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many flowers, and fword-jhaped leaves. Iris humilis 
minor, flare pifto. Tourn. Inft. 362. Lefler Dwarf 
Flower-de-luce with a painted' flower. 
17. Iris (Verna) coroliis imberbibus, caule unifloro fo- 
liis breviore, radice fibrosa. Flor. Virg. 10. Iris with 
cm tinbearded flower , a, ftalk Jhorter than the leaves , with 
one flower , and a fibrous root. Iris Virginiana pumila 
five chamaeiris verna anguftifolia, flore purpuro-cse- 
ruleo odorato. Pluk. Aim. 196. Dwarf Spring Vir- 
ginia Flower-de-luce , ' with a narrow leaf j and a purple 
blue fweet fmelling flower. 
1 8. Iris (Verftcolor) coroliis imberbibus, germinibus fub- 
trigonis, caule tereti, foliis enfiformibus. Lin. Sp. 
Plant. 39. Iris with an unbearded flower , a three-cor- 
nered germen, a taper flalk, and fwordfloaped leaves. Iris 
Americana verficolor ftylo crenato. Dill. Hort. Ekh. 
188. Party-coloured American Flower- de-luce , with a 
crenated ftyle. 
19. Iris (. Fcetidifflma ) coroliis imberbibus petalis interi- 
oribtis patentiffimis, caule uniangulato foliis enfifor- 
mibus. Hort. Cliff. 19. Iris with an unbearded flower, 
the inner petals fpreading, a flalk with one angle, and flword- 
fhaped leaves. Iris fcetidiffima, feu Xyris. Tourn. Inft. 
360. Mcfl Jlhiking Flower-de-luce , or Xyris, called Stinking 
Gladwyn. 
20. Iris \Sibmcd) coroliis imberbibus, germinibus tri- 
gonis, caule tereti, foliis linearibus. Lin. Hort. Cliff. 
1 9. Iris with an unbearded flower , a three-cornered ger- 
men , a taper flalk, and narrow leaves. Iris pratenfis, 
anguftifolia non foetida altior. C. B. P. 32. Fatter 
narrow-leaved Meadow Flower-de-luce, not Jlinking. 
21; Iris ( Fuberofa ) coroliis imberbibus, foliis tetragonis. 
Yir. Cliff. 6. Iris with an unbearded flower and four- 
cornered leaves. Hermodactylus folio quadrangulo. 
Tourn. Cor. po. Hermodadtyle with a four-cornered leaf. 
22. Iris (. Florentine. 1) coroliis barhatis, caule foliis altiore 
fubbifloro floribus feffilibus. Lin. Sp. 55. Iris with a 
bearded corolla , ftalks tatter than the leaves , having two 
fejfile flowers. Iris alba Florentina. C. B. P. 31. White 
Florentine Iris. 
23. Iris ( Sambucina ) coroliis barbatis, caule foliis altiore 
multifloro, petalis deflexis plants, erebtis emarginatis. 
Lin. Sp. 55. Iris with a bearded corolla, ftalks tatter 
than the leaves , having many flowers whofe petals are de- 
ftexed, and the upright are indented. Iris latifolia Ger- 
manica, fambuci odore. C. B. P. 31. 
The firft fort grows naturally in ditches and {landing 
waters in moft parts of England ; this is titled in the 
Pharmacopeia, Acorus adultermus, cr Pfeudo acorus. 
Baftard Accrus. The roots of this are pretty thick, 
fiefhy, and fpread every way near the furface of the 
ground ; the leaves are lword-fhaped, very long, of 
a deep green colour, and not fo (tiff as thofe of the 
Garden Iris ; the ftalks rife from two to three feet 
high, toward the top of which grow three or four 
flowers one above another, which gradually fucceed 
each other •, they are fhaped like the ordinary Flower- 
de-luce, but the three inner petals are lefs than the 
ftigmas, fo they want the three upright petals which 
are termed ftandards. Thefe appear in June, and are 
fucceeded by large three-cornered capfules, containing 
three rows of flat feeds. 
This fort is not cultivated in gardens, but being an 
officinal plant, it is here mentioned to introduce the 
other. 
