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Species novas in Gardener's Chronicle, 3. ser., XLV (1909). 381 
CVII. Species novas in Gardener's Chronicle, 3. ser. 
XLV (1909) descriptas 
compilavit F. Fedde. 
82. Wedelia oblonga Hutchinson, 1. c., p. 18. 
Planta subprocumbens, circiter 1 m alta, ramis sulcatis vel sub- 
anculatis plus minus dense glanduloso-pubescentibus, internodiis 6—7 cm 
longis. Folia oblonga vel oblongo-lanceolata, acuta mucronulata, basi- 
auriculata, 7—9 cm longa, 1,5—2 cm lata, utrinque glanduloso-pilosa, 
nervis lateralibus 7—10 supra immersis subtus prominentibus, venis arcte 
'anasto-mosantibus. Capitula pedunculata, 3—4 cm diametro; pedunculi 
4—6 cm longi. Involucri bracteae externae foliaceae, ovato-lanceolatae, 
8—10 mm longae, 3—5 mm latae, utrinque glanduloso-pilosae, ciliatae ; 
internae subscariosae.  Receptaculi paleae lanceolatae, versus apicem 
viliatae, subacutae. Flores radii tridentati, circiter 12; achaenia sub- 
quadrangularia, 2 mm longa, glabra; pappus 0; tubus 2 mm longus, 
dense pilosus; lamina oblongo-cuneata, 1,5 cm longa, 7 mm lata, denti- 
bus 3 mm longis, 2 mm latis obtusis. Flores disci circiter 30; achaenia 
15 mm longa, subteretia, glabra; tubus 4 mm longus, inferne dense 
pilosus. Antherae 2 mm longae. Styli rami apiculati, acuti, pilosi. 
British East Africa: From seeds coll. by Diespecker! Eldoma 
Ravine, Whyte! 
83. Iris himalaica W. R. Dykes, l. c., p. 36. | 
Species, rhizomate gracili repente elongato; foliis linearibus incurvis, 
2—3 ped. longis, 3/, poll. latis, supra nitidis, infra glauco-viridibus; scapo 
solido, nunquam fistuloso, folia longe superante, capitulis pluribus; spathis 
bifloris 3 poll. longis; pedicellis spathis aequantibus; perianthii tubo tri- 
quetro ! poll. longo; segmentis externis, 2 poll. longis, 1 poll. latis, 
'obovato-cuneatis, violaceis albomaculatis, imberbibus; segmentis internis, 
1 poll. longis, 3/, poll. latis, subpatentibus, violaceis, venis inconspicuis ; 
Styli ramis latis, convexis, carinatis, 1!/; poll. longis; capsulis trigonis 
2 poll. longis; seminibus orbiculis, compressis, tenuibus. 
Himalaya: Darjeeling. 
84. Iris reticulata var. atropurpurea W. R. Dykes, |. c., p. 113. ` 
The buds of the variety atropurpurea appear when the two four- 
sided leaves are only 2 or 8 inches high. They somewhat resemble 
buds of I. Krelagei, but differ in having veinings of purple-red on a 
Whitish ground. | 
When the flower unfolds, the blade of the fall is seen to be of a 
uniform velvety-black, which fades a little to red-black at the edges. 
There is only the merest trace of a signal or ridge in the form of a 
minute touch of dingy yellow, but along the haft there runs a row of 
&listening black spines àbout a sixteenth of an inch in height. These 
stand out conspicuously on a black ground, which is bordered on inel 
Side by a slightly lighter, reddish groundwork veined with black-purple. 
