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high and more, bearing two or three flowers: the leaves nerved, sub- 

 falcated, obscurely curved on the outer edge: the lower petals con- 

 nate at the base : the claws of the larger ones thickish, with a thin 

 winged edge, an inch long, green on the outside, bearded within, 

 with white cilias, yellow at the top: border blunt, emarginate, an 

 inch wide, a little more in length, hanging down, white, striated near 

 the flexure: smaller petals oblong, from upright bent in with a reflex 

 margin, blunt, emarginate, white: claws thickish, attenuated, green- 

 ish. It is a native of the South of Europe, flowering in May and 

 June. 



The fourth species has the scape simple, striated, longer than the 

 leaves, a span in height, sustaining two or three flowers, sometimes 

 four: the leaves subfalcated, acute, striated, from erect patulous : 

 the petals violet-coloured, entire : capsule cylindric, with three 

 streaks. It is a native of Portugal, flowering in April and May, and 

 again in autumn, whence the name. 



The fifth has three or four large bright purple flowers, which 

 stand above each other, and have purplish sheaths : the three bend- 

 ing petals or falls are striped with white from the base to the end of 

 the beard: the capsules are large, blunt, and triangular. It flowers 

 at the end of May. Its native place is unknown. 



The sixth species has the scape striated, scarcely longer than the 

 leaves, a foot and more in height: leaves acute, striated, upright; the 

 lower ones the length of the scape, but the upper ones gradually 

 shorter: the flowers at the top of the scape divided, alternate, corn- 

 ing out successively, handsome, yellow, netted with black: the up- 

 per part of the stem is naked, and divides into three branches, each 

 of which has two or three flowers one above another: the three up- 

 right petals or standards are yellow, and the bending petals or falls 

 are variegated with purple stripes. It flowers in June, and is a na- 

 tive of Hungary. 



The seventh has the scape divided at top, larger than the leaves: 

 the leaves reflex-falcated, nerved, an inch wide : the flowers blue, 

 with the smaller petals quite entire, having an agreeable scent: the 

 stalks rise near four feet high, and divide into several branches, each 



