a a a 



TOG 11UDE.E. (IKIS FAMILY.) 



at base, reflexed, 3-iobcd, the undiYidcd part oblong, wavy-margined, 

 the lateral lobes short, semi-oblong to linear, more or less falcate, the 

 terminal strap-shaped, longer than the rest of the flower, bifid, with 

 lobes entire or 2-3-toothed at tip -- ^lay -- Hillsides and grassy places; 

 near Aintab. 



10. Al^ACAMPTIS, Rich. Anacamptis. 



iSepals and petals spreading, nearly alike.* Labellum spreading, 

 nearly equally :MobGd, with a spur longer thau lobes and furnished 

 with 2 prominent, parallel lamellre. Column short, obtuse; beak 

 conical.' Anther adnate, with parallel cells, in one pouch. Pollinia 

 caudiculate, attached to a single, 2-lobed gland. Pouch one, 1-celled. 

 Ovary twisted — Tuberous herbs with aspect of Orchis. 



Fig. ?.5G. 

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4. i>yraiiii€lalis, L. 2X .5 to .0: stem 

 thick. Leaves linear-lanceolate, the upper 

 sheathing. Spike dense, conical-ovate to glo- 

 bular, at length cylindrical; bracts linear- 

 lanceolate, acute, pinkish, rather shorter than 

 ovary; flowers pink, .02 long including ovary ; 

 sepals ovate-lanceolate, .00(5 long; petals ob- 

 liquely ovate, .004 long; labellum trifid for 

 half its length into oblong, obtuse or truncate 

 lobes ; spur slender, as long as ovary or longer 



— Spring — Hillsides and woods; coast to Anacamptis pyramida- 



middle mouatdn zones. ','4-,air°V?"'SeiiK 



and spur. 



Order CVH. IRlDEiE, Lindley. (Iris Family). ' 



2Ierl)s^ %oith equitant^ %ran'ked leaves^ and regxilaT or 

 irregular^ 2?e7ifect, hracteate flowers : tJie divisions of the 6- 

 cleft or -parted^ lyetaloid j)erigonmm convolute in the hitd, 

 in tvjo sets, the t\d>e nearly or quite coherent with the S-celled 

 ovary ; stamens 3, distinct or raonadeljyhoics, inserted at 

 hase of exterior lobes of ])erigoniiim ; anthers extrorse. 

 Flowers generally sliowy, from a 2-leavecI spathe. Style 1. 

 Stigmas 3, simple, lobecl, or petaloid. Tod locnlicidal, many 

 ^seeded. Seeds anatropons ; embryo straight, in liesliy albu- 

 *men. Eoot-stocks or tubers mostly acrid. 



* Pcrigonhim regular. 

 t Styles 3, more or less united at base. 



1. IRIS. iStigmas dilated, petal-like, covering the stamens, witli a stigmatose, transverse 



line at lower surface. 



t t Style 1, filiform, stigmas 3, More or less lobed or dissected. 



2. CEOCUS. Branches of stigma 3, nearly entire, fringed, or dissected. 



3. ROMULEA. Stigmas 3, bilobcd, bifid, or bipartite. 



* * Perigonrnm irregular. Stamens one-sided, curved, 



4. fiLADIOLUrf . Style filiform ; stigmas 3, spaliiulate-dilated from a filiform base. 



