This fort requires the fame treatment as the two for- 
mer, with which it will produce flowers and perfect 
its feeds in England. 
I R E S I N E. Lin. Gen. 1 1 13. Amaranthus, Sloan. Cat. 
Jam. 49. 
The Characters are. 
It hath male and female flowers on different plants ; the 
male flowers have an empalement compofed of two neat 
fmall leaves, and five erett, fmall, fpear-Jbaped petals, and 
five nett aril fituated between the five erett ftamina, which 
are terminated by roundifh fimmits ; the female flowers on 
the other plants, have the like empalement and corolla as 
the male , with an oval germen but no ftyle , crowned by 
two roundifh ftigma ; the empalement, afterward becomes an 
oval capfule , incloflng woolly feeds. 
This genus is ranged in the fifth order of Linnsus’s 
twenty-fecond clals of plants, intitled Dioecia Pen- 
tandria, from their having male and female flowers 
on different plants, and the male flowers having five 
ftamina. 
We know but one Species of this genus, viz. 
Jresine ( Celofmdes .) Lin.Sp. 1456= Amaranthus panicula 
fiavicante gracili holofericea. Sloan. Cat. Jam. 49. 
Amar ambus with /lender yellowiflj panicles of filky flowers. 
This plant grows naturally in Jamaica, and moft of 
the other iflands in the Weft-Indies, from whence I 
have received the feeds. It is perennial ; the ftalks 
are weak, 10 require fupport ; they rife ten or twelve 
feet high, having large knots at each joint, garnifhed 
with oval, fpear-fhaped, fmooth leaves. The ftalks 
are very diffufed, branching out on every fide •, the 
flowers are produced on the top, in flender loofe pa- 
nicles, covered with a filky down, of a pale yellow 
colour; thefe appear in July and Auguft, and in warm 
feafons the feeds will ripen in the autumn. 
It is propagated by feeds, which fhould be fown upon 
a hot-bed in the fpring, and the plants fhould be af- 
terward treated in the fame manner as hath been di- 
rected for the tender forts of Amaranthus, till they 
are grown too tall to remain in the frame, when they 
fhould be removed to the bark-ftove, plunging the 
pots into the tan-bed, and fupporting the branches of 
the plants with a trellis to prevent their falling on 
other plants ; in this fltuation they will produce flowers 
and feeds the fecond year, but the plants may be con- 
tinued three or four years longer. 
IRIS. Tourn. Inft. R. H. 358. tab. 186, 187, 188. 
Lin. Gen. Plant. 57. Flower-de-luce; in French, 
Fiambe. 
The Characters are. 
The flowers are inclofed in fpatha {or floeaths ) which are 
permanent ; the flowers are divided into fix parts-, the three 
outer petals are oblong, obtufe, and reflexed , the three inner 
are erett , and end in acute points ; thefe all join at their 
bafe : they have three awl-Jhaped ftamina, which lie upon 
the reflexed petals, and are terminated by oblong depreffed 
fimmits. Under the flower is fituated an oblong germen, 
fupporting a flender ftyle , crowned by a large three-pointed 
ftigma ; the germen afterward becomes an oblong angular 
capfule with three cells, filled with large feeds. 
This genus of plants is ranged in the firft feftion of 
Linnaeus’s third clafs, intitled Triandria Monogynia, 
which contains thofe plants whofe flowers have three 
ftamina and one ftyle. 
The Species are, 
1. Iris [Ffeudoacorus ) corollis imberbibus, petalis inte- 
rioribus ftigmate minoribus, foliis enflformibus. Hort. 
Cliff. Iris with an unbearded flower, the inner petals 
/nailer than the ftigma , and flword-fhaped leaves. Iris 
paluftris lute a. Tabern. Icon. 643. Fellow Marjh 
Flower-de-luce , 
2. Iris ( Squalens ) corollis barbatis, caule foliis longiore 
mukifloro. Hort. Cliff. 18. Iris with bearded flowers, 
and the ftalks longer than the leaves , having many flowers. 
This is the Iris vulgaris Germanica five fylveftris. 
C. B. P. 30. Common German, or wild Flower-de-luce. 
3. Iris .( Aphylla ) corollis barbatis, fcapo nudo longitu- 
dine foliorum. mukifloro. Prod. Leyd. 17. Iris with a 
bearded flower, and a naked ft alk the length of the leaves , 
with many flowers. Iris latifolia, caule aphyllo. C. B, P. 
32. Broad-leaved Flower-de-luce , whofe ftalks are without 
leaves. 
4. Iris ( Variegata ) corollis barbatis; caule fubfoliofo 
longitudine foliorum mukifloro. 'Prod. Leyd. 17. Iris 
with a bearded flower, and a leafy ft alk the length of- the 
leaves , with many flowers. Iris latifolia pannonica, co- 
lore multiplici. C. B. P. 31. Broad-leaved Hungarian 
Flower-de-luce of many colours. 
