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Iris Viscaria. Bird-Limed Flag. 



Oafs and Order. 

 Triandria Monogynia, 



Generic Charatler. 

 Cor. 6-partita: petalis alternis reflexis. Stigmata petaliformia. 



Specific Charatler and Synonyms. 



IRIS vifcaria (imberbis) foliis linearibus re&iufculis caule 

 terete rigido vifcofo fubcandelabri formiter polyftacbio, 

 corollae laciniis retroflexis ovato-oblongis acutulis, ftig- 

 matibus ferratis. G. 



IRIS vifcaria s imberbis, foliis linearibus planis, fcapo vifcofo. 

 Thunb. Ditf. 4%. Prod. 12. Wilid. Sp. PL v. 1. />. *39- 



IRIS vifcaria ; corollis imberbibus foliis linearibus planis, pe- 

 talis patentibus caille vifcofo. Linn. Suppl. 98. 



Root tulbous. Stem about a foot high, wiry, fmeared 

 with a coat of yellowifh brown gluten of a very tenacious qua- 

 lity, enfnaring all fmaller infeds that happen to touch 1U 

 culmaceous, each joint embraced by an involucre, from which 

 iffue 3 — 4 fimple branches arranged in the manner of thole 

 of a chandelier, fimilar to the fiera and fmeared with the fame 

 vifcid exudation, of which no other part of the plant poM es 

 the fmalleft particle.. Leaves longer than the Item, ftriated on 

 the outfide. Stigmas campanulately arranged, inner lips dlv ^ r jT 

 cately bifid, Clofely allied to Iris bituminofa, but eafily dii- 

 tinguifhed from it by not having the root-leaf fpirally rolled; 

 is alfo a much fmaller plant. r 



Found at the Cape, by Thunb erg, in the fandy fpots or 

 Saldanha-Bay, near Lofper's-Farm. Introduced amongft us 

 by Edward Woodford, Efq. Vauxhall, where our figure 

 was taken in the month of June 1801. G« 



