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Iris TRIPETALA. Turre-PeTALeD Irté. 
Class and Order. — 
TrianpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord. — Irie. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cor. 6-partita: laciniis alternis reflexis. Stzgmata peta- 
liformia. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
{ris tripetala ; imberbis, caule tereti foliis lineari-ensiform- 
ibus longiore, corolle laciniis interioribus erectis minu- 
tis integris dentatisve. Eee & 
Iris tripetala. ‘ Walt. Fl. Carol. p. 66.” Elliott Sketch. 
v. I. p. 45. Roem. et Schultes Syst. Veget. v. 1. p. 
480 ; 
— Tris tridentata. Pursh Fl. Am. Sept. ». 1. p. 30. Roem. 
et Schultes Syst. Veget. v. 1. p. 468. Spreng. Syst. 
Veget. v. 1. p. 161. 
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Descr. Root “ creeping” Exx. Stem one and a half to 
two feet high, terete, bearing a few deaves ; but most of 
them spring from the root and are linear, ensiform, striated, 
acuminated, slightly faleate : uppermost ones spathiform. 
"towers, three or four from the extremity of the stem, each 
subtended by its own foliaceous spatha. Peduncle shorter 
than the spatha. Exterior segments of the corolla broadly 
Oval, much waved, somewhat clawed, large, of a beautiful 
bluish purple mottled with white, and distinctly marked 
with deeper purple lines, the claw whitish, with yellow- 
own reticulations : inner segments very small, linear-lan- 
ceolate, acuminated, the segments incurved, entire, or with 
three teeth at the extremity, the middle tooth beg longer 
and much acuminated : the colour a pale purple. Divisions 
: : of 
J  Hedhean, crate Bett. 
} 
