334 IRIS FAMILY. 



* * Taller: the sever al-floirered often branching stems 1 -3 /<//( : tube of the 



flower short: the outer division* >m/.,i/, 'rm/,i. -.-.;, <m<l all Im/ one crrst/ms; 

 the inner very iiiwh ainnlli r: jL lute spring and early summer, in sirumjis. 



I. Virginica, SLEXDKK Bi.n: FLAT,. Slender; with very narrow linear 

 leaves, ami blue ilowcrs with <'>MI<- white (barely 2' long), on slender peduncles, 

 with hardly any tube beyond tin- .'l-aiiLili'd ovary. 



I. versicolor, LAKUKK I'.i.i i.-Fi.\<.. Stout ; stem singled on one side; 

 leaves sword-shaped, |' wide ; flowers light blue variegated with some' yellow, 

 white, and purple, hardly .'i' Ion;:, the inflated tube shorter tlian the obtusel) 

 3-angled ovarv ; pod oblong, 3-angled. 



I. kexagona. Only S. near the coast; with simple stem, n arrow ish long 

 leaves, and deep blue variegated (lowers 4' long, the outer divisions crested, the 

 tuhe longer than the <>-angled ovary. 



I. cuprea. Only S. and \V. ; with copperish-yellow flowers 2' long, the 

 tube about the length of the (>-angled ovary 



I. tripetala. Only S. in pine-barren swamps; with ratlier short sword- 

 shaped glaucous leaves, and i'ew blue flowers (2' -3' long), variegated with 

 yellow and purple, the inner divisions very short and wedge-shaped, the 

 tube shorter than the 3-angled ovary. 



2. Garden species from the Old World, cult, for ornament. 



* A dense beard n/mn/ the, lower part of the 3 outer dii-isinnn of the flower : the 



stamens >n all spring from thickened rootstocks. 



-t- Dwarf: Jlmn rni// in early sprint/. 



I. ptimila, DWARJ- (iu;i>i.x Ir.is. Stem very short ; the violet and pur- 

 ple flower close to the ground, with slender tuhe and ohovate divisions, hardly 

 exceeding the short sword-shaped leaves. 



-t- -t- Taller and larger, several -flowered, in early summer. 



I. Germanica, COMMON FLOWER-DE-LUCK of the gardens, with very 

 large seentlr-s flowers, the deep violet pendent outer divisions 3' long, the ol.o- 

 vate inner ones neariv as large, lighter and bluer. 



I. sambucina, ELDER-SCENTED F., is taller, 3 or 4 high, and longer- 

 leaved; tin' llnwers ahiint halt' as large as in the ]ireeeding, the outer divi-i. ms 

 less reflexed, violet, but whitish and \ellowish toward the base, painted with 

 deeper-colored lines or veins ; upper divisions pale greyish or brownish blue; 

 spathe. broadly scarious-margined. 



I. squalens, very like preeeding, with longer dull violet outer divisions to 

 the flower whitish and striped at base, and purplish-buff-colored inner divisions. 



I. variegata, has much smaller flowers, with spatulate-obovate divisions 

 2' long, white with pa'e yellow, the outer divisions veined with dark-purple and 

 purplish-tinged in the middle 



I. Florentina, FI,OKI:NCI: or SWKET F. Less tall than the Common F., 

 with broader leaves, and white faintly sweet-scented flowers, bluish veined, the 

 obovate outer divisions 2^'-3' long, with yellow beard. Its violet-scented root- 

 Stock yields orris-root. 



# * \<> Iti-urd nor crest to tin tlm; r : all but the last with rootstocks. 



I. Pseudacorus, Yi:i.i.o\v IKIS, of wet marshes in Europe, with very long 

 linear leaves and bright vellow flowers, sparingly cultivated. 



I. gramlliea, GRASS-LKAVED 1., has narrow linear root-leaves 2 -3 

 long and often surpassing the 1 - .'(-flowered stem; flower purple-blue, with 

 narrow divisions. 



I. Persica, PI.KSI \N IK-IS. A cboic,- house-plant, dwarf, nearly stomle-s 

 from a kind of bulb-like tuber, from which the flower rises on a Ion- tube, 

 earlier than the leaves, delicately fragrant, bluish, with a deep-purple spot at 

 the tip of the outer divisions, the inner divisions very small and spreading. 



2. PARDANTHUS, 151, ACKUKRKY LILY. (Name from the Greek, 



means ^inl-jiuirer, alluding to the spotted perianth.) Fl. late summer. 



Pardanthus Chinensis, from China, cult, in country gardens and 

 escaping into roadsides: :{-4 high, more branching than an Iris; the di- 

 visions of the orange-colored flower (!' long) mottled above with crimson spots, 



