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1RIS=^ bicolor. 

 Two - colou red Iris. 



TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Ihide/'e 7mss. {Introduction to the natural system of Botany, 

 p. 237.) 



IRIS.—Supu), vol. 3. fol. 246. 



I. bicolor ; foliis equitantibus lineari-ensiformibus, scapo tereti apice ramoso, 



spathis longis convolutisobtusis, sepalis subrotundo-ovatis imbcrbibus basi 



niaculatis, petalis niinoribus oblongis undulatis patcntibus unicoluiibus. 



Rhizoma brcvc, fusco-viride, apice subascendens. Folia pallidi viridia, 



angusta, ensiformia, subglauca, bipcdalia, equitantia. Scapus crfc^ws, /cres, 



mtdtiJioTus, apice dichotoinus. Bractea? communes breves, scarioscc, propriaj 



convolut(P, cylindruin efformantcs Dianthi more. Flores speciosi, lutei. Se- 



pala rhoinboidea, apiculata versiis basin maculd magna, rotunda, nigra, Intco 



ocellatd notata, infra maculam sanguinco-guttata, iynberlna. Petala ob- 



longa, patentia, subundulata, minora. Stigmata biloba, petaloidea, petalis 



breviora. Antheroe stigmatibus occultata:. 



Our drawing of this was taken in the Garden of the 

 Comte de Vandes at Bayswater, where it has been culti- 

 vated more than nine years. Mr. Campbell, the intelligent 

 gardener in this establishment, informs us that he found it 

 in the collection when he first assumed the management, 

 and is therefore unacquainted with its origin. He treats it 

 as a half-hardy ])lant, giving it a north aspect in tlic summer, 

 as the midday sun is too powerful for its beautiful blossoms. 

 It produces a tolerable succession of flowers for several 

 months. 



We presume the plant will soon become more common, 



* So called with reference to Iris, or the rainbow, the brilliant changeable 

 colours of which are imitated by the flowers of sonic of the species of this 



