56 Notes on some of the 



colour, but sometimes red, pink, yellow, and even 

 white. Berries purple. This is an ornamental plant, 

 frequently found in gardens : but it will not bear handling 

 on account of a disagreeable dog-like scent. Gi-ows very 

 commonly in this neighbourhood, especially on the steep 

 banks of the St. Lawrence. 



Trillium grandiflorum— Salisb. Large- flowered 



Trillium. 



" Peduncle inclined. Flower somewhat erect. Petals spathulate-lanceolate, 

 connivent at the base, much longer than the calyx. Leaves broadly 

 rhomboid-ovate." 



A beautiful perennial herbaceous plant, having much 

 the habit of the preceding one. Petals large, white, 

 changing gradually to red. Berries dark purple. Grows 

 on Montreal Mountain. 1 have not observed it in this 

 neighbourhood. This showy plant ought to be more 

 generally introduced into flower gardens. The whole of 

 this genus is now in great request in Britain. 



IRIDE^.— Ventenat. 

 IRIS,—L. 



Iris versicolor — L. Various-coloured Iris. Common Flag. 



" Floiwers beardless. Stem terete, more or less flexuose. Germen 

 somewhat triangular. Leaves ensiform." 



A herbaceous perennial plant, about two feet high.— 

 Flowers three or four at the summit. Petals purple and 

 blue, inner ones paler. Leaves about three quarters of an 

 inch wide, and generally equaling the stem in height. This 

 is the common Iris of our brooks and swamps. 



