IRIDACH-i: SG9 



Mountain!, southern part of the State. April, May. Scape 10 to 15 inches high, 

 bearing a solitary flower. Flowers blue and yellow. 



CULTIVATED KYOTW SPLCIES. 



4. I. tumila ; L. Dwarf Iris. 



Scape short, I-flowcred ; spathc shorter than the tube; reflexed sepals narrower 

 than the e-ret-t petals. April, May. Native of Hungary. A handsome dwarf 

 species, aultivatcd in the edgings of walks Leaves numerous, 4 to G inches long, 

 broad-sword-shaped, subcrect. Flowers large, deep purple, b«arded on a very shost 

 scape. 



5. I. OCIIROLEUCA, L. Yellow Iris. 



Beardless; leaves ensiform, depressed, striate; scape sub-terete, many-flowered; 

 ovary nearly round, 6onicwhat C-angled. July. Native of the Levant. Siem 2 

 to i feet high. Lea ves 1]^ to 2 feet long. Flowers yellow or sulphur-colored. Cap- 

 sule 2 inches long, round. 



6. I. Germanica, L. Flower -de- Luce. Fleur-de-Ii's, 



Stem many-flowered - r haves long-ensiform ; sepals reflexed, bearded ; petals ernes- 

 ginatc, bent inwards at the point. Native of Germany, common in gardens. Juno 

 Stem 2 to 3 feet high. Leaves numerous, V/ x to 2 feet long, % to 1 inch wich?. 

 Flowers 3 to 1 inches in diameter, purple. Sepals with a beautiful yellow and 

 white beard. 



7. I. xiphtum, L. Bullous Iris. Sj anish Flag. 



Hoot bulbous; leaves linear, strongly channelled, the margins confluent toward^ 

 the apex; scape few-flowered. June, July. Native of Spain. Leaves 6 to 10 inches 

 high, thick and fleshy, % inch in diameter, white on the upper or hollow side, 

 round towards the point. F lowers very showy, blue yellow and white, the ouWr 

 perianth, lobes short, on a scape 10 to 12. inches high. 



2. SISYEINCHIUM, Linn. Blue-eyes Grass. 



€r. sus, a hog, and rugchos, a snout ; fromafaney that hogs arc fond of rooting it up. 



Perianth 6-parted y the divisions equal, spreading. Sta- 

 mens o r liioncdelphous. Style short : stigmas 3, involute, 

 iliform. Capsule globular-3-angled. seeds globular. — 

 Low slender perennials, with fibrous roots, grassy or lanceo- 

 late leaves, and small mostly blue Jlowers in umbelled cluster $■ 

 from a 2-lcaved spathe* 



S. Bermudiana, L. Common Blue-eyed Grass. 



Sf:ape winged, naked or I to 24eaved; leaves narrow and grass-like; spathe urn- 

 bellately few-flowered; divisions of the perianth obovate, more or less notched at 

 the end, and bristle-pointed from the notch. — Var. axceps (S. anceps, Cav.) has a, 

 broadly winged scape, and the outer leaf of the very unequal spathes longer than 

 the flowers.— Var. 2. mccronatvm (S. mucronatum, Michx.) has a slender and nar- 

 rowly winged scape, very narrow leaves, those of the spathe acute, unequal, one 

 of them usually longer than the flowers. 



Hoist meadows, common among grass. June— Aug. Scape C to 10 inches high 



