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IRIs LUTESCENS. PALE YELLOW Iris. 
Class and Order, 
TRIaNDRIA Monoeyni. 
- ( Nat. Ord. — Inez, ) 
Generic Character. 
Cor, 6-partita: laciniis alternis reflexis. Stigmata peta- 
liformia. : 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Iris* lutescens; barbata; scapo brevissimo subunifloro, 
foliis glaucis, spatha epee tubum corolla ante invol- 
vente, pistilli laminis obtusis erectis. / Pie 
Tris lutescens. Lam. Encycl. v. 3. p. 285. Willd. Sp. Pl. — 
v. 1. p. 225. Red. Liliac. v. 5. t. 263. Ait. Hort. — 
Kew. ed. 2. v. 1. p. 118. Roem. et Schultes, Syst. 
Veget. v. 1. p. AGA. pa (aed 
Iris virescens. Red. Liliac. v. 5. t. 295 ? | 
Descr. Stem leafy, flexuose, about’seven inches high, 
nearly round, oné-flowered. Leaves scymitar-shaped, and — 2 
a little turned forward at the point, partially glaucous or 
subpruinose; ribbed, the lowest equal in length to the 
stem, the other shorter, sheathing the stem ; sheaths com- 
pressed and bordered. Spathe bivalvular, longer than the © 
tube of the corolla ; valves ‘pointed, herbaceous, green, 
membranous and withered towards their apices; outer 
valve rather the broadest, but ‘scarcely longer than the 
other, erect; the inner sheathing the tube of the corolla, 
and slightly inflated. Peduncle about three-eighths of an 
inch long, nearly round, succulent and almost i pee ; 
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* From the varied ‘ween a colours of the flower, as those of the rainbow. 
