64 TKIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. [CL. III. 



the limb ; 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 Trichonema. 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, Dawlish, Devonshire. Eng. Bot. vol. xxxvi. pi. 2549. 

 Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 49. 67. 



5. I'BIS. IRIS. 



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

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

 flected ; 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 ; stigmas three, very large, resembling petals. Capsule 

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

 large. Named after the rainbow. 21. 



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



Inner segments of the corolla smaller than the stigmas. Root 



large, horizontal, fleshy, acrid : stem from two to four feet high : 

 leaves sword-shaped, erect, deep green : flowers yellow, three to- 

 gether 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 ex- 

 tremely 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. /. fcetidissima. 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. Peren- 

 nial : 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. Eng. Bot. vol. ix. 

 pi. 596. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 50. 69. 



6. SCHCE'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. Ger- 

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

 deciduous ; stigmas three, feathery. Seeds roundish, hard. 

 Named from schoinos, a cord. 22. 



\.S.nigricans. Black Bog -rush. Stem round ; spikes of flowers 

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



