Belamcanda 



IRIDACEAE 



333 



50 



Map 682 



Iris brevicaulis Raf 



var. 



^50 



Map 683 

 Iris virgin Tea L. 



Shrevei (Small) Anderson 



2. Iris brevicaulis Raf. (Contr. Gray Herb. 114: 41. 1936.) (Iris hexa- 

 gona of Gray, Man., ed. 7 and Iris foliosa of Britton and Brown, Illus. 

 Flora, ed. 2.) Lamance Iris. Map 682. This species, as I have found it, is 

 restricted to low, overflow land along streams and to the slopes of overflow 

 terraces and slopes bordering streams, ponds, and sloughs. It will, no 

 doubt, be found in suitable habitats along all of our principal streams. 

 Where it becomes established, it usually forms large colonies. 



Ohio and Ky., westw. to Ark. and Kans. ; also on the Coastal Plain 

 (Small). 



3. Iris virginica L. var. Shrevei (Small) E. Anderson. (Ann. Missouri 

 Bot. Gard 23 : 469. 1936.) (7ns versicolor in part, of Gray, Man., ed. 7 and 

 Britton and Brown, Illus. Flora, ed. 2.) (E. Anderson. The problem of 

 species in the the Northern Blue Flag, Iris versicolor L. Ann. Missouri Bot. 

 Gard. 15: 241-332. 1928.) Virginia Iris. Map 683. This plant has been 

 confused, by many authors, with Iris versicolor L. which has a more 

 northern range. /. versicolor has been found in the extreme northwestern 

 part of Ohio and should be sought in our northern counties and it is for 

 this reason that it appears in the key. /. virginica var. Shrevei is more 

 or less frequent throughout the state along ditches, banks of streams, the 

 borders of lakes, ponds, sloughs, and in low places in general. 



Nieuwland (Amer. Midland Nat. 3: 115. 1913) described a variety of 

 /. versicolor which he called var. blandescens and which, no doubt, should 

 be referred to some form of this species. 



D. C. to Minn., southw. to Fla. and Tex. 



1285. BELAMCANDA Adans. 



1. Belamcanda chinensis (L.) DC. (Gemmingia chinensis (L.) Ktze.) 

 Blackberry-lily. Map 684. This plant is an escape from cultivation and 

 at present is restricted mostly to the southwestern part of the state where 

 it has become well established, especially in sandy soil in the western part 

 of Sullivan County. My specimens are mostly from the slopes of open 



