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rete uniflore, leaves slender convolute striate 
mucronate, spatha bivalve striate, petals beard- 
less subequal oblong end iiabellate, stigmas lan- 
ceolate acute — Arkanzas and Texas, another 
very peculiar sp. of this fine genus, one or 2 
feet high, leaves long but shorter than stem, 
spatha convolute elongate inclosing the long 
ovary, flower large versicolor, petals fulvous 
edged with white, large end rounded tinged 
with blue like the stigmas. 
494. Iris brevicaulis Raf. fi. lud. 55. stem 
angular pauciflore very short flexuose, leaves 
gladiate very long, terminal flowers geminate, 
spathas bivalve lanceol. equal to flowers, petals 
and stigmas beardless narrow subequal — Louis- 
iana to West Kentucky, seen alive 1823, disc, 
by Robin long before, neglected as usual by 
our botanists. Stem only 6 to 10 inches 3-5 
flore, leaves 12 to 18 inches, mostly radical, 
flowers very lurge vernal, white with blue tin- 
ges and base yellow, capsules hexagone. 
495. Iris glumacea Raf. stem angular fis- 
tular flexuose pauciflore, leaves shorter gladi- 
ate striate, flowers solitary and geminate, spa- 
thas 3-5valve glumaceous ovate, petals beard- 
less spatulate spreading yellowish white — 
Glades of x411eghany Mts. akin to last, yet very 
distinct by broad glumaceous spathas, 3 petals 
much smaller, tube of corolla slender elongate. 
496. Iris glumacea var. angustifolia Raf. 
diff* by stem not flexuose, leaves narrow gladi- 
ate, 2 or 3 flowers, spathas fulvous, petals pale 
yellow — in the glades of Illinois, if a peculiar 
sp. it may be called 1 . pollens. 
497. Iris aurea Raf. atl. J. p. 80. Stem 
strait biflore, leaves longer broadly gladiate, 
end acum. falcate, flowers geminate beardless, 
3 petals obovate entire, 3 lanceolate undulate, 
