Chambers's encyclopædia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . ofreprobation. The Greek Church, however, on accountof her zeal for image-worship, has placed her in thecatalogue of its saints. IRIARTEA, a genus of palms, all South Ameri-can, having lofty, smooth, faintly ringed stems, andpinnate leaves with somewhat triangular leaf-stalks rise froma sheathing column. The P^lSHrCBA or PlZIUBA Palh (/. exorMza), com-mon in swamps andmarshy gi-ounds in theforests of the Amazondistrict, is remarkablefor sending out rootsabove ground, whichextend obliquely down-wards, and often dividein
Chambers's encyclopædia; a dictionary of universal knowledge . ofreprobation. The Greek Church, however, on accountof her zeal for image-worship, has placed her in thecatalogue of its saints. IRIARTEA, a genus of palms, all South Ameri-can, having lofty, smooth, faintly ringed stems, andpinnate leaves with somewhat triangular leaf-stalks rise froma sheathing column. The P^lSHrCBA or PlZIUBA Palh (/. exorMza), com-mon in swamps andmarshy gi-ounds in theforests of the Amazondistrict, is remarkablefor sending out rootsabove ground, whichextend obliquely down-wards, and often divideinto many rootlets justbefore they reach thesoil; the tree as it growsstill producing new rootsfrom a higher point thanbefore, whilst the olderand more central onesdie, so that at last alofty tree is supportedas on three or four legs,between which a manmay walk erect with apalm of seventy feethigh rising straiglitabove his head. The outer wood is very hard, soas to be used for harpoons ; splits easily, and intoperfectly straight laths; is excellent for floors,. Pashiuba Palm (Iriartcaexorhiza). IRIDE^—IRISH (GAELIC) LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE. ceilings, shelves, &c.; and is exported to NorthAmerica for umbrella-sticks. IRIDE^, or IRIDACE^, a natural order ofendogenous plants, mostly herbaceous, although afew are somewhat shrubby. They have very gener-ally either root-stocks or corms. The leaves aregenerally sword-shaped, in two rows, and equitarit(so placed that one seems to ride on the back ofanother). The perianth is 6-partite, coloured, oftenvery beautifiU, in some regular, in others stamens are three, with anthers turned out-wards. The ovary is inferior; there is one stjde,with three stigmas, which^re often petal-like, andadd much to the beauty of the flower. The fruitis a 3-celled, 3-valved capsule. Almost 600 speciesare known, of which the greater number are nativesof warm countries. They are particularly abiindantin South Africa. A few are British. Iris, Glad
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