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Iris fulva. Tawny or Copper-coloured 



Iris. 



C7<2/} #;/i Order. 

 Triandria Monogynia. 



Generic CharaFler. 



Inflor. terminalis, fafciculata, uni pi uri flora - t fpatha communis 

 bivalvis, intergerinas unifloras includens. Cor. iiipera, tubulofo- 

 fexfida; tubus interdum plenus ; limbus amplus, involuto-emar- 

 cefcens, aequalis aut perinaequalis, faepius biformis laciniis alternis 

 inter fe fimilibus; interioribus frcquentius eretlis, quandoque 

 fuperne reflexis, raro divaricatis; exterioribus lamina conftanter 

 reflexa, ungue faepe intus pubefcente. Germ, rarius fubfeflile. 

 Stylus triqueter, tubo aequalis ac in pleno una confolidatus. 

 Stigm. 3, trifaria, inclufa, petaloidea, extrorfum fornicata, bila- 

 biata labio exieriore curto diploioideo-fubtenfo, interior* bipartito 

 reflexo. Stam. bafi laciniarum exteriorum impofita, faciebus 

 ftigmatum accumbentia. Anth. lineares, extrorfae. Cap/, coriacca, 

 nunc chartacca torulofa, rotundate acutevc trigona, rarius hcxa- 

 gona, 3-I0C : loculamentis polyfpermis, 3-vaIv: valvis feptigeris. 

 Sem. biferialia, horizontalia, fepti margini internee utrinque 

 annexa, nunc globofa, prcflione faepius defbrmata, glabra, nunc 

 rugofe tuberculata ; albumen durum. G. 



Obs. Herbs perennes ; radix rhizoma horizonfale divifum, raro 

 tuberifarmc bulbiceps atque pcrpcndiculare, nunc bulbus tunica/us, nunquam 

 ac conftanter in proximo. Mo R.E A bulbo-tuber ; folia enjata ccllatcrali- 

 dijiitba, ?nddo canallculata tranfvcrfe bifaria> rarijjime tetragena ; caulis 

 ramofus cubitalis ad ' Jcapofum fubierraneum fubtiuilitm. G. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



IRIS fulva • (imberbis ; fubbiflora ; rhizoma fubcylindricum, divifum, 

 annulato-nodofiim ;) folii.s pluribus (4 — 5), anguftius lorato- 

 enfatis, ftriatulis, fubflaccidis ; fummis cauiem teretcm 

 nunc ramofum geniculate flcxum fubfuperantibua ; fpatha 

 florem execdente, valvis extimis heibaccis, naviculari- 



lanceolatis, 



