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The red lily is a less shewy, but equally beautiful species 

 with the last. It frequents a drier soil, and is commonly found 

 about the margins of fields, among bushes, Sec. Leaves whorl- 

 ed, a few sometimes scattered. Flowers one, two, or three, 

 upright, of a dark vermillion colour, spotted. The petals are 

 supported on long claws, which gives the flower an open ap- 

 pearance. June, July. Perennial. 



104. ACORUS. 

 ACORUS CALAMUS. L. Sweet fag. 



Summit of the stalk above the flowers very long 

 and leaf like. Sm. 



Sweet flag root is an officinal article in considerable estima- 

 tion. At times when the plant is not in flower, the aromatic 

 flavour of the root will readily distinguish it from the other spe- 

 cies of flag, a name indiscriminately applied here to plants with 

 sword shaped leaves, as Iris, Typha, &c. When in flower, the 

 long, round, solitary spadix, projecting from the side of an ap- 

 parent leaf, is a sufficient mark. The spadix is closely cover- 

 ed with small, green flowers with six petals, and as many sta- 

 mens. Meadows. June, July. Perennial. 



105. JUNCUS. 

 JUNCUS EFFUSUS. L. Soft rush. Bulrush. 



Stem naked, straight; panicle lateral, loose, 

 thrice compounded ; capsules obtuse. Sm. 



. Found every where in moist land, growing commonly 1n 

 bunches. Stems perfectly simple, smooth, round, and leafless, 

 sheathed at the base and filled with spongy pith. Panicle pro- 

 ceeding from a fissure in the side of the stem, much branched, 

 and bearing many small green flowers. June, July. Perennial. 



