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by very long leaves 3 or 4 feet long, thus longer 
than stem less glaucous, same breadth but 
concave or canaliculate above, beneath quite 
convex and subangular, spikes unequal, lower 
or female 8 or 9 inches long, upper or male 
only 4 or 5 inches separated only by a space of 
one inch. 
There is another undescribed sp. in Origon, 
and several in Asia, Australia, &c, besides the 
T. domingensis, media and minor, all different 
from ours. 
491. Iris florxdana Raf nearly stemless f 
glaucous, leaves graminifbrm carinate trinerve I 
not gladiate, scape uniflore shorter than leaves, 
petals spatulate obtuse smooth, 3 patent larger 
and 3 reflexed — Florida and Alabama, small 6 
inches high, scape 4 inches, stigmas yellow i 
pand urate obtuse. A striking species with 
small white flowers, ovary filiform striafe, bract 
subulate. 
492. Iris biflora (or virgata) Raf. stem 
slender virgate bisulcate biflore, leaves gladiate 
narrow graminiform nervose, striate, 2 spathas 
membran. lanceol. striate peduncles filiform, 
petals narrow beardless unguiculate below, tube 
very short. — Cheroki Mts. of Unaka, found by 
Mrs Gam bold, Collins Herb, stem bipedal quite 
virgate few leaves, upper very short, spatha 
convolute acute subequal, ovary oblong, tricos- | 
tate pinched above at the union with the co- 
rolla that is hardly tubular at base, flowers mid- || 
die size, petals pale blue cuneate obtuse, the 3 
inner petals not much shorter, stigmas or rather 
styles deeply divided to the base similar to pe- 
tals but bifid at end. By this and corolla al- 
most a subgenus to be called Stenilis. If bi- 
flora is preocupied it will be my I. virgata. 
493. Iris convoluta Raf. stem slender te- 
