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In wet meadows, and marshes, and along watercourses throughout 

 Europe and Russian Asia, except the extreme north. Abundant in 

 Britain. Fl. summer, 



2. Fetid Iris. Iris ftetidissima, Linn. (Fig. 1004.) 

 (Eng. Bot. t. 596. Gladdon. Roastbeef -plant.) 



Not so large a plant as the yellow I., 

 the leaves narrower, one or two only 

 overtopping the stem, and the whole 

 plant of a deeper green, smelling dis- 

 agreeably when bruised. Flowers rather 

 smaller, several together, of a violet- 

 blue or rarely pale yellowish-white. 

 Outer perianth-segments narrow-ovate, 

 the inner ones reaching to about two- 

 thirds their length. Petal-like stigmas 

 scarcely so long. Seeds bright orange 

 or scarlet. 



In woods and shady places, in south- 

 ern Europe, extending eastward to the 

 Caucasus, and northward all over west- 

 ern France, but scarcely into eastern 

 France or Germany. Abundant in many 

 parts of southern England and Ireland, 

 scarce or local in the north, and only a 

 doubtful native of Scotland. Fl. summer, commencing early. 



Fig. 1004. 



II. GLADIOLUS. GLADIOLUS. 



Rootstock bulbous, the outer coating fibrous and more or less netted. 

 Stems leafy, with a terminal, one-sided spike of flowers. Perianth 

 oblique, the segments obovate or oblong, narrowed into a claw, and 

 united in a tube at the base, the 3 upper ones and the 3 lower ones 

 almost arranged in 2 lips. Stamens ascending under the uppermost 

 segments. Stigmas 2, slightly expanded, and entire. 



A numerous genus, chiefly South African, with a few species in the 

 Mediterranean and Caucasian regions. 



1. Common Gladiolus. Gladiolus communis, Linn. 

 (Fig. 1005.) 



Stem 1^ to near 2 feet high. Leaves linear-lanceolate, shorter than 

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