5. Iris ( Sujiana ) corollis barbatis, caule foliis longiore 
unifloro. Hort. Cliff. 18. Iris with a bearded flower^ 
and a ft alk longer than the leaves, having one flower. Iris 
Sufiana, fiore maximo ex-albo nigricante. C. B. P. 31. 
Flower-de-luce with a very large flower of a black and 
white colour, commonly called Chalcedonian Iris. 
6 . Iris ( Biflora ) corollis barbatis, caule foliis breviore 
trifloro. Hort. Upfal. 17. Iris with a beardej flower, 
and a ft alk fhorter than the leaves, with three flowers. 
Iris humiiis major, faturate purpurea biflora. Tourn. 
Inft. 361 . Greater Dwarf Flower-de-luce of a darkpurpk 
colour , and having two flowers on each ftalk. 
7. Iris ( Pumila ) corollis barbatis, caule foliis breviore 
unifloro. Lin. Sp. Plant. 38. Iris with a bearded flower , 
and a ftalk floor ter than the leaves , with one flower. Iris 
humiiis minor, flore purpurea. Tourn. Inft. 361, 
Smaller Dwarf Flower-de-luce with a purple flower. 
8. Iris ( Germanica ) corollis barbatis, caule foliis longi- 
ore mukifloro, floribus inferioribus pedimculads. Lin, 
Sp. 55. Iris with a bearded flower, a ftalk longer than 
the leaves with many flowers, and the lower flowers on 
foot-ftalks. Iris Afiatica caerulea polyanthos. C. B, F, 
Blue Aflatic Flower-de-luce with many flowers , called 
greater Dalmatian Iris, 
9. Iris ( Orientals ) corollis barbatis, germinibus trigonis* 
foliis enflformibus longiffimis caule foliis longiore bi- 
floro. Pluk. 1 54. Iris with a bearded flower , a three- 
cornered germen , very long flword-fhaped leaves, and a, 
ftalk longer than the leaves , with two flowers . 
10. Iris ( Graminea ) corollis imberbibus, germinibus 
fexangularibus, caule ancipiti, foliis linearibus. Hort, 
Cliff. 19. Iris with flowers having no beards, a fix-cor- 
nered germen, a ftalk having flowers on both Jides , and 
narrow leaves. Iris anguftifolia prunum redolens mi- 
nor. C. B. P. 33. Smaller narrow-leaved Flower-de-luce 
fmelling like Plums. 
11. Iris ( Maritima ) corollis imberbibus, caule foliis 
breviore trifloro, foliis lineari-enfiformibus. Iris whofe 
flowers are not bearded, the ftalk fhorter than the leaves , 
having three flowers, and narrow flword-fhaped leaves. 
Iris anguftifolia maritima major. C. B. P. 33. Greater 
narrow-leaved maritime Flower-de-luce. 
12. Iris ( Anguftifolia ) corollis imberbibus, caule foliis 
aequalibus mukifloro, fpatha majoribus ereftis. Iris 
whofe flowers have no beards , the ftalks equal in length 
with the leaves, having many flowers which are larger 
and more erett than the fpatha. Iris anguftifolia, ma- 
ritima minor. C. B. P. Smaller narrow-leaved maritime 
Flower- de-luce. 
13. Iris ( Bicolor ) corollis imberbibus, caule foliis lon- 
giore mukifloro, germinibus fexangularibus, foliis li- 
nearibus. Iris whofe flowers have no beards, the ftalks 
longer than the leaves, with many flowers, a fix-cornered 
germen , and very narrow leaves. Iris anguftifolia, bi~ 
color. C. B. P. 33. 'Narrow-leaved Flower-de-luce with 
two colours. 
14. His ( Spuria ) corollis imberbibus, germinibus fex- 
angularibus, caule tereti, foliis fublinearibus. Hort. 
Cliff. 19. Iris whofe flowers have no beards, with a fix- 
cornered germen, a taper ftalk, and very narrow leaves. 
Iris pratenfis anguftifolia, folio foetido. C. B. P. 32. 
Narrow-leaved Meadow Flower-de-luce , with a J. linking 
leaf. 
15. Iris ( Sativa ) corollis imberbibus, fpatha bifolia* 
caule foliofo longitudine foliorum, pedunculis lon- 
gioribus. Iris with flowers having no beards, a J heath 
containing two leaves , a leafy ftalk the length of the leaves , , 
and longer foot-ftalks to the flowers. Iris fativa lutea. 
C. B. P. 32. Fellow Garden Fhiver-de-luce. 
16. Iris {Pitta) corollis imberbibus, caule longitudine 
foliorum mukifloro, foliis enflformibus. Ids Faith .art 
j unbearded flower, a ftalk the length of the leaves, with 
many 
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