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THE BOOK OF THE IRIS 



Standards ^ in. broad, falls 



I in. or more broad, limb 



2j to 3 in. long, sheaths 



splitting into coarse fibres 18. I. LONGIPETALA 

 Standards minute | in. long, 



falls I in. broad . . 19. I. TRIPETALA 



II. LEAVES SWORD-SHAPED. 

 (Except in I. spuria.) 



* Stem only 3 to 4 in. long the 



only dwarf species in this set 20. I. MACULATA 

 ** Stem tall. 



j- Standards distinctly small. 

 Flowers lilac. 



Leaves glaucescent . 

 Leaves green . 

 Flowers yellow 

 ,, white 

 j-f Standards large, capsule not 



beaked. 



Falls spreading in the ex- 

 panded flower. 

 Colour fulvous brown simi- 

 lar to that of Hemero- 

 cillis fulva 



Colour white to deep purple 

 Falls recurved in the ex- 

 panded flower. 

 Perianth-tube very short. 

 Falls obovate - cuneate, 



claret purple 

 Falls with suborbicular 



blade, lilac 

 Perianth-tube \ in. long, 



21. I. HOOKERI 



22. I. SETOSA 



23. I. PSEUDACORUS 



24. I. TENUIS 



25. I. FULVA 



26. I. LAEVIGATA 



27. I. VERSICOLOR 



var. VIRGINICA 



