‘Iris Cristata. CRreEsTED IRIs. 
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Cla/s and Order. 
-Trianpria Monocynia. 
Generic CharaGer. 
Corolla 6-partita inzqualis, | laciniis alternis, geniculato-_ 
patentibus, ftigmata petaliformia cucullato bilabiata. 
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S, ‘pecific Charaifer and Synonyms. 
IRIS crifiata corollis barbatis, barba criflata, caule fubunifloro- 
longitudine foliorum, -germinibus trigonis, petalis fub- : 
equalibus. Ait. Kew. v. 1. p. 70. Smith Spicil, t. 13. 
It appears from the Hort. Kew. where this’ plant is fir ft 
and minutely defcribed, that it is a native of North-America, 
and was introduced by Peter Co.zinson, Efq. in 1756. 
Authors have defcribed this plant as having a creeping root, 
but perhaps not with t i 
_ If the Iris crifata be planted in bog earth, in a eta 
tion (for it will not fucceed at all in a dry one) and has th 
fhelter of a hand-glafs in fevere weather, it will grow readi 
It blofloms about the middle of May. ae 
_ The tube of the flower in this fpecies is unufually long, 
tender, and brittle in the extreme; the flowers are delicat 
with little or no f{cent. a oe 
It is increafed by dividing its roots. — = 
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