278 BLUE AND PURPLE 



LARGER BLUE FLAG; FLEUR-DE-LIS: 



Blue Iris: Flower-de-luce. Iris versicolor. 



Iris Family. May — July. 



Found in swamps, on margins of ponds and 

 streams. Newfoundland to Manitoba and 

 southward. 

 Flowers — Violet-blue, the 3 outer divisions re- 

 curved, yellow at the base, veined with 

 purple; 1 or more flowers borne on 

 stem 2-3 feet high. 

 Leaves — Erect, sword-shaped. 



SLENDER BLUE FLAG: I. prismdtica. 



Flowers smaller than those of the preceding, 

 borne on slender stems. Leaves narrow, 

 grass-like. Marshes near the coast. Nova 

 Scotia to Georgia. 



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