ORD. XLVII. ENSATZ. . 
(From ¢ ensis, a Sword. ) 
Plants with leaves shaped like a two-edged sword, broad and em- 
bracing the stem at the base, and ac tapering toa 
pee at = apes, 7 
IRIS FLORENTINA. == —s FLORENTINE ORRIS, or IRIS. 
SYNONY MA. Iris florentina. Pharm. Lond. & Edinb, Gerard. 
£mace. p. 52. Tris alba florentina. Bauh. Pin. p.31. Park. 
Perad. p. 180. Iris flore albo. J. Bauh. Hist. ii..719. Raii 
Hist. p. 1180. Spec. 2. - Iris barbata foliis ensiformibus glabris 
brevioribus, scapo subbifloro. _ Thunb. Diss. de Iride. n. 5. 
Yeus ‘IAAvenn, Dioscor. et Grec. 
Class Triandria. Ord, Monogynia. LL. Gen. Plant. 59. 
Ess. Gen. Ch. Cor. 6-petala, inzqualis, petalis alternis geniculato- ~ 
patentibus. Stigmata petaliformia, cucullato-bilabiata. 
Thunb. Diss. de Iride. 
Cor. 6-partita: Petalis alternis reflexis. Stigmata petaliformia. Lin, 
Sp. Ch. I. corollis barbatis, caule foliis altiore subbifloro, floribus 
sessilibus, 
