Tris, CLI. IRIDEX. (J. D. Hooker.) 273 
Kaap, alt. 6000 ft., Clarke.—DisTRIB. Westward to Russia. 
Stem 2-3 ft., sheathed. Leaves 4-1} in. broad. Spathes 2-3 in., linear-oblong, 
firm, green. Flowers 2-3 in. diam., bright lilac; sepals } in. broad, claw keeled ; 
petals 1-4 in. broad ; style-arms 1 in. long, crests small, deltoid. Capsule 1-2 in., 
bribed, long-beaked.—A very common Oriental plant. Baker refers the Kashmir 
specimens to I, Notha as a variety with very stout stems, broad leaves and large 
owers, . 
4 I. aurea, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. xxxiii. t. 59; tall, stout, leaves 
ensiform, spathes 2-3-fld., flowers long-pedicelled yellow, ovary as long as 
° peranth-tube, blade of crisped and crenulate sepals oblong as long as 
e claw, petals shorter oblanceolate, style-arms with entire broad incurved 
QU Baker in Gard. Chron. 1876, ii. 584. I. crocea, Jacquem. mss. 
Xyridion aureum, Klatt in Bot. Zeit. 1872, 501. 
Western Himataya; Kashmir, Royle, Jacquemont. . 
Stem 3-33 ft., stout, terete, with leafy sheaths, Leaves 13-2 ft. by 3-1 in. 
Spathes 34 in. ; valves lanceolate, green. Flowers bright yellow; sepals 23-33 in., 
a elin, broad; style-arms 14-1} in. long, crests deltoid. Capsule 1} in. long, 
ng, 6-angled, beaked.—Differs from I. spuria, chiefly in the yellow flowers. 
i At Wattii, Baker mss. ; tall, stout, leaves broadly ensiform, flower- 
sho ? Tacemose on stout long peduncles, spathes 2-3-fld., perianth-tube 
rt infundibular, sepals obovate-spathulate, blade as long as the claw, 
rather shorter obovate-oblong, style-arms with 2-fid laciniate tips. 
ae PORE; summit of Kongui, alt. 6000 ft., Watt. MN 
l-2 in with 5-6 flower-heads on erecto-patent peduncles. Leaves thin, 18 by 
thin » as long as the stem, Spathes with the outer valve 1-1} in., lanceolate, 
Steen; inner much shorter, oblong, obtuse; pedicels short, jointed with the 
Flowers pale lavender blue, tube 4 in.; blade of sepals 2 in. broad, striped 
pressed or. otan specimens from Griffith of this or an allied species have stout com- 
grooved stems and firmer spathe-valves. 
8 Sepals crested. 
Beie Milesii, -M. Foster in Gard. Chron. 1883, i. 231; tall, stont, 
Deen broadly ensiform, flower-heads branched, spathes many-fld., 
"tube rather short, sepals spreading, blade as long as the claw 
Zar rei sharply toothed, petals as large spreading oblong undulate, 
wt with a large fimbriate crest. Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 6889. _ 
TERN HIMALAYA ; Kullu and Parbutta valleys, alt. 4000 ft., Brandis. 
Ee d as thick as the little finger, leafy Vapwards ; sheaths at the forks 
She, 1 7,09 14-2 ft. by 1-2 in. broad, pale green, firm, strongly curve 
Wi m., valves oblong, obtuse; pedicels short, jointed at the tip ; 
lg in ID. diam., large; ovary clavate ; perianth-tube A in. ; _blade of pon 
Jl, o disk Whitish with dark radiating purple blotches, margins purple, cres 
e e-arms 1 in., blue-purple, crest square.—Possibly this is the tall ris 
"än ¢ by Stewart (Panjab Plants, 241) as found in the Beas valley, alt. 
t., and used for thatching. 
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her pat alensis, Don Prodr. 54 (not of Wall); stem slender, leaves 
Dess 1-3.fd., flowers Ee pedicelled, perianth-tube slender, 
YOL. yr, Pals oblong as long as the claw, crests narrow, petals : ong, 
