sisriiiifcmirM. — fiLAiiiOLtfs. 345 



ments unequal. Stj'le filifonn. Stigmas 3, widening up- 

 wards. Seeds more or less winged. 



4. Tbichonema. Perianth regular, 6-cleft ; segments spread- 

 ing. Style filiform. Stigmas 3, Hfid ; lobes slender. 



5. Cbocus. Perianth regular, funnelshaped with a long tube ; 

 limb bellshaped. Style filiform. Stigma 3-fid or 3-parted ; 

 lobes widenmg upwards. 



1. Sistein'ohittm: Linn. 



1. S. Bermudia'na (L.) ; scape 2-edged nearly simple nearly 

 leafless, spath 1 — 6-flowered falling short of the fl., segments of 

 perianth emarginate mucronate. — Si/. E. S. 1491. Redouie LU. 

 \. 282. — St. about 1 foot high. L. grasslike. Spath with about 

 equal lanceolate valves, falling short of the fl. in my Irish speci- 

 mens. Perianth blue ; segments narrowed below. — Near Wood- 

 ford, Galway, abundant. P. VII. I. 



2. I'eis Linn. Flag. 



1. I, Pseud-ac'ortis (L.) ; 1. swordshaped, st. roundish, perianth 

 beardless its inner segments narrower and falling short of the 

 stigmas.— .B. £. 678.— St. terete, 2—5 ft. high. Fl. yellow. 

 Caps, oblong, trigonous, apicidate. — Wet places. P. VI. VII. 

 Yellow Flag. E. S. I. 



2. I, foetidis'sim.a (L.) ; 1. swordshaped, st. compressed, peri- 

 anth beardless its inner segments about equalling the stigmas. 

 — E. B. 596. S. ix. 347. — Herb green, not glaucous, yielding an 

 unpleasant smell when bruised. St. 1-angled, 2 ft. high. Fl. 

 lead-coloured or bluish, rarely yellow. — Woods and thickets 

 P. v.— VII. Gladdon. E. I. 



[*/. tuberSsa (L.) ; 1. tetragonal, segments of the perianth 

 acute, root tuberous. — Penzance. Cork. — E.B.S.281S.'] E.I. 



3. Giam'oltts Linn. 



1. G. i%»-'i«M(Koch); corm clothed with nearly parallel fibres 

 netted above with long narrow openings, fl. secund, filaments 

 longer than the anthers, cor.-tube nearly thrice as long as germen, 

 caps, oval emarginate with 3 rounded angles. — 8y. E. B. 1493. 

 J.ofB.i.t.4:. iS<. 83. 3.— Height about 20 in. Corms ovate- 

 acuminate. L. slender, swordshaped. Sheaths 2-edged. Fl. 

 reddish changing to bluish ; basal pet. rather acute, exceeding 

 the blunt lower lateral pet. ; " edges of upper pet. not covered 

 by the 2 adjoining ones " when the fl. are in their prime. Stig. 

 narrow below, widening from the middle upwards and there 

 fringed. — ^Amongst Pteris in the New Forest. Isle of Wight. 

 Mr. A. G. More. P. VH. E. 



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