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Iris XIPHIOIDES. PyRENEAN FLAG, 
See eke ede dee dee 
vesbnonah Glafs and Order. 
--Trianpria Monooynia. 
Generic Charafter.—Vid. N* 531. 
Specific Charafler and Synonyms. er ad 
IRIS xiphioides (imberbis) involucro fubbifloro, lanceolatim 
\- °*inflato, laciniis emarginato-fffis, éxtimis horizontaliter 
patentibus; laminis dependentibus'‘un uium longitadine; 
intimis per-brevioribus erettis ABachulstd clits fub- 
s © “eochleéariter convolutis; germine inclufo. “G. 0 
IRIS xiphioides. Ebr. Beitr, 7. p. 140. Willd. Sp. Pi ote 
IRIS xiphitin. ‘Facq.’ Coll. 2. p. 320. Desf. Fl. Ail. 1.37. ? 
With. Arr. ed. 3. 69. ? 
IRIS aioe (a) Sp. Pl. 58. Hort. Kew. 1. 73: Mart. Mill. 
; ru ree SES MOT. 4 Ait ; 4 viii} 
IRIS bulbofa anglicana, candido, violaceo, et cxruleo flore. 
2U Boe? WN Uf te ee Ore we Gf Ap 
IRIS bulbofa latifolia ‘caule donata. Baub. Pin. 38- 
IRIS bulbofa violaceo flore five II. Clu/. Hif!. et App. oe" 
IRIS bulbofa major purpurea variegata ——— caerulea five 
: anglica. Park. Par. 175. f- 3-.175-/- 2. ~ : 
IRIS bulbofa anglica. Ger, emac. 99. 2. seal | 
IRIS bulbofa tota violacea vel carulea. Banh. Hift. 2. 703+ | 
X1PHIUM Jatifolium. Mill. Di@. 1. 2. , 
Theocriti et poetarum Hyacinthus flore Iridis. Lob, Adv. 49, 
“Icon. 94- si Be i 
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Root bulbous; bulbs fubovate, covered with dark brown 
fibro-membranous integuments, larger than_thofe of Iris 
xipbium and not producing quite fo many offsets. Involucre 
lanceolately inflated, herbaceous, 1—2 feldom 3-flowered, 
flowers feparated by a fingle membranous fpathe or valve: 
outer valve of the involucre longeft, reaching often to about — 
_ the middle of the inner fegments. Leaves as in Iris xiphium, 
but larger and not rifing out of the ground till Springs te 
