AMONG THE WILD FLOWERS. 
197 
is not truly a corolla, 
but a 6-parted peri- 
anth, the 3 outer seg- 
ments of which are 
larger and_ reflexed, 
the 3 inner ones erect 
and... narrow; the 3 
stigmas widen upwards 
so as to resemble pe- 
tals, and arch over the 
3 stamens. The Iris 
gives name to the 
Nat. Ord. Ir1mpDAce, 
to which the Crocus 
genus also belongs. 
It may seem late now 
to mention the Crocus, 
its gay blooms being so 
much associated with 
spring ; but there is an 
autumnal species, Cvo- 
cus nudiflorus, whose 
time for sending up its 
purple flowers, unac- 
companied by any leaf, 
is September. Mea- 
gr ie a 
