. 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. Genus i. IRIS FAMILY. 13. Iris verna L. Dwarf or Spring Iris. Fig. 1340. Iris verna L. Sp. PI. 39. 1753- Rootstock slender. Stems 1/-3' high, usually i-flow- ered. Leaves narrowly linear, 3'-8' high, 2"-$" wide; flowers violet-blue or rarely white, pedicelled; perianth- segments crestless, the outer about i¥ long, obovate, narrowed into slightly pubes
. An illustrated flora of the northern United States, Canada and the British possessions, from Newfoundland to the parallel of the southern boundary of Virginia, and from the Atlantic Ocean westward to the 102d meridian. Botany; Botany. Genus i. IRIS FAMILY. 13. Iris verna L. Dwarf or Spring Iris. Fig. 1340. Iris verna L. Sp. PI. 39. 1753- Rootstock slender. Stems 1/-3' high, usually i-flow- ered. Leaves narrowly linear, 3'-8' high, 2"-$" wide; flowers violet-blue or rarely white, pedicelled; perianth- segments crestless, the outer about i¥ long, obovate, narrowed into slightly pubescent slender yellow claws, the inner somewhat smaller, glabrous; capsule obtusely triangular, short. On shaded hillsides and in woods, southern Pennsylvania to Virginia, Kentucky, Alabama and Georgia. Rootstock described as " pungently ; Slender Blue-flag. April- May. 2. NEMASTYLIS Nutt. Trans. Am. Phil. Soc. (II.) 5: 157. 1833-37. [Eustylis Engelm. & Gray, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist. 5: 235. 1845.] Bulbous herbs with erect slender terete usually branched stems and elongated linear folded leaves. Flowers rather large, in our species blue or purple, solitary or several together, fugacious, subtended by 2 herbaceous bracts. Perianth of 6 spreading nearly equal obovate segments, distinct nearly or quite to the summit of the ovary. Filaments more or less united; anthers short; style short, its branches alternate with the anthers, each slen- derly 2-parted; stigmas small, terminal. Capsule oblong, ovoid or obovoid, loculicidally dehiscent at the summit. [Greek, referring to the thread-like style-branches.] About 10 species, natives of America. Besides the following, some 3 others occur in the south- ern United States. Type species: Nemastylis coelestlna Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the orig
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