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Ireland (ISLAND one of the Bermudas)
ISLAND, one of the Bermudas.
Society" (1897). He died Sept. 25, 1918. a church father; born in Greece about 120, was a disciple of Polycarp, by whom he is said to have been sent to Gaul. On the martyrdom of Pothinus he succeeded him in the bishopric of Lyons, in 177. Irenæus was a man of considerable learning, to have been sent to Gaul. On the martianity. The common idea that he sufford and at the Middle Temple, London, and on the breaking out of the Civil War offered his services to the Parliament. ford and at the Middle Temple, London, and on the breaking out of the Civil War offered his services to the Parliament.
His connection with Cromwell, whose daughter Bridget he married in 1646, greatly advanced his interests. At Naseby he was taken prisoner by Rupert, but Cromwell's charge set him at liberty. enemies of the king, and signed the war- rant for his execution. He accompanied Cromwell to Ireland, and in 1650 became enemies of the king, and signed the war- Cromwell to Ireland, and in 1650 became lord-deputy. He died in Limerick, Nov. 15, 1651. palms, of the Areceæ tribe. It consists of few species, all from South America.
The hard outer wood of I. exorrhiza, the pashiuba or paxiuba palm of Brazil, is used in the United States for making umbrella handles.
IRIDEÆ, or IRIDACEÆ (i-rid'uh-ē, i-rid-as-e-i), a natural order of endogenous plants, mostly herbaceous, with stocks; a few are somewhat shrubby.
About 700 species are known, of which the greater number are natives of warm countries. They are particularly abundant in South Africa. A few are British. Iris, gladiolus, and crocus are familiar examples of the order. Acridity is a prevailing characteristic, and some species are medicinal; but the corms and root stocks of some are edible.
IRIDIUM (i-rid'ē-um), a tetrad metallic element of the platinum group; symbol Ir.; at. wt. 193.1; discovered by which remains when crude platinum is Tennant in 1804, in the black powder dissolved in nitro-hydrochloric acid. blow Iridium is a white, brittle, very hard osmium, called iridosmine or osmiridium.
Iridium is a white, brittle, very hard metal, fusible with great difficulty, in the is insoluble in all acids, but when reduced by hydrogen at a red heat it oxiis insoluble in all acids, but when re- duced by hydrogen at a red heat it oxichloric acid. IRIS (I'ris), in classical mythology, the messenger of the gods who carries messages from Ida to Olympus, or from the gods to men. In the "Iliad" the rainbow also was called Iris. IRISCOPE in astronomy, an asteroid of the group between Mars and Jupiter, discovered by Hind in 1847.
In botany, th flower-de-luce, the typical genus of the order Iridaceæ. The species numerous, and are IRKUTSK the Synod of Ulster, as having its strength mainly within that province of Ireland.