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

 limb bellshaped. Stigma 3-fid or 3-parted ; lobes widening 

 upwards. 



1. SISYRINCHIUM Linn. 



1. S. anceps (Lam.) ; scape 2-edged nearly simple nearly leaf- 

 less, spath about 4-flowered "longer than the flowers/' segments 

 of perianth emarginate mucronate. Redoute Lil. v. 282. St. 

 about 1 foot high. L. grasslike. Spath with lanceolate valves, 

 falling short of the fl. in my Irish specimens. Perianth blue ; 

 segments narrowed below. Woods near Woodford, Galway. 

 Mr. Jas. Lynam. P. VII. I. 



2. IRIS Linn. Flag. 



1. /. Pseud-acorns (L.) ; 1. swordshaped, st. roundish, perianth 

 beardless its inner segments narrower and falling short of the 

 stigmas. E. B. 578. R. ix. 344. Fl. yellow. Caps, oblong, 

 trigonous, apiculate. Wet places. P. VI. VII. Yellow Flag. 



2. I.f(Etidissima(L.); 1. swordshaped, st. compressed, peri- 

 anth beardless its inner segments about equalling the stigmas. 

 E. B. 596. R. ix. 347. Herb green, not glaucous, yielding an 

 unpleasant smell when bruised. Fl. lead-coloured or bluish, 

 rarely yellow. Woods and thickets. P. V. VII. Gladdon. 



[*I. tuberosa (L.) ; 1 tetragonal, segments of the perianth 

 acute, root tuberous. Penzance. Cork. E. B. S. 2818.J 



3. TRICHONEMA Ker. 



1. T. Columnce (R.) ; scape 1-flowered usually solitary slightly 

 nodding, 1. filiform compressed furrowed recurved, spath ex- 

 ceeding the tube of the cor., style falling short of the stam., 

 stigmas bifid. E. B. 2549. E.ix. 354. T. Bulbocodium Sin. 

 A small bulbous plant not more than 4 in. high. Fl. pale purple 

 or violet, yellow in the lower part within. Sandy places. Daw- 

 liih Warren, Devon. Jersey and Guernsey. P. III. IV. E. 



4. CROCUS Linn. 



* Scapes enveloped in a tubular sheath. 



*1. C. vernus (Willd.) ; 1. and fl. at the same time, spath 

 simple, throat of the cor. fringed with hairs, stigma shortly 3-fid, 

 lobes erect wedgeshaped jagged at the end, bulb clothed with 

 slender anastomosing fibres. E. B. 344. Fl. violet-purple. 

 Near Nottingham ; and Mendham, Suff. P. III. E. 



[C. sativus (L.) ; 1. succeeding the fl., spath double, throat 



