408 84. 



Anth. bursting outwards. Ovary inferior, 3-celled. Style]. 

 Stigmas 3, dilated, often like petals. Caps. 3-celled, 3-valved; 

 valves bearing- the dissepiments in the middle. Seeds many. 

 Embryo cylindrical, enclosed in horny or fleshy albumeu. Ka- 

 dicle pointing towards the hile. 



1. SISYRINCHIUM. Perianth 6-cleft ; segments nearly equal, 

 patent. Style short. Stigmas 3, rolled inwards, filiform. 

 Filaments connate below. 



2. IRIS. Perianth 6-cleft ; alternate segments reflexed. 

 Stigmas 3, like petals, covering the stamens. 



3. GLADIOLUS. Perianth irregular, 6-cleft, 2-lipped ; seg- 

 ments unequal. Style filiform. Stigmas 3, widening up- 

 wards. Seeds more or less winged. 



4. ROMULEA. Perianth regular, 6-cleft; segments spreading. 

 Style filiform. Stigmas 3, bifid; lobes slender. 



5. CROCUS. Perianth regular, funnelshaped with a long tube; 

 limb bellshaped. Style filiform. Stigma 3-fid or 3-parted ; 

 lobes widening upwards. 



1. SISYKIN'CHIUM Linn. 



1. S. angustifolium (Mill.) ; scape 2-edged nearly simple 

 nearly leatiess, spath 1 6-flowered falling short of the fl., seg- 

 ments of perianth emarginate mucronate [Caps, globular-trigonous] 

 Sy. E. B. 1491. S. Bermudianum (L.) ed. viii. Redoute LiL 

 v. 2d2. St. about 1 foot high. L. grasslike. Spath with about 

 equal lanceolate valves, falling short of the fl. in my Irish speci- 

 mens. Perianth blue ; segments narrowed below. Kerry, 

 Cork, Clare, and Galway. P. VII. I. 



f2. S. californ'icum (Alton) ; scape simple compressed broadly 

 winged leafless, spath erect outer valve about equalling the fl. sheathing 

 connate at the base 3 5-flowered, per.-segm. oval narrowing below, caps, 

 ellipsoidal-trigonous. J. of _B. xxxiv. (1896) p. 494, t. 364. Scapes 

 usually 2. Per. yellow (becoming orange) with dark veins. Marsh, 

 Kosslare, Wexford. Rev. E. S.Marshall. Status uncertain. P. VI. I. 



2. I'EIS Linn. Plag. 



1. /. Pseud-ac' orus (L.) ; 1. swordshaped,st. roundish, perianth 

 beardless its inner segments narrower and falling short of the 

 stigmas. E. B. 678. St. terete, 25 feet high. Fl. yellow, 

 or in /. Bastardi (Bor.) fl. pale lemon-coloured. Caps, oblong, 

 trigonous, apiculate, a ; outer perianth-segrn. uniform clear 

 yellow with broadly obovate blade and rather short claw, stigm. 



