2 F. Fedde. 
ll. Species novas in Gardeners' Chronicle, 3. ser., 
XL (1906), descriptas 
compilavit F. Fedde. 
49. Iris (Xiphion) Taitii M. Foster, l. c., p. 145. 
Flowering bulbs small (1—5 cm X 3 cm) with thin light brown, finely 
but conspicuously ribbed coats. Leaves, awl-shaped, 40—50 cm long, 
four to five to the scape, which they clasp to some extent. Seape about 
60 cm long, the upper 10 cm being quite naked, bearing (?) a single 
flower. Spathe valves conspicuous, the outer 10 cm X 3 em much longer 
than the ovary. Outer sepal (fall) somewhat panduriform, the blade 
orbicular of a light lavender colour, with thin inconspicuous veins of 
deeper purple. Apex distinctly emarginate. Signal, a long narrow oval 
of a bright orange colour, raised in the median line into a distinct 
ridge. Claw of the same colour as the blade. Whole petal 5,4 em X 
2 cm. Petal (standard) obovate-lanceolate of a blue-purple colour, much 
deeper than that of the fall. Apex distinctly emarginate; whole peta 
6 em X 1,4 cm. Style, with the large quadrate crenate crests, 5 cm X 
1 cm, of a pale lavender colour. Tube none. Ovary, 3 cm long by 
5 cm wide, trigonal with concave sides. Peduncle, 4 em long. Capsule 
and seeds not seen. The whole flower is turbinate at first, but expands 
quite flatly later. It seems wholly without odour. It opened its first 
flower with: me.on June 29. 
Portugal: It was found a little south of the town of Abrantes. 
It is nearly allied to I. Xiphion, but differs (I) in the small bulbs 
with light-brown finely-ribbed coats, (2) in the form of the outer petal, 
which is less panduriform and has a narrower ,signal*, (3) in the fili- 
form leaves, and (4) in the time of flowering, which is later than that 
of I. Xiphion. Nor have I ever seen any variety of I. Xiphion with the 
same colouration. By its leaves and late flowering it comes near to 
l. serotina, but differs in the bulb characters, in the form and in the 
colour of the flowers. 
50. Deutzia mollis Duthie, l. c., p. 238. 
Frutex 9—24 dm altus cortice cito deciduo, ramis teretibus, glabris, 
cinereis; junioribus rubro-bruneis, superne dense hispidulis. ^ Folia 
petiolata, absque petiolo 5—10 em longa et 2,5—5,5 cm lata, elliptico- 
lanceolata vel late ovata, oblique et obtuse acuminata, basi rotundata vel 
subcuneata, utrinque pilosa et squamis minutis stellatis obsita, supra 
aspera, subtus pallidula, dense et molliter pilosa praesertim secus costam 
venasque; marginibus inaequaliter et arcte serratis, dentium apicibus 
callosis rubris, venis primariis 4—6; petiolo circa 6 mm longo, supra 
profunde canaliculato.  Paniculae breves, laxe corymbosae, e cymis 
trichotomis compositae, ramulis calyceque dense hispidulis et squamis. 
