78 POISONOUS PLANTS OF ALL COUNTRIES 



IRIS PSEUDACORUS [British). 145. 



YELLOW IRIS — YELLOW FLAG FLEUR DE LUCE — JACOB'S 



SWORD — WATER FLAG. 



Iridacece. — Inner segments of perianth smaller than the 

 petaloid stigmas, the outer very broad. — Seeds angular. — 

 Watery places; common; 3-4 ft.; perennial; June; yellow. 



Toxic Principle.— IRIDIN. 



Where the hold sword-lily cuts the dear waters. 



Beowning: " Flight of the Duchess.'' 



IRIS FCETIDISSIMA [British). 146. 



STINKING IRIS — STINKING GLADWIN — ROAST-BEEF PLANT — 

 GLADER — GLAD IN — BLUE SEGGIN. 



Iridacece. — Inner segments of perianth spreading, outer nar- 

 row. — Seeds rounded; foetid. — Pastures and thickets; 1-2 ft.; 

 perennial; June-August; purple, sometimes yellow. — Seeds 

 orange. 



Toxic Principle. — IRIDIN. 



Before the sphinx the witched iris pales. 



R. M. Bloch: " A Beethoven Sonata.'' 



(1) IRIS FLORENTINA. 



(2) IRIS VARIEGATA. (3) IRIS AMCENA. 



(4) IRIS NEGLECTA. 



(5) IRIS RETICULATA. [Cultivated in Britain.) 



(1) FLORENTINE IRIS — ORIS ROOT PLANT — ORRICE ROOT PLANT. 

 (2) VARIEGATED IRIS. (3) DELICATELY TINTED IRIS. 



(4) GERMAN FLAG IRIS BROAD-LEAVED FLAG IRIS. 



(5) EARLY BULBOUS IRIS. 



(1) Iridacece. — Rhizome cylindrical; 12 ins.; rarely 

 branched; ringed. — Leaves sword-shaped; equitantly sheath- 

 ing below. — Flowering-stem much exceeding leaves ; branched ; 

 flowers solitary; terminal. — Fruit a capsule; 1 in.; 3-celled; 

 faintly triangular. — perennial. — May; white. 



Toxic Principle.— JRIDIN. 



