

TRIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. Iris. 



6ft 



I. Leaves channelled, awl-shaped : stem 2-flowered. Xi'phium. 



H. ox. iv. 7. 10-C/a/. i. 212. Q-Ger. f)3. 3-Ger. em. 101. 1 

 -J. B. ii. 705-C/ax. i. 2li-Par&. 257- Z-Ger. em. 102. 

 6~J. B. ii. 704. i-Snvert. i. 35. 5-/« />«,>, C//«. i. 



213-Ger. em. 101. 2~G-?r. 93. 4. 



Sometimes the stem produces only a single flower. BIoss* 

 purplish blue. 



Bulbous-rooted flower de luce y or Flag. 



This plant has long been an ornament to our gardens ; but 

 Dr. Nash, in his History of Worcestershire, informs us, that it 

 has lately been discovered by the Duchess Dowager of Portland, 

 by the river side near Fladbury, and in other parts of that 



county 



P. 



corns 



summit. 



Curt. 197-E* hot. 578-Blackay. 26l-KmJ>b. 3-Fl. dan. 49+ 

 ^Woodv. 40-Dod. 248. l-Leb. obu 31. l-Ger. em. 50. 2 

 -Park. 1219-i/. ox. iv.6. 11. 



Petals j the 3 outer ones toothed on each side next to the sta- 

 Germen with edges, furrowed. Linn. Valves of the 

 calyx spear-shaped. Petals^ the 3 outer and larger ones streaked 

 with purple lines. Summits cut into fringed segments at the 

 top. Flowers 3 together at the top of the stem : the 2 outer 

 flowers having each 1 sheathing valve, and the middle flower 2. 

 I should be tempted to describe this flower as having J) petals* 



mens. 



^ . ^ — 



most petals. Bloss. yellow. 



Flower de luce. Water Fla± 



rivers, marshes, and wet meadows. 



h£ 



Yellow Flag. Banks of 



P. July.* 





I. Stem with 1 angle. 



foe'tida. 



* The juice of the fresh root is very acrid, and has been found to 

 produce plentiful evacuations from the bowels, after other powerful 

 means had Mltd.Bdin. Med. Ess. vol. v. art. 8. It may be given for this 

 purpose in doses of 8o drops, every hour or two ; but the degree of its 

 acrimony is so uncertain, that it can hardly ever come into general use. In 

 some cases it proves diuretic. The fresh roots have been mixed with the 

 food of swine bitten by a mad dog, and they escaped the disease, when 

 others bitten by the same dog died raving mad. The root loses most of 

 its acrimony by drying. Goats eat the leaves when fresh ; but cows, 

 horses, and swine refuse them: cows will eat them when dry. The 



roots arc used in the island of Jura to dye black. PcnnajirsTQw, 1772, 



