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4 . Crocus. Perianth regular, f unnelshaped wi th a long tube ; 

 limb bellshaped. Stigma 3-fid or 3-parted; lobes widening 

 upwards. 



1 . SiSYRiNCHiUM Linn. 



1. S. oKceps (Lam.); scape 2-edged nearly simple nearly leaf- 

 less, spath about 4-flovvered "longer than the flowers," segments 

 of perianth emarginate mucronate. — Redonte Lil. v. 282. — St. 

 about 1 foot high. L. grasUike. Spath with lanceolate valves, 

 falUng short of the fl. in my Irish specimens. Perianth blue ; 

 segments narrowed below. — Woods near Woodford, Galway. 

 Mr. Jas. Lynam. P. VII. I. 



2. Iris Linn. Flag. 



1. /. Pseud-acorus (L.); 1. swordshaped, st. roundish, perianth 

 beardless its inner segments narrower and falling short of the 

 stigmas. — E. B. 578. R. ix. 344. — Fl. yellow. Caps, oblong, 

 trigonous, apiculate. — Wet places. P. VI. VII. Yellow Flag. 



2. I.f(etidissim,a(L.); 1. swordshaped, St. compressed, peri- 

 anth beardless its inner segments about equalling the stigmas. 

 — E. B. 696. R. ix. 347. — Herb green, not glaucous, yielding an 

 unpleasant smell when bruised. Fl. lead-coloured or bluish, 

 rarely yellow. — Woods and thickets. P. V. — VII. Gladdon. 



[*I. tuberosa (L.) ; 1 tetragonal, segments of the perianth 

 acute, root tuberous. — Penzance. Cork. — E. B. S. 2818.J 



3. Trichonema Ker. 



1. T. Columna (R.) ; scape 1-flowered usually solitary slightly 

 nodding, 1. filiform compressed furrowed recurved, spath ex- 

 ceeding the tube of the cor., style falling short of the stam., 

 stigmas bifid.— B. B. 2549. R.ix. 354. T. Bulbocodium Sm.— 

 A small bulbous plant not more than 4 in. high. Fl. pale purple 

 or violet, yellow in the lower part within. — Sandy places. Daw- 

 lish Warren, Devon. Jersey and Guernsey. P. III. IV. E. 



4. Crocus Linn. 

 * Scapes enveloped in a tubular sheath. 



*1. C. vernus (Willd.) ; 1. and fl. at the same time, spath 

 simple, throat of the cor. fringed with hairs, stigma shortly 3-fid, 

 lobes erect wedgeshaped jagged at the end, bulb clothed with 

 slender anastomosing fibres. — E. B. 344.- — Fl. violet-purple. — 

 Near Nottingham ; and Mendham, SufF. P. III. E. 



[C. sativus (L.) ; 1. succeeding the fl., spath double, throat 



