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Iris ochroleuca. 
Tall Iris. 
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Clafs and Order. 
Triandria Monogynia. 
Generic Character. 
Corolla 6-petala, inaequalis, petalis altcrnis geniculato-patcn- 
tibus. Stigmata petaliformia, cucullato-bilabiata. Fhunb. 
Dijf. de hide. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
IRIS ochroleuca imberbis foliis enfiformibus, fcapo fubtereti 
germinibus hexagonis. Linn. Syfi. Vegetab. p. 90. 
Of the feveral fpecies of Iris cultivated in our gardens, this 
excels in point of height; we have taken our Engliffi name 
therefore from this character, and not from the term ochroleuca , 
which, if tranflated, would be too expreffive of the colour of 
the blolfoms of the Iris Pfeudacorus i with which the ochroleuca 
has fome affinity in point of fize as well as colour. 
Notwithftanding Mr. Miller’s defcription of his orient alis 
accords very badly with that of Linnaeus’s ochroleuca , they 
have been generally confidered in this country as one and the 
fame plant, diftinguiffied by the name of Pococke’s Iris, 
Dr. Pococke being the per fon who, according to Miller, 
in his time firft introduced it from Carniold (by inadvertence 
fpelt Carolina , in the 6th 4to edition of the Dictionary). There 
are grounds, however, for fufpeCting fome error in the habitat 
of this plant, for had it grown fpontaneoufly in Carniola, it 
is not probable that Scopoli would have omitted it in his 
Flora Carniolica. 
Leaving its place of growth to be more accurately afcer- 
tained hereafter, we fhall obferve, that it appears perfectly 
naturalized to this country, growing luxuriantly in a moift 
rich foil, and increafing, like rood of the genus, very fait by 
its roots. It flowers later than molt of the others. 
