[ 57i 3 

 Iris Villosa. Hairy Flag.' 



Clajs and Order. 

 Triandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character. 



Cor. 6-partita : laciniis akernis reflexis. Stigw. petaliformfa.' 

 Vieusseuxia. De la Roche, Defer. 31. 



Obs. Species capenfes corolla hexapetaloidea unguibus fubdifcretts 

 non in tubum connatis bafi tantutn leviter connexis, filamentis crebrius 

 (anne Temper ?) plus minus coalitis gaudent. G. 



Specific Charatler and Synonyms, 



IRIS villofa ; (barbata) folio extus lineatim villofo, caule 

 pubefcente involucris glaberrimis, laminis alternis mini- 

 mis tridentatis filamentis cylindrico-connatis. G. 



IRIS tricufpis. Var. («) corolla purpurea. Thunb. Diff. de 



Our plant differs in no refpe£r from Iris tricufpis (already 

 publilhed by Mr. Curtis, in this Work, No 168, under the 

 name of Iris pavonia) except in -the pubefcence of leaf and 

 ftem and in colour. In making it a diftinft fpecies on that 

 account, we follow by analogy the example of former Botanifts 

 ln this natural order. It cannot be diftinguifhed from the 

 r eal Iri S pavonia but when in flower, and then it is fufficiently 

 diftincl:. Its lower leaf, as well as thofe of Iris pavonia, tri- 

 cufpis, vifcaria, bituminofa, papilionacea, trifiis, Sec. &c. ap- 

 pear to be radical and flat or fomewhat channelled, but when 

 examined, will be found to be cauline and fiftular, having fplit 

 from near the bafe where they are entire and round, to near 

 tn e ei.d where they terminate, as fiftular ones ufually do, in a 

 •olid columnar mucronate point ; the furfaces are of different 

 "ues and frequently of different habits, as in our plant, where 

 l he inner is quite fmooth, the outer pubefcent. Iris tricufpis 

 (as are alfo mod probably its kindred fpecies above enumerated) 



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