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stigmas orange, truncate, corm small, enclosed in a fibrous 
envelope ; Pyrenees. 
2. io lee AL. 
Flowers regular, enclosed in a green or brown spathe; 
sepals usually larger than the petals, all brightly coloured; 
stigmas 3, petaloid, bifid at the apex, arching over the 
stamens ; leaves chiefly radical, ensiform, springing from 
a fleshy rhizome. 
A. Sepals bearded on the inside:—J/. germanica, L., 
Purple Flag; flowers large, several on a stem, nearly 
sessile, sepals chiefly blue, reflexed, filaments as long as 
the anthers; rocks and walls; Southern Switzerland, 
Pyrenees. J. pallida, Lam.; stem bearing several flowers, 
sepals violet, stem longer than the leaves; Western 
Switzerland, Tirol. J. vtvescens, Red.; fiowers whitish- 
yellow, tube of perianth enclosed in the spathe, stem 
longer than the leaves; rocks; Sion. J. pumila, L.; 
tube of perianth much longer than the spathe, stem 2-4 
in., shorter than the leaves, flowers variable in colour; 
Southern Tirol. 
&. Sepals not bearded on the inside :—J/. Pseudacorus, 
L., Yellow Flag; flowers yellow, sepals recurved, striped 
with brown, petals very small and narrow; by water, 
frequent. J/. szbzrtca, L.; flowers violet, petals larger 
than the stigmas, stem 13-3 ft., longer than the leaves, 
cylindrical; damp meadows; Switzerland (rare), Jura, 
Tirol, Piedmont, Lombardy, Pyrenees. JZ. graminea, L.; 
flowers violet, petals larger than the stigmas, stem 6-9 in., 
shorter than the narrowly lanceolate leaves, 2-edged ; 
Ticino (rare), Vosges, Pyrenees. 
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