64 TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. f^CL. III. 



anthers large, oblong. Style longer than the stamens ; stigmas 

 three, equal, spreading, divided to the base. Capsule roundish. 

 Seeds round. Named from thrix, a hair, and nema, a filament. 20. 

 1. T. Bulbocodium. Channelled Trichtmema. Leaves linear, chan- 

 nelled, curved back, longer than the flower-stalks. Bulb egg-shaped : 



flowers pale purple. Perennial : flowers in March and April : grows on 

 grassy hillocks : very rare. Guernsey and Jersey. The Warren, Daw- 

 lish, Devonshire. Eng. Bot. vol. xxxvi. pi. 2549. Eng. Ft. vol. i. 

 p. 49. 67. 



5. I'RIS. IRIS. 



Calyx a sheath of two leaf-like permanent bracteas. Corolla 

 superior, with six divisions, the three outer larger, rounded, 

 reflected ; the three inner erect, narrow. Filaments awl-shaped, 

 lying on the reflected segments. Anthers oblong, depressed. 

 Germen inferior, oblong, three-sided, with three furrows. Style 

 short j stigmas three, very large, resembling petals. Capsule ob- 

 long, angular, three-celled, three-valved. Seeds numerous, 

 large. Named after the rainbow. 21. 



1. I. Pseuddcorus. Yellow-Iris, Water-Flag, or Flower-de-luce. Inner 

 segments of the corolla smaller than the stigmas. Root large, horizon- 

 tal, fleshy, acrid : stem from two to four feet high : leaves sword-shaped, 

 erect, deep green : flowers yellow, three together on the top of the stem, 

 the large segments lined with dark purple. Perennial : flowers in June 

 and July : grows in marshy places, and by the sides of streams and 

 lakes, generally in extensive patches, which, in the Hebrides and the 

 North of Scotland, are much frequented by the Corn Crake : frequent. 

 The whole plant is extremely harsh to the taste, but cattle do not refuse 

 the dried leaves. The root has been recommended for alleviating the 

 pain of tooth-ache, and is used for dyeing black in the Hebrides. The 

 leaves make excellent thatch ; and are also employed for making 

 bottoms to chairs. Dr. George Johnstone says the roasted seeds make 

 an excellent substitute for coffee. Eng. Bot. vol. ix. pi. 578. Eng. Fl. 

 vol. i. p. 49. 68. 



2. /. faRtidissima. Stinking Iris. Stem with one angle. Stem 



about two feet high, cylindrical, but angular on one side: leaves 

 sword-shaped, dull green, when bruised emitting a smell like rancid 

 bacon : flowers dull purplish grey, with darker lines. Perennial : 

 flowers in June and July : in all the south-western counties of England, 

 very common, particularly about Teignmouth, on hedge-banks and 

 sloping ground. Common in Ireland. Eg. Bot. vol. ix. pi. 596. Eng. 

 Fl. vol. i. p. 50. 



6. SCH(E'NUS. BOG-RUSH. 



Calyx a chaff-scale. Corolla none. Spikes of a few flowers, 

 together with numerous empty, crowned chaff-scales, arranged 

 in two rows. Filaments hair-like; anthers linear, erect. Germen 

 superior, more or less triangular. Style hair-like, simple, de- 

 ciduous-, stigmas three, feathery. Seeds roundish, hard. 

 Named from schoinos, a cord. 22. 



1 . S. Htgricans. Black Bfig-rush. Stem round ; spikes of flowers 

 forming a roundish head, overtopped by one of the two floral leaves. 

 Root of very long fibres, forming a thick tuft : stem about a foot 



