No. 17] FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS 121 
DIOSCOREACEAE. -Yam Family. 
DIOSCOREA L. Wild Yam. 
Dioscorea villosa L. 
Throughout the state in open woods. Tishomingo Co.; Ok- 
olona; New Albany; Oxford; Jackson. May. 
Geol. Survey Herb. 
IRIDACEAE. Iris Family. 
IkIS L. 
Iris versicola L. Blue Flag. 
Throughout the state in marshy ground. Tunica. April- 
May. 
Geol. Surv. Herb. 
Iris hexigona Walt. (I. Virginica Michx.) ‘Southern Blue Flag. 
Marshes in the coastal zone. April. 
Iris verna L. Dwarf Iris. 
Very common in southern pine belt. Lost Gap; Collins; 
Wayne Co.; Jones Co. March-April. 
Geol. Survey Herb. 
Iris cristata Ait. Crested Iris. 
Wet seeps on limestone ledges of the Tennessee River. Tish- 
omingo Co. Pontotoc; Ripley; Fulton; Grenada. April 
Geol. Survey Herb. 
GEMMINGIA Fabr. 
Gemmingia Chinensis (l.) Kuntze |B.elameanda Chinensis (L.) 
D.C.|] Blackberry Lily (Int.) 
Common. about homesteads and roadsides. Oxford; Utiea. 
July. 
Geol. Survey Herb. 
SISYRINCHIUM L. Blue-eyed Grass. 
Sisyrinchium flexile Bicknell. 
Along the coast (Small.) Spring. 
