No. 14.] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. I27 



HYPOXIS L. Star Grass. 



Hypoxis hirsuta (L.) Coville (hair}^). 

 Hypoxis ere eta L. 

 Yellow-eyed Grass. Star Grass. 



Common. Dry or moist, open or shaded ground. May — 

 Oct. 



IRIDACEAE. IRIS FAMILY. 



IRIS L. Fleur-de-lis. 



Iris versicolor L. (of various colors). 



Larger Blue or Poison Flag. Fleur-de-lis. Iris. Vegetable 



Mercury. 



Common. Swamps and wet meadows. Mid-May — July. 



The rhizome and roots are poisonous and medicinal and are 

 officinal. There have been cases of serious poisoning due to 

 mistaking the roots for those of Sweet Flag. 



Iris prismatica Pursh (prism-shaped). 

 Slender Blue Flag. 



Frequent on and near the coast in swamps, meadows and 

 borders of salt marshes ; rarely seen farther inland. June — 

 mid-July. 



Iris pseudacorus L. (false Acorus). 

 Yellow Iris. 



Rare. Escaped from gardens to marshes and low grounds : 

 Norwich (Mrs. E. E. Rogers), Madison (Miss Roberts), East 

 Haddam (Dr. E. J. Thompson), Stratford (Mrs. R. H. Rus- 

 sell), Fairfield (Fames). Alid-May — June. Adventive from 

 Europe. 



Iris orientalis Mill, (of the Orient). 



Rare. Escaped from cultivation to marshes : Stratford, 

 many plants growing with Iris pseudacorus (Mrs. R. H. Rus- 

 sell). Late May — June. Adventive from Asia. 



Iris germanica L. 

 Fleur-de-lis. 



Rare. Escaped from gardens to roadsides and fence-rows : 

 Oxford (Harger), Fairfield (Fames). May — June. Adven- 

 tive from Europe. 



