SISYRINCniUM. CROCUS. 
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2. Iris. Periiinth ()-cleft, superior: alternate segments re- 
rte.ved. Stigma .S-parted, petaloid, covering the stamens. 
3. Tkichonema. Perianth regular, ()-cleft : segments spread- 
ing. Stigmas 3, bifid : lobes slender. 
d. Crocus. Perianth regular, funnelshaped with a long tube; 
limb bellshaped. Stigma .'i-fid or 3-j)arted : lobes widening 
upwards. 
1. SiSYRiNCHiUM Linn. 
1. S. anceps (Lam.); scape 2-edged nearly simple nearly leaf- 
less, sjiath about 4-ilowered “ longer than the flowers,” segments 
of ])erianth emarginate mucronate. — Redoute Lil. v. 282. — St. 
about 1 foot high. L. grasslike. Spath with lanceolate valves, 
shorter than the fl. in my Irish specimen. Perianth blue ; seg- 
ments narrowed below. — In a wood near Wooilford, Galway. 
Mr. Jas. Lynam. P. VII. I. 
2. Iris Linn. 
1. I. Pseud-acorus (L.);. 1. swordshaped, st. round, perianth 
beardless, its inner segments narrower and shorter than the 
stigmas. — E. B.57S. — Fl. yellow. — “^.citrina; fl. smaller, seg- 
ments of the perianth narrowei’, the inner ones more acute, st. 
tidier. Fl. paler.” Hook. — Wet places. Ayrshire. P. VI. VII. 
Yellow Flag. 
2. I.fatidissima (h.); 1. swordshaped, st. compressed, peri- 
anth beiirdless, 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 w’est and south-w'est. P. VI. VII. 
[*J. tuberosa (L.); 1. tetragonal, segments of the perianth 
acute, roots tuberous. Near Penzance and Cork. — E. B. S. 
2818.] 
3. Trichonema Ker. 
1. T. ColumntB (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. 
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 : 
