. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 10. Iris Pseudacorus L. Yellow or Sword-flag, Corn-flag. Fig. 1337. Iris Pseudacorus L. Sp. PI. 38. 1753. Rootstock thick. Stems ii°-3° high, usually several- flowered; leaves pale green and glaucous, stiff, 4"-8" wide, the lower equalling or longer than the stem; flowers bright yellow, short-pedicelled; perianth-seg- ments glabrous and crestless, the
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. 10. Iris Pseudacorus L. Yellow or Sword-flag, Corn-flag. Fig. 1337. Iris Pseudacorus L. Sp. PI. 38. 1753. Rootstock thick. Stems ii°-3° high, usually several- flowered; leaves pale green and glaucous, stiff, 4"-8" wide, the lower equalling or longer than the stem; flowers bright yellow, short-pedicelled; perianth-seg- ments glabrous and crestless, the outer broadly obovate, a'-2i' long, the inner oblong, nearly erect, scarcely longer than the claws of the outer ones; capsule ob- long, 2-3' long. In marshes, Massachusetts to southern New York and New Jersey. Naturalized or adventive from Europe. False Sweet-flag. Yellow Water-flag or -skegs. Jacob's-sword. Daggers. Flagons. May-July. Iris orientalis Mill., native of Asia, with pale yellow flowers and short stem-leaves, is reported as escaped from cultivation into marshes on the coast of Connecticut, 11. Iris cristata Ait. Crested Dwarf Iris. Fig. 1338. Iris cristata Ait. Hort. Kew. 1: 70. 1789. Rootstock slender, branched, creeping, tuber- ous-thickened. Stems only i'-3' high, 1-2- flowered; leaves lanceolate, bright green, 4'-o/ long, 3"-9" wide, much exceeding the stems; scape flattened, flowers blue, pedicelled; perianth- segments obovate, i'-ii' long, the outer crested, little longer than the naked inner ones, the tube very slender, 1Y-2Y long above the ovary, longer than the bracts; capsule oval, sharply triangular, narrowed at each end, 6"-g" high, 4,"-$" thick. On hillsides and along streams, Maryland to south- ern Ohio and Indiana, south to Georgia, Tennessee and Missouri. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of
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