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TRIANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 



2. Ccsrxilea. Stem setaceous; leaves minute, subu- 

 late; flowers disposed in a bifid spike or cyme, some- 

 times* simplv in i;airs, or in still sn)aUer plants solitary^ 

 coloured blue; tlie winged ma; gins of the capsule partly 

 cuneate, truncate at the summit. 



Burmannia bifiora. L. Tripterella ccerulea of Muh- 

 lenberg's Catalogue, and M Elliot's "Sketches of the 

 Botany of South Carolina anc Georgia,*' p. 43. 



Obs. Tliis genus appears to be scarcely distinct from 

 Smincmnia, but seems to dilier in the defect of 3 of the 

 stamens, and the situation of the capsule below the calix. 



Near the margin of sandy ponds, from Florida to Vir- 

 ginia. (Scarce.) Flowering nearly the whole year. 



33. IXIA. i. 



Spatha 2-3 valved, ovate, short. Corolla 6- 

 parted tubulose; tube somewhat slender, with the 

 style and stamina straight; border nearly sal- 

 ver-shaped, divisions sub-elliptic, flat. Stig^ 

 ma almost iilitorm. (Filaments including the 

 style; mostly connate.) 



Species. 1. / calestina. A very scarce plant, and of a 

 doubtUil genus; discovered in Florida by Mr. Barlram. 



Obs. The whole of this genus, with the exception of 

 the present species, the /. Chine7isis, and the /. JBulbocd^ 

 (hum of Europe, is peculiar to the Cape of Good Hope. 



34. IRIS. (Flag, Flower de luce.) 



Corolla 6-parted, large; three of the lamina 

 erect; the other 3 reflected, with or without a 

 crest or beard on the inner side, and bearing 

 the stamina at their base. Stijle short; stig- 

 mata 3 petaloid, oblong, large, usually arched. 

 Stamina incumbent, covered by the stigmata. 

 Capsule 3-celled, 3-vaIved, many-seeded. Seeds 

 flat, triangular; (in some species nearly round 

 or spherical.) 



Flowers terminal, solitary, or alternately disposed upon 

 a scape; spatha 1 or more flowered; scape often com- 

 pressed. Root a simple or double bulb; mostly an hori- 

 zontal tuber. The genus Ms is remarkable for producing 

 ^t, ensiform or sword-stiaped leave» with sheathing mi^r* 



