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Iris Pseud-Acorus, % pallido-flava. 

 Pale- Yellow Water Iris. 



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67«ss and Order. 



Triandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character. 



Cor. 6-partita : laciniis alternis reflexis. Stigmata petali- 

 formia. 



Specific Character and Sj/nonj/jns. 



Iris Pseud-Acorus; imberbis, radice crassa solida horizontally 



foliis ensiformibus, petalis alternis stigmate minoribus. 



Hort. Kew. ed. alt. \. p. 115. Willd. Sp. PL I. p. 232. 



Curtis Flor. Lond. English Botany 578. Redoute 



Liliac. 23b. 

 (<3.) pallido-flava ; floribus pallido-luteis, foliis apice magis 



elongalis. 



There does not seem to be sufficient difference between 

 this plant and our common Iris Pseud-Acorus to constitute 

 a distinct species, yet there is something that pervades the 

 whole aspect not quite agreeing with our native species ; nor 

 does it require so wet a soil. 



It is said to have been imported from Carolina by the late 

 Mr. Lyons ; yet we do not find it recorded as an American 

 species either by Michaux, Pursh, or Nuttall. 



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