rorri-AU fi.oija. 



2 19 



Ptrianth irregularly 6.ctoft ; 3 of tho lobes ftrched niul makini^ an upper lip, tlio 3 

 lower iiiort) H])! ending', yellow, orange, or retldish, Stem rising from n conn, ami 



bearing many tlowt-r.H in a i-Hidoil spike, 



(fi7(«. //..///.<) •Coun-Flao. 



Periantii 6 cleft ; the divisions of two kinds, tlio 3 outer recurved or .sprea<ling, tlie 3 

 inner alternate with the olliers, HUialler, erect, ami differently shaped : stignnin 

 3, petal-lik", one before «ucli erect stamen. (Jenerally with thick creeping root- 

 stocks, 



I'erinnth with a slender tube, rising (with the linear flat leaves) from a corni or solid 



(Ii'h) Ibh. 



bulh (Fi^ 



tlie .summit divided into '> rnimdisli, I'lpial, cret^t, or barely 



fijiniidiiig divisions: sti-^'inas 3, thick and wedge-shai»ed, somewhat fringe- 



toothed. Fl. in early sprin; 



((JriK'ux) *Choci*s. 



Fl( 



-de-Li 



Iris A 



lower- 

 * Common cultivaked species in gardfus : outer divisjon-i of the perianth with a boarded crest. 



1. t'oMMo.v Ims. Flower.i several on a stem, i' to 3' 'ni;,di, and niucli 1 anger than the sword« 



shaped leaves, lii,'lit blue or purpli>. /. sniiihiinitd, 



2. DwAKK (Jaiujkn Ikis. Flowers close to the ground, hardly exceeding the sword-ahaped leaves, 



viulet-puri»le, the divisions obovate, the 3 outer ncurvL-d. I'l. in early spring. /. pumiln, 



* * Wild species. 



3. CnKSTRD DWAltF IlUS. TiOW and almost stendess, from rcotstocks siireadini* on tbc ground ; 



leaves short ; tlower pale liliie. tiie tulie thread-sliaped (j' lon;:i and lonj^er llian the sputnlato 

 divisions, the three outer divisions with a l)eardles8 crest. FI. spring. S. and NV., and in 

 sonie gai'deiis. 7. cristiitu. 



4. LAluiKK I. or I'l.L'K-Fl.An. .Stem stout, 1° to 3"' higli, bearing sever.al crestless and beardless 



l)urplo-blue and variegated tlowers, tiieir inner divisions much snudler tiian tho outer ; leaves 

 sword-sliaped, ;|' wide. Wet places ; flowering in late sprini,'. I. rcrairofni; 



5. .Sl.KNDKlt I. or lil.UK-Fl.AC;. Stem slender; leaves narrowly linear (j' wide), and tlower smaller 



thtiu iu No. 4: otlierwise much like it. AVet plaocij, E. /. Vinjinica, 



102. ORCHIS FAMILY. Order ORCHTDACE.E. 



lMants\vitli iiit\L,nil;u';ui(l ul'tcii .-^iiimil;ii-sli;i|uMl tlowcis, tlic ]ieriaiitli staii«liiv_r as it woro 

 on the uvaiy, as in llic two pri'ce<lin!j; orders ; but remaikalilr t'i>r liavin^Lj the stamens, 

 only one or two, united witli the style or stiL,'ina. This may lie-t he seen in the Lady's 

 Slippkh, of wliiih we liave three or I'oiu' (•omnu)n >iieiii's : the slipper is one id" tlni 

 jietals, in the I'orm of a sac. The flowers of various .sorts of Orchis are striking un<l 

 peculiar ; hut tlie family is too (lillicult for the younu' heyinner, and therefoie tlie kin<ls 

 are not desorihed here. Fig. 69 rei»resent.s two air-plants of this family, belonoing to 

 tropical countries. 



III. <*liiiiia('ooiis IH vision. 



103. RUSH FAMILY. Order JUXCACE.E. 



The true Rashos are known by liaving tlowers with a regular perianth, which, although 



glunmceoii.s, i.e.., like the chaffy scale.s or Im.sks of Gras.se.><, is of 6 regular parts, like a calyx, 



enclosing 6 (or sometimes 3) stamens, and a triangular ovary. This bears a style ti]i[)e(l 



with 3 stigmas, and in fruit becomes a 3-seeded or many-seeded t>od. There are two 





