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1. IRfS. Fleur-de-lis. Flag. 



Mostly stroiii: plants, with rhizomes or tubers: flowers mostly Large and 

 showy, the three outer segments recurving :m<l the three inner ones usually 

 smaller and more erecl or sometimes incurving: the three long divisions of 

 the style petal-like and often more or less hairy, covering the stamens: 

 stigma on the under side of the stj le: leaves long and sword-shaped. Se\ era I 

 wild ami many cultivated species. The following species have rhizome-. 



a. Flow* rs yt How. 

 I. Pseudacorus, Linn. Common yellow flag. One to 3 ft., with several 

 flowered, often branching stamens: outer divisions of the perianth with no 

 hair- or crests: flowers bright yellow. Europe. 



aa. Flowers in shades of blut (sometimes varying /(> whiU I. 



I. versicolor, Linn. Common wild blue flag. Two to :: ft., stout: leaves 

 %-in. wide, flat: flowers about '' In. Long, short-stalked, violet-blue, the tube 



shorter than the ovary, the inner petals small 

 and the outer ones with DO hair-. Swamps. 



I. laevigata, Pisch. & Mey. </. Kampferi, 

 sieii.i. ,/,ij>.i,i iris. Two to '' feet, the stem 

 much overtopping the thin, broad leaves: flowi rs 



i W i i... aa \ .Mm-. 



. I i'i i i.i refracta 



137. I ii- Germanics 



large (sometimes several Inches across), Bat, the Inner lobes spreading, the 

 outer one- verj Large and rounded, with no hair- rests: color mostly ill 



shade- of blue and purple, .lapan; now one of the choicest of garden Irises. 



I. Germanic a, Linn. Common blu< flag of gardens i sometimes run- wild). 



Fig. 137. Two to 3 feet, with long sword Bhaped leaves: flower- few or 



i ral to each stem, sboui 3 to I In. aero--, the drooping outer segments 



with yellow hairs, the Inner segments erecl and arching inward-. Europe. 



2, CROCUS. Cboi ' -. 



Small. BtemleSS plant-, tie- long tubed Mower- and the L'ra-s like |l 



arising directlj from the coated to: flowers with the 6 obovate divisions 



all alike and erect spreading or the i ironesn little the smaller, opening 



onlj in Bunshine. The following, fi Europe, blooms In earliesl sprli 



C. vermis, Linn. Common crocus, l Leaves 2-4 to each flower, 



glaucous on the under side: flower rising little above the ground; color In 

 Bhadee of lilac and rariouslj striped, -one time- win - 



