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EXTRACTS — FLORICULTURE. 
Hermoda'ctyh.is longifoliua. Long-leaved Snakes-head (fig. 106.) — This 
singular plant was brought from Naples about three years ago, by Mr. Charles 
Ridgway, under the name of Iris tuberosa, together with two other species, the 
H. repens, creeping-rooted Snakes-head, and H. bixpathaceu^, the common 
Snakes-head. — Flowers a perianthemum with a short tube, six parted, three 
large outer segments about three inches long, narrowing to the base, curved a 
little inwards from the two sides, of a green colour, slightly tinged with purple 
nearly to the bend, and of a pale yellow line extending down the centre to the 
base ; at the bend they are considerably curved backwards, and two greenish 
white marks in the bend, edged with dark purple, from these to a point of a 
bright velvet on the upper side edged with green ; back green, and hollow on 
the recurved part; three small inner segmentsvery small, and curved in 
wards at the base, and a considerable way up, so as to make them hollow. — Brit. 
Flower Garden. Culture — It thrives in the open border in sandy loam mixed 
with peat, and is propagated by offsets. 
