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stigmas dilatate notched — in the ponds of high 
Alleghanies, discovered by Mr. Carr on the 
Pocono Mt. and brought by him to Bartrams 
garden, where seen alive and compared with L 
pseudacorus very akin, but with bifid toothed 
stigmas. 3 or 4 feet high, flowers small golden 
yellow, the 3 inner petals shorter than stigmas, 
equal to anthers, capsules oblong deeply sulcate. 
498. Iris fulva Mg. cuprea P. N. E. ru- 
bescens Raf. fl. lud, 56. This sp. of Louisiana 
-is easily known by its flowers of a coppery or 
brick red color. I have seen it alive in gar- 
dens since 1817 and ascertained that my I. ru- 
bescens was only a var. of it with leaves rather 
longer, and flowers darker brick red. Vernal. 
499. Iris lacustris Nut. Dwarfish creeping 
stemless uniflore, leaves longer glaucous narrow 
giadiate,spatha convolute lanceol. acum. shorter 
than tube, petals beardless obovate subequal 
3 patent spotted, 3 erect, stigjnas shorter bifid 
dentate — On Lake Erie &,c, disc, by Nuttal, 
found by me again 1825 and seen also in gar- 
dens, vernal in May. Scape only one inch 
high, flower 3 to 4 inches long, tube rather lon- 
ger than sepals, flower with a faint iris smell, 
of a violaceous color with a large saffron spot 
on 3 petals and dark dots on the claws and base 
of sepals. Leaves strait erect 6 to 10 inches 
long, often marginated with white. My des- 
cription is original and made on the living plants. 
500. Iris tripet ala Walt. EL Hooker b. 
mag. 2886. tridentata Pursh. A fine rare sp. 
from Carolina and Florida, easily known by the 
narrow leaves and 3 inner sepals very short 
tridentate. Well described by Elliot and Hook- 
er, my specimen is from Elliot ; the flower ap- 
pears blueish, the 3 large sepals unguiculate, 
end flabellate, the 3 smaller reflexed. 
