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 Iris prisMatica. New-Jersey Iris. 



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Generic Charatltr. — Vid. No. 1496. 



Specific Charatler and Synonyms. 



IRIS prifmatica; (imberbis ; fubbiflora ; rhizoma borizoniale ;) foliis 

 paucis (fubtrinis), radicalibus, angufte lineari-enfatis, ner- 

 vofo-ftriatis, uno caulem fimplicem teretem glabrum 

 apbyllum enodem fubfuperante ; fpatha fubtrivalvi, valvis 

 externis herbaceis, navicularibus, conduplicantibus (injimo 

 nunc longijjimo in folium procrefcente), pedunculo triquetro ac 

 quam germen prifmaticum pluries longiori duplo breviori- 

 bus ; capfula oblongato-prifmatico utrinque anguftato, an- 

 gulis fubalatim extenuatis j flos omnino virginicse (fupra No. 

 703) minor tamen ac pallidior. G. 



IRIS pri/maiica, imberbis, caule folido tereti folia asquante, 

 foliis anguftiflimis longis, capfulis elongato-prifmaticis 

 utrinque acutis. Pmfch. MSS. 



Leaves, in tbe fpecimens we faw, from fix to eigbt incbes 

 high, and little more than two lines in breadth ; /cape dotted 

 over with purple. We are inclined to believe it to be a mere 

 variety of virginica, a fpecies which we fometimes find varying 

 with peduncles to the full as long as in the prefent plant; 

 and fometimes with a ftem many times fhorter than the 

 leaves, and quite fimple ; our figure (in No. 703) was taken 

 from a large fpecimen, and in rather too early a ftage. 

 We have however followed Mr. Pursch (by whom it was 

 difcovered and lately introduced) in confidering it as fpecifically 

 diftincl.. Found in North-America, growing in deep iwamps in 

 New-Jerfey, near Egg-Harbour. 



Our drawing was made from a fpecimen which bloomed in 

 July laft, at Meffrs. Lee and Kennedy's, Hammerfmith, at 

 the fame time with two varieties of virginica ; which are alfo faid 

 to be natives of the boggy parts of North-America. G, 



