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The fourth species rises with a strong stalk from three to 

 four feet high : the leaves are broad; the flowers dark purple, with 

 some spots of black; they are produced in loose spikes, appear in 

 June, and have a disagreeable odour when near, but not so offensive 

 as the seventh sort: the bulb is, according to Martyn, composed of 

 lanceolate, yellow, loose scales, with thick, long, whitish fibres at 

 bottom : the stem straight, round, shining, from a foot and a half to 

 four feet in height, at the top of the bulb furnished with rooting fibres 

 in whorls, pale green at bottom, the rest having black spots scat- 

 tered over it; above and below the leaves are scattered, but in the 

 middle they are in whorls; lanceolate, acute, somewhat nerved, quite 

 entire, subpetioled; the stem terminates in a loose raceme, many- 

 flowered, few-flowered, or sometimes one-flowered only: the pedun- 

 cles purple, dotted with black, with lanceolate sharp bractes, two to 

 the lower, and one to the upper flowers: the petals purple or pale, 

 more or less spotted with black on both sides, the three outer hirsute, 

 with a raised line along the middle. It is a native of the south of 

 Europe, &c. 



It varies with white flowers, with double flowers, with red flowers 

 and hairy stalks, and with imperial divided stalks. 



The fifth species has a pretty large yellow scaly root, from which 

 arises an upright stalk nearly three feet high, with long narrow leaves, 

 almost triangular, having a longitudinal ridge on their under side ; 

 they are deep green, and terminate in acute points; the upper part 

 of the stalk divides into four or five peduncles, each sustaining a 

 single flower of a fine carmine colour, with a few dark spots scattered 

 over it; they appear in July, and, when the season is not hot, con- 

 tinue a considerable time in beauty. It is a native of the Pyre- 

 nees, &c. 



It varies with double red flowers, with white flowers, with double 

 white flowers, with red spotted flowers, with white spotted flowers, 

 with yellow flowers, with yellow spotted flowers, with early scarlet 

 flowers, and the Major Scarlet Pompony. 



The sixth species is from three to four feet in height; the leaves 

 are much broader than those of the fifth sort, and appear as if they 



