94 NEOPHYTON. 



Stigmas dilatate notched — in the ponds of high 

 Alleghanies, discovered by Mr. Carr on the 

 Pocono Mi, and brought by him to Bartrams 

 garden, where seen alive and compared w^ith /• 

 pseudacorus very akin, but w^ith bifid toothed 

 stigmas. 3 or 4 feet high, flowers small golden 

 yellow, the 3 inner petals shorter than stigmas, 

 equal to anthers,capsules oblong deeply sulcate. 



498. Iris fulva Mg. cuprea P. N. E. ru- 

 bescens Raf fl. lud, 56. This sp. of Louisiana 

 is easily known by its flowers of a coppery or 

 brick red color. I have seen it alive in gar- 

 dens since 1817 and ascertained that my I. ru- 

 bescens was only a var. of it with leaves rather 

 longer, and flowers darker brick red. Vernal. 



499. Iris lacustris Nut. Dwarfish creeping 

 stemless uniflore, leaves longer glaucous narrow 

 gladiate,spatha convolute lanceol. acum. shorter 

 than tube, petals beardless obovate subequal 

 3 patent spotted, 3 erect, stigmas shorter bifid 

 dentate — On Lake Erie &.c, disc, by Nuttal, 

 found by me again 1825 and seen also in gar- 

 dens, vernal in May. Scape only one inch 

 high, flower 3 to 4 inches long, tube rather lon- 

 ger than sepals, ftov/er with a faint iris smell, 

 of a violaceous color w ith a large saffron spot 

 on 3 petals and dark dots on the claws and base 

 of sepals. Leaves strait erect 6 to 10 inches 

 long, ofl;en marginated with white. My des- 

 cription is original and made on the living plants. 



500. Iris tripetala Walt. El. Hooker b. 

 mag. 2886. tridentata Pitrsh. A fine rare sp. 

 from Carolina and Florida, easily known by the 

 narrow leaves and 3 inner sepals very short 

 tridentate. Well described by Elliot and Hook- 

 er, my specimen is from ElHot ; the flower ap- 

 pears blueish, the 3 large sepals unguiculate, 

 end flabellate, the 3 smaller reflexed. 



