48 TRIANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Iris. 



1. T. Bulbocodunn. Channel-leaved Tiichonema. 



Leaves linear, channelled, recurved, longer than die flower- 

 stalks. 



T. Bulbocodium. Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2. v. 1 . 82. 



Ixia Bulbocodium. Linn. Sp. PL 51. Willd. v. I. ]96. VahlEnum. 



V. 2. 50. Comp. 8. Engl. Bot. v. 36. t. 2549. Fl. Grac. v. 1 . 26. 



t.36. Jacq.Ic.Rar. t.27l. Curt. Mag. t. 265. Redout. Li- 



liac. t. 88. 

 Sisyrinchium Theophrasti. Column. Ecphr. 328. t. 327. 

 Crocus vernus. Ger. Em. 153. f. I, 2. 



On grassy hillocks in Guernsey. Mr. Gosselin. 



Perennial. March, April. 



Bulb ovate, with torn membranous coats, eatable. Leaves several, 

 spreading, 3 or 4 inches long. Fl. blue or purplish, ribbed, 

 varying to white or yellow, on simple or branched, sometimes 

 leafy, curved stalks. 



21. IRIS. Iris, or Flower-de-luce. 



Lmn.Gen.27. Juss.57. Fl. Br. 41. Tourn. t. 186— \88. Lam. 

 t33. Gcertn.t.lS. 



Nat. Ord. see n. 19. 



Cal. an inferior sheath, of 2 leafy valves. Cor. superior ; 3 

 outer segments largest, rounded, reflexed, opposite to, 

 and appHed underneath, the stigmas; sometimes hairy 

 above : inner erect, narrow : all united by a firm thick 

 base. Filain. awl-shaped, lying on the larger segments. 

 Anth. oblong, depressed. Germ, oblong, with 3 furrows. 

 Style short, thread-shaped. Stigm. 3, equal, dilated, and 

 of the texture of petals, two-lipped ; upper lip cloven, 

 erect; lower minute; with a clett between them to re- 

 ceive the pollen. Caps, angular, of 3 cells and 3 valves. 

 Seeds numerous, 2-ranked, globular, or angular from 

 pressure. 



Perennial smooth herbs, with a tuberous, sometimes bul- 

 bous, root. Stem leafy below, erect, round. Leaves 

 sheathing, mostly sword-shaped. Fl. several, large, pur- 

 ple, blueish, or yellow. 



1. I. Pseud- acorns. Yellow Water Iris. 



Corolla beardless ; inner segments smaller than the stigmas. 

 Leaves sword-shaped. Seeds angular. 



I. Pseud-acorus. iwm. S'p. P/. 56. JVilld. v. I. 232. VahlEnum. 

 i;.2. 138. Fl. Br. 41. Engl. Bot. v. 9, t. 578. Curt.Lond.fasc.S. 



