44 



TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



ipprop 



must 



wait until that species can be again examined. I suspect that the 3 in- 

 flexed segments of the corolla of this plant, have in a hastj examina- 

 tion been considered as 3 filaments, and the genus incorrectlj' referred 

 to He:iiundria. 



IXIA 



Corolla 6 -par tit 

 tens, teqiialis, tubo 



pa 



Corolla 6 parted, ex- 



pandin 



4. C 



tube straight 



qual, with the 



I. foliis lineari-subula- | Leaves linear, subulate, 



many times sliorter than 

 the one flowered scape. 



tis, scapo unifloro multi 

 toties brevioribus 



pi. 1. p. soo. 



Pursh, 1. p. 29. Bartram's Travels, p. 152. 

 an JriLPJ^"* f""""^ .V ^^'; ^"•■*'^™ ^^'^""^' t^^e savannahs of Florida 



?er ainJS "' •'/ ^''" Y^^^ f"^' ^"^ "^^^^^ ^'^^'^r can be en- 



Wn '^''^^''^'> although its station nmj not be accurately 



Flowers April— Maj. 



IRIS. Gen. pl. 97. 



THIS 



Corolla 6-partit 



laci- 



altcrnis reflexis 



&ligm(tta petalifoi 





Corolla 6 parted, al- 

 ternate segments reflex- 

 ed. 



tat a 



r 



4. Cristata. 



I. barbata, barba cris- 



petal 



Stigmas resembiin 



s. 



scapo subuniil 



Bearded, beard crest 



longjtudinefoliorum 



^j I 



imnibus tr _ 



subsequalibus 



p. 2^5. 



%^ 



ed 

 flowered 



5 



generally 



petalis 



as 



Sp. pi 



S 



petals neatly equal 



the 

 led; 



Mich. 1. p 22. Pursh, 1. p. 29. 

 1. verna, Walt. p. 67. 



r//oo< creeping. Stevi compressed 

 oa-e with ensiforra leavr^ £[1 .' *~r*, ""^^''^'•» "'g"? ciometi ai 

 pale blue, vellovk^ til l!" , n'-'f ?^^"^^ ^'''^""S' obtuse, entire, 

 ^ests/mlicad of a blir! ''•'"**' *'"''^^ longitudinal, undulated 



, msicaa ot a beard j interior j/efa/s a little narrower, entirelr 



2—4 



