imS BICOLOR, 
(Two-coloured flowered Iris.) 
Class, 
TRIANDRIA. 
Order, 
MONOGYNIA, 
Natural Order. 
Generic Charactek. — Spathe common, two-valved, 
one or many-flowered, conduplicate, or simple and in- 
cluding one flower. Corolla tubular, six-parted ; lobes 
equal or very unequal, interior ones often erect, though 
sometimes reflexed at the extremity, rarely so large as 
the exterior: outer ones constantly reflexed. Stple 
triangular. Stigma petal-like, erect, two-lobed. Sta- 
nicns inserted in the base of the exterior lobes of 
the corolla ; anthers upright, linear. Capsule cori- 
aceous, oblong or columnar, having three angles, or 
rarely six, three-celled, many-seeded. Seeds hori- 
zontal. 
Specific Character. — Plant perennial, evergreen, 
Rhizoma short, brownish-green, slightly ascending at the 
end. Leaves equitant, linear-ensiform, a little glaucous. 
Scape cylindrical, branching at the top. Spathe long, 
folded, obtuse. Flowers showy, yellow. Sepals round- 
ish-ovate, with a large blotch at the base. Petals oblong, 
undulated, spreading, of one colour. Stigma shorter 
than the petals. Anthers concealed by the stigmas. 
By the kindness of MessrSo Rollisson, nurserymen, Tooting, we are enabled to 
furnish a drawing of this rare and pleasing species of Iris^ which we have witnessed 
for two or three years in the collection of these gentlemen, flowering throughout 
the entire summer, and creating a delightful effect by the fine contrast of colour in 
its blossoms. These, as will be discerned in the figure, are of a pale and delicate 
yellow or canary-colour, with blotches of a deep sanguineous hue at the base of 
each sepal, and beneath them a number of similar spots. 
From the Botanical Register we learn that it existed a few years ago in ^' the 
garden of the Compto de Vandes, at Bayswater, where the gardener, Mr. Camp- 
bell, had cultivated it for many years, but was unacquainted with its origin/' 
Probably it was then confined to choice collections, and has since been diffused 
very sparingly, for we do not remember to have met with it at any place besides 
Messrs. Rollissons\ 
It is a tender perennial plant, with numerous stiff, erect, sword-shaped leaves, 
and flower-scapes about two feet in height, from the top of which the charming 
flowers issue in succession, each lasting only a day. Such, however, is the liberality 
of their production, that there is scarcely a day in the summer season during which 
some are not opened. 
In appearance as well as in character, the species approximates closely to some 
kinds of Aniyozanthos, It seems exceedingly well adapted for growing in a cool 
