IRIS FAMILY. Jridaceas. 



A slender-stemmed species with very 

 Bi^" R narrow grasslike leaves,, and a smaller 



jrls flower with generally narrower propor- 



prismatira tions, and an extremely short tube, but a 



Violet=blue ^^^^ slender stem proceeding from smaller 

 May-June bracts or leaflets. The fruit capsule nar- 



rowly three-lobed and angular. This species is mainly 

 found near the coast in brackish swamps, or wet grounds. 

 1-3 feet high. Me. to Penn. and N. Car. 



A usually one-flowered, small, slendfM-- 

 Irisverna stemmed species with grasslike leaves 



VioIet=blue scarcely over seven inches long, the flower 

 and yellow with the three principal divisions nar- 

 April-May rowed toward the base, slightly woolly, 

 and deep gold yellow at the narrowing part. Some- 

 times the flowers are white. The fruit capsule is ol)- 

 tusely triangular and short. 4-8 inches high. ( )ii 

 wooded hillsides, from south Penn. to Ga. and K}-. 



A lance-shaped leaf tapering at both 

 Dwarf Iris ends distinguishes this species from all 



Iris crlstatn others ; the leaf is bright green, 4-9 inches 

 Light Violet long, and about ^ inch wide. The flowers , 

 ^" ~ ^^ are very light violet with the broad outer i 

 divisions crested; i. e., they are marked with three 

 raised parallel flutings along the centre, the middle one 

 of which is orange j^ellow. The flower is exceedingly 

 delicate in color and dainty in form. The fruit capsule 

 is sharply triangular and ovate in outline, hardly twice 

 as long as it is wide. 3-6 inches high. It is a very 

 dwarf plant common on the hillside and along streams, 

 from Md. south to Ga., and west to southern Ind. and 

 Mo. 



g . A Chinese plant escaped from cultiva- 



Lily tion, similar to the iris, but much more 



Belamcanda branched. The leaves flat and light green, 

 Chinensis like those of the iris, the perfect flowers 



Golden orange, ^^,.^j^ ^^^ ^^^^^ divisions of a hght golden 

 niagenta= , ° ^^ 



spotted orange color mottled with dull magenta 



August- spots. Three prominent stamens. Sev- 



September eral flowers in bloom at once. The fruit * 

 capsule is fig-stiaped, 1 inch long, and when the scales or 1 



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