Online Encyclopedia

species in S7 genera, and widely distributed in temperate and tropical regions. The members of this order are generally perennial herbs growing from a corm as in See also:

CROCUS

Crocus and See also:

GLADIOLUS

Gladiolus, or a rhizome as in Iris; more rarely, as in the See also:

SPANISH

Spanish iris, from a bulb. A few See also:

South See also:

AFRICAN

African representatives have a shrubby See also:

HABIT (through the French from Lat. habitus, from habere, to have, hold, or, in a reflective sense, to be in a certain condition; in many of the English senses the French use habitude, not habit)

habit. The See also:

FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

flowers are hermaphrodite and See also:

REGULAR

regular as in Iris (fig. I) and Crocus (fig. 3), or with a symmetry in the median See also:

PLANE

plane as in Gladiolus. The petaloid perianth consists of two series, each with three members; which are joined below into a longer or shorter See also:

TUBE (Lat. tuba)

tube, followed by one whorl of three stamens; the inferior ovary is three-celled and contains numerous ovules on an See also:

AXILE

axile See also:

PLACENTA (Lat. for a cake)

placenta; the See also:

style is branched and the branches are often petaloid. The See also:

FRUIT (through the French from the Lat. fructus; frui, to enjoy)

fruit (fig. 2) is a See also:

CAPSULE (from the Lat. capsula, a small box)

capsule opening between the partitions and containing generally a large number of roundish or angular seeds. The arrangement of the parts in the See also:

flower resembles that in the nearly allied order Amaryllidaceae (See also:

NARCISSUS

Narcissus, See also:

SNOWDROP

Snowdrop, &c.), but differs in the See also:

ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence of the inner whorl of stamens. The most important genera are Crocus (q.v.), with about 70species, Iris (q.v.), with about roo, and Gladiolus (q.v.), with 150. Ixia, See also:

FREESIA

Freesia (q.v.) and Tritonia (including Monlbretia), 1.

Flower, from which the See also:

OUTER

outer petals and the stigmas have been removed, leaving the inner petals (a) and stamens. 2. See also:

PISTIL

Pistil with petaloid stigmas. all natives of South See also:

Africa, are well known in cultivation. Sisyrinchium, See also:

BLUE (common in different forms to most European languages)

blue-eyed grass, is a new-See also:

WORLD

world genus extending from See also:

ARCTIC (Gr. "ApKroc, the Bear, the northern constellation of Ursa Major)

arctic See also:

AMERICA

America to See also:

PATAGONIA

Patagonia and the See also:

Falkland Isles. One 3. Fruit cut across showing the three See also:

chambers containing seeds. 4. A See also:

SEED (from the root seen in Lat. serere, to sow)

seed. 1-4 about ; nat. See also:

SIZE

size. species, S. angustifolium, an arctic and temperate See also:

North See also:

AMERICAN

American species, is also native in See also:

GALWAY

Galway and See also:

KERRY

Kerry in See also:

Ireland. Other See also:

BRITISH

British representatives of the order are: Iris Pseudacorus, (yellow iris), See also:

COMMON

common by See also:

RIVER

river-See also:

banks and ditches, I. foetidissima (stinking iris), Gladiolus communis, a rare plant found in the New See also:

FOREST

Forest and the Isle of See also:

WIGHT, ISLE OF

Wight, and Romulea Columnae, a small plant with narrow recurved leaves a few inches See also:

long and a See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short scape bearing one or more small regular See also:

FUNNEL (through an O. Fr. founil, found in Breton, from Lat. infundibulum, that through which anything is poured, from fundere, to pour)

funnel-shaped flowers, which occurs at See also:

DAWLISH

Dawlish in See also:

Devonshire.

End of Article: IRIDACEAE (the iris family)

Additional information and Comments

There are no comments yet for this article.

» Add information or comments to this article.

Please link directly to this article:
Highlight the code below, right click, and select "copy." Then paste it into your website, email, or other HTML.

Site content, images, and layout Copyright © 2006 - Net Industries, worldwide.
Do not copy, download, transfer, or otherwise replicate the site content in whole or in part.

Links to articles and home page are always encouraged.

[back]
IRIARTE (or YRIARTE) Y OROPESA, TOMAS DE (1750-1791...

[next]
IRIDIUM (symbol Ir.; atomic weight 193.1)