thiandria MONOGYNiA. Tripterella. 2 g 
Vogelia capitata. Gmel. sysl. not. 2. p. 107« 
Icon. Mich.l.c.t. 3. 
In wet places, borders of ponds, &c. in Lower Carolina. 
O. May — July. v. v. Stem filiform ; flowers white, 
in a small head. 
35. IXIA. Gen.pl. 76 . 
1, I. foliis lineari-subulatis scapo unifloro multoties bre- coelestina 
viore. Willd. sp.pl. 1. p. 200. 
Icon. Bartr. it. 152. t. 3. 
Found by Mr. W. Bartram in South Carolina and Geor- 
gia. i/ . Flowers bright blue. 
36. IRIS. Gen.pl.Q7 . Flag. 
1. I. barba cristata, caule brevissimo compresso subuni- cristata . 
floro, foliis gladiatis longitudine florum, laciniis corol- 
larum aequalibus. 
I. cristata. Ait . kew.ed. 2. 1 .p. 11 7- Willd. sp.pl 1 . 
p. 225. 
I. virginiana pumila. Pluk. aim. 108. t. 1Q6.J 6. 
Icon. Bot. mag. 412. Ladies' Calamus. 
On the banks of rivers in rocky situations in the moun- 
tains of Virginia and Carolina. 2/ . May. v . v. Flow- 
ers blue, handsomely crested with yellow. 
The roots of this species when chewed are very remark- 
able ; they at first occasion a pleasant sweet taste, 
which in a few minutes turns to a burning sensation, 
by far more pungent than Capsicum. The hunters of 
Virginia, notwithstanding those properties, use it very 
frequently to alleviate thirst. 
2. L imberbis, caule ancipiti multifloro foliis altiore, fo- virginica 
liis ensiformibus, stigmatibus petalis interioribus brevi- 
oribus, capsulis oblongis : angulis sulcatis. 
I. virginica. Willd. sp. pl- 1. p. 232. 
I. hexagona. Walt.Jl. car. 66. 
Icon. Bot. mag. /03. Jacq. ic . rar. 2. t. 223. DHL 
elth. t- L 55. f 188. 
On river sides and near ponds from New York to Florida. 
2/. June, July. v. v. Flowers beautiful purple, 
with the bottom of the outside petals yellow. 
3. I. imberbis, caule tereti flexuoso folia aequante, foliis versicolor . 
ensiformibus, stigmatibus petalis interioribus aequan- 
tibus, capsulis ovatis : angulis obtusis. 
I. versicolor. Willd . sp. pl. 1. p . 233. 
