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~Iris ochroleuca. Tall Iris.~


_Class and Order._

~Triandria Monogynia.~

_Generic Character._

_Corolla_ 6-petala, inæqualis, petalis alternis geniculato-patentibus.
_Stigmata_ petaliformia, cucullato-bilabiata. _Thunb. Diss. de Iride._

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

IRIS _ochroleuca_ imberbis foliis ensiformibus, scapo subtereti
germinibus hexagonis. _Lin. Syst. Vegetab. p. 90._

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Of the several species of Iris cultivated in our gardens, this excels in
point of height; we have taken our English name therefore from this
character, and not from the term _ochroleuca_, which, if translated,
would be too expressive of the colour of the blossoms of the _Iris
Pseudacorus_, with which the _ochroleuca_ has some affinity in point of
size as well as colour.

Notwithstanding Mr. MILLER's description of his _orientalis_