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limb bellshaped. Stigma 3-fid or 3-parted : lobes widening 
upwards. 
1. Iris Linn. 
1. I. Pseud-acorns (L.) ; 1. swordshaped, st. round, perianth 
beardless, its inner segments narrower and shorter than the 
stigmas. — E. B. 578. — Fl. yellow. — " /3. ciirina ; fl. smaller, seg- 
ments of the perianth narrower, the inner ones more acute, st. 
taller. Fl. paler." Hook. — Wet places. /3. Ayrshire. P. VI. VII. 
Yellow Flag. 
1. I. foetidissima (L.) ; 1. swordshaped, st. compressed, peri- 
anth beardless, its inner segments about as long as the stigmas. 
— E. B. 596.— Herb green, not glaucous, yielding an unpleasant 
smell when bruised. Fl. lead-coloured or bluish. — Woods and 
thickets in the west and south-west. P. VI. VII. 
[7. tuberosa (L.) ; 1. tetragonal, segments of the perianth acute, 
roots tuberous. Naturalized near Penzance and Cork. — E. B. S. 
2818.] 
2. Trichonema Ker. 
1. T. Columnee (R.) ; scape 1-flowered usually solitary slightly 
nodding, 1. filiform compressed furrowed recurved, spath longer 
than the tube of the cor., style shorter than the stam., stigmas 
bifid. — E. B. 2549. 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. Dawlish Warren, 
Devon. Jersey and Guernsey. P. III. IV. E. 
3. Crocus Linn. 
* Scapes enveloped in a tubular sheath. 
*1. C. vernus (Willd.) ; I. 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. — A native of the moun- 
tains of central Europe, never descending into the plains of France 
or Germany. Guy. — P. III. E. 
[2. C. sativus (L.) ; 1. succeeding the fl., spath double, throat 
bearded, stigma in 3 deep linear divisions drooping, bulb clothed 
with slender anastomosing fibres. — E. B. 343. — Fl. purple. L. 
usually appearing just before the fl. fades. — Formerly cultivated 
near Saffron Walden, not even naturalized. — Found wild only 
near Ascoli in the Abruzzi, Italy. Gay. — P. IX. Saffron.} — E. 
3. C. nudifiorus (Sm.) ; 1. succeeding the fl., spath simple, 
scapes with a tubular sheath (:), stigma in 3 deeply laciniated 
divisions erect, bulb with a membranous coat. — E. B. 491. — L. 
appearing in December. Fl. purple. Stigmas only a little 
