Monogyna. _Spatha_ diphylla. _Petala_ 6 plana. _Capsula_ tri-locularis,
infera.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

SISYRINCHIUM _iridioides_ foliis ensiformibus; petalis
oblongo-obcordatis, venosis; germinibus pyriformibus, subhirsutis.

SISYRINCHIUM _Bermudiana._ _Lin. Syst. Vegetab. p. 820. var. 2.
Spec. Pl. p. 1353._

BERMUDIANA iridis folio, radice fibrosa. _Dill. Elth. 48. t. 41. f. 48._

SISYRINCHIUM _Bermudiana_ foliis gladiolatis amplexicaulibus, pedunculis
brevioribus. _Miller's Dict. ed. 6. 4to._

[Illustration: No 94]

On comparing the present plant with the _Bermudiana graminea flore
minore coeruleo_ of DILLENIUS, both of which I have growing,
and now in pots before me, the difference appears so striking, that I am
induced with him and MILLER to consider them as distinct
species; especially as, on a close examination, there appear characters
sufficient to justify me in the opinion, which characters are not
altered by culture.

It is a native of the Bermudian Islands, and flowers in the open border
from May to the end of July; it is not uncommon to keep it in the
greenhouse, for which, from its size &c. it is very well adapted; but it