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Irn1s SUSIANA. CHALCEDONIAN IRIS. 
ee Clafs and Order. . 
TRIANDRIA MoONOGYNIA. 
Generic Charaéer. 
Cor. 6-petala, inzequalis, petalis alternis geniculato-patentibus. 
Stigmata petaliformia, cucullato-bilabiata. 
‘Specific Character and Synonyms. 
IRIS /u/ana barbata foliis enfiformibus glabris, {capo unifloro, » | 
petalis rotundatis. Linn. Sy/?. Vegetab. ed. 14. p. 88. 
IRIS fufiana flore maximo et albo nigricante. Baub. Pin. 31+ 
The great Turkey Flower-de-luce. Park. Parad. 179. 
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This f{pecies, by far the moft-magnificent of the Iris tribe, — 
is a native of Perfia, from a chief city of which it takes the _ 
name of Sufand: Linn vs informs us, that it was imported 
into Holland from Conftantinople in 1573. => 
Though an inhabitant of a much warmer climate than our ~ 
own, it thrives readily in the open borders of our gardens; ~ 
and, in certain favourable fituations, flowers freely about the — 
latter end of May or beginning of June. It fucceeds beft in — 
a loamy foil and funny expofure, with a pure air: moifture, © 
which favours the growth of moft of the genus, is injurious 
and fometimes even fatal to this fpecies. : : 
As it rarely ripens its feeds with us, it is generally pro- 
pagated by parting its roots in autumn. Thefe are alfo — 
ufually imported from Holland, and may be had of the im- — 
orters of bulbs at a reafonable rate.- - ge a 
_ Being liable to be deftroyed by feafons unufually fevere, It 
will-be prudent to place a few roots of it in pots, either in | 
greenhoufe or in a hot-bed frame during the winter. - 
It bears forcing well. 
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