 
hifi. 2. p. 357. 
XIPHIUM Perficum. Miller Dift. ed. 6 . 4 to. 
The Perfian bulbous Flower-de-luce. Parkin/. Parad. p. 172. 
A native of Perfia. Flowers in February and March. Its 
beauty, early appearance, and fragrant bloffoms, make it highly 
efleemed by all lovers of flowers; like the Hyacinth or Narcif- 
fus it will blow within doors in a water-glafs, but ftronger in a 
fmall pot of fand, or Tandy loam ; a few flowers will fcent a 
whole apartment: it will alfo bloflom in the open air, but re- 
quires warmth and fhelter; it is propagated by offsets and 
feeds ; the belt flowering roots are imported from Holland, 
they bear forcing well ; and hence this plant may be had to 
flower a full month or fix weeks in fuccefiion. 
Parkinson remarks, that in his time (1629) it was very 
rare, and feldom bore flowers. 