The fecond fort grows naturally in Germany, but has 
been long cultivated in the Englifh gardens for or- 
nament •, the roots of this are very thick, flefhy, and 
divided into joints, fpreading juft under the furface of 
the ground ; they are of a brownifh colour on their 
outfide, but white within •, the leaves arife in duffers, 
embracing each other at their bale, but fpread af tinder 
upward in form of wings they are a foot and a 
half long, and two inches broad, having (harp edges, 
ending in points like fwqrds ; the ftalks between thefe, 
which are a little longer than the leaves, having at 
each joint one leaf without a foot-ftalk ; thefe diminifh 
in their lize upward 5 the ftalks divide into three 
branches, each of which produce two or three flowers 
one above another at diftances, each inclofed in a 
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(heath; they have three large Violet- colon red petals 
which turn backward, and are called falls ; thefe have 
beards near an inch long on their midrib toward their 
bafe, and have a fhort arched petal which cover the 
beard, with three broad erect petals of the fame co- 
lour, called ftandards ; the (lamina lie upon the re- 
flexed petals. Under each flower is fituated an ob- 
long germen, which turns to a large three-cornered 
caplule with three cells, filled with large comprefied 
feeds. This flowers in June, and the feeds ripen in 
Augufl. 
There is a variety of this with blue ftandards and 
purple falls, which is titled Iris hortenfis latifolia, by 
Cafpar Bauhin ; and one with pale purple ftandards, 
another with white, and a third with a fmaller flower, 
but thefe are accidental varieties which have come 
from feeds. 
The third fort has broader leaves than the laft, the 
ftalks have no leaves upon them, and are equal in length 
with the leaves ; they have three or four large bright 
purple flowers, which (land above each other, having 
purplifh (heaths or hoods ; the three bending petals 
or falls are ftriped with white, from the bafe to the 
end of the beard ; the flowers are fucceeded by large 
blunt triangular capfules with three cells, filled with 
comprefied feeds. It flowers the latter end of May, 
and the feeds ripen the beginning of Auguft. 
The fourth fort grows naturally in Hungary; the 
leaves of this are like thofe of the fecond lbrt, but 
are of a darker green ; the ftalks rife as tall as the 
leaves, and toward the bottom are garnifhed with ope 
leaf at each joint, whofe bafe embrace the ftalks ; the 
upper part is naked, and branches into three, each 
having two or three flowers above one another ; the 
three upright petals or ftandards are yellow, and the 
bending petals or falls are variegated with purple 
(tripes. This flowers in June, but is rarely fucceeded 
by feeds in England. 
The fifth fort grows naturally near Conftantinople, 
and in other parts of the eaft. The leaves of this fort 
are not fo broad as thofe of the fecond, and are of a 
grayifti colour ; the (talks rife two feet and a half 
high, fupporting one very large flower; the three 
upright petals are almoft as broad as a hand, but very- 
thin, of mixed black and white (tripes; the three 
bending petals or falls are of a darker colour, from 
whence fome gardeners have called it the Mourning 
Iris. This flowers the latter end of May, or the be- 
ginning of June, but never has any feeds in England. 
The fixth fort hath broad leaves like thofe of the fe- 
cond fort, but (horter; the (talks rife nine or ten 
inches high, branching into two or three at the top, 
each fuftaining two deep purple flowers. This flowers 
in May, but is not fucceeded by feeds in England. 
The feventh fort hath narrower and (horter leaves 
than the former ; the (talks are (horter than the leaves, 
and fupport one flower on the top, of a light purple 
colour. This flowers the beginning of May, but 
rarely produces feeds in this country. There are two 
or three varieties of this, which differ in the colour 
of their flowers. 
The eighth fort hath the larged leaves of any of the 
Flower-de-luce, they are of a grayifh colour and 
fpread wide, embracing each other at their bafe, where 
they are purplifti. The ftalks rife near four feet high, 
and divide into feveral branches, each fupporting three 
or four flowers above each other at diftances, covered 
with a thin (heath ; the three bending petals or falls, 
are of a faint purple inclining to blue, with purple 
veins running lengthways ; the beard is yellow, and 
the three erebt petals or ftandards are of a bright blue, 
with fome faint purple ftripes, the flowers have an 
agreeable feent. They appear the latter end of June, 
but are feldom fucceeded by feeds in England. 
The feeds of the ninth fort were brought from Car- 
niola, by the Right Rev. Dr. Pocock, Bifnop of 
Offory, who found the plants growing there naturally: 
thefe v/ere fown in the Cheifea garden, where they 
fucceeded very well, and the plants have been fince 
communicated to many curious gardens in Eurore. 
