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Plants whofe flower is confpicuous, and of an irregular frruéture ; whofe 
leaves are graffy, and whofe roots are not bulbous. 
HESE are diftinguifhed by Nature as perfectly as the preceding from all other plants. Their 
leaves have the afpect of thofe of the bulbous tribe ‘but their roots are either mafly and ir- 
regular, or formed of double parts, or of implicated fibres, rifing from a thick head. 
This diftin&tion of Nature Ray and others have followed, calling them herbe bulbofis affines, and 
keeping them together in one clafs. But Linnzus has fcattered them over different parts of his works, 
taking his charaéters not from thefe larger parts, but from the threads in the flower. 
SEHSHGH SPEECH SG eo aD 
SecE SReeslome = Sc 1: 
Britisu GENERA. 
Thofe of which one or more fpecies ate found wild in this country. 
G EwN-—v Ss I, 
FLAG-FLOWER. 
IT Reds: 
PPE root is mafly and irregular. The leaves are edged as fwords. The flower is formed of 
one petal, divided into fix parts: three of thefe ftand outward, and turn back; and the other 
three are placed inward, and are creé&t. The feed-veffel is oblong, and angulated. 
Linnzus places this among the ¢riaadria monogynia, the filaments in the flower being three, and the 
ftyle fingle. 
Dele Vales sl OaNe I. BRITT SH SP Cris: 
1, Common Flag-Flower. 
Iris lutea vulgaris. 
The root is brown, thick, and creeping. 
The leaves are very long, fomewhat broad, of 
a pale green, edged on each fide, and fharp- 
pointed. 
The ftalk is a yard high, of a pale green, and 
befec with a few fhorter leaves. 
The flowers are large and yellow. 
It is common by water, and flowers in July, 
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C. Bauhine calls it Acorus adulterinus. Others, 
ris paluftris lutea. 
The dried roots are diuretick, and good againft 
obftructions of the vifcera. 
2. Whitith Flag-Flower, 
Iris pallidior. 
‘The root is thick, and fpreads irregularly un- 
der the furface, 
The 
