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 Iris Sambucina. Elder-Scented Iris. 



4 M# ♦ $ ♦ '♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ # .> ■ ♦ ♦ ♦ ft 



CAz/} #;/^ Order. 

 Triandria Monogynia. 



Generic Characler. 



Cor. 6-petala, inaequalis, petalis alternis geniculato-patentibus. 

 Stigmata petaliformia cucullato-bilabiata. 'Tbunb. Dijf. de 

 Iride. 



Specific Character and Synonyms* 



IRIS Jamhucina barbata, foliis enfiformibus glabris ereBis 



brevioribus fcapo multifloro, petalis deflexis planis. 



Linn. Syjl. Vegetab. ed. 14. Murr. Tbunb. loc. cit. n. 10. 



Ait. Hort. Kezv. v. 1. p. 69. 

 IRIS latifolia germanica, fambuci odore. Bauh. Pin. 31. 

 IRIS Camerarii five purpurea verficolor major. The greater 



variable coloured purple Flower-de-Luce. Park. Par. 



p. 181. 



This fpecies of Iris, faid to be a native of the South of 

 Europe, derives its name from the fmell of its flowers, which 

 very much refembles that of elder in bloom. 



It is one of the tailed and handfomefi: of the genus, in a 

 rich moiil foil acquiring the height of three feet or more ; tt 

 is therefore more proper for the fhrubbery than the flower- 

 garden. 



It flowers about the latter end of May, and is readily in- 

 creased by parting its roots in autumn. 



The Iris of Parkinson, referred to in the fynonyms, ac- 

 cords fo exactly with our plant, in every circumftance but 

 fmell, which is not mentioned, that we have no doubt but it 

 was cultivated in our gardens in his time. 



