Orehidacese. Iridese 
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564. Cypripedium. Ladys-slipper. XX, 14. 
1. Stem bearing 1—2 fls; fls very large; lip yellow, streaked 
with red-brown. Divisions of the perianth purply brown. 
— Woods, thicketv hills; distrib. but not common. 6 
Calceolus L. 2124. 
113. Iridese. 
565. Crocus. Crocus. Ill, 8. 
1. Stig. much shorter than the limb of the perianth.— 
Pasturages of the Alp., subalp. and Jura, to the foot 
of the mountains. 3, 4, later in the Alp. after the snow¬ 
melting.vernus Wulf. 2125. *) 
— Stig. about as long as the limb of the perianth.—Cul¬ 
tivated in Wall, (formerly at any rate) and rarely sub- 
spontaneous. 9 f sativus L, 2126. 
566. Gladiolus. Gladiolus. Ill, 7. 
1. Anthers longer than their filaments. Seed not winged. 
—Fields; Lugano, Geneva. 6 . segetum Gawl. 2127. 
— Anthers shorter than their filaments. Seed winged 2 
2. Bulb enveloped in a tissue of fibres knotted towards 
the top in a net-work of oval meshes. Spike composed 
of 2 — 5 fls. Capsule with 6 furrows, rounded at the top. 
Damp meadows, rare; G. W. Y. Z. S. A. 5 
palustris Caud. 2128. 
— Bulb surrounded by a tissue forming a few narrow, 
linear meshes at the top. Spike composed of 5—10 fls. 
Capsule with 3 deep furrows, depressed at the top; the 
angles raised above in an obtuse keel. Stem taller, Is 
narrower than in the last.—As the last; Yaud, in several 
places, probably subspontaneous. 5 communis L. 2129. 
— As the last, but the spike composed of 7—8 crowded 
fls., rather bluish after drying. Angles of the capsule 
always rounded (Koch).—Tess. (Melano, Giorgio) 
imbricatus L. 2229 b 
567. Iris. Iris. Ill, 8. 
1. Outer segments of the perianth bearded inside . 2 
— Outer segments of the perianth not bearded . 7 
2. Stem bearing 1—2 fls ...... 3 
— Stem bearing several fls ..... ^ 
3. Tube of the perianth enclosed in the spathe. Stem longer 
than the Is, about 30 cm long. FI. whitish yellow. I. lut- 
*) With us there is only the variety albiflorus Kit. ; the typical form, 
with the stig. exceeding the tips of the anthers, is found in upper Italy. 
