274 CLI. IRIDEE. (J. D. Hooker.) (Iris. 
crests of style-arms large toothed, capsule 3-gonous with broad flat sides 
and along slender beak. Sweet Brit. Fl. Gard. Ser. ii. t. 11; Baker in 
Journ. Linn, Soc. xvi. 143; in Gard. Chron. 1876,1i. 97. I. decora, Wail. 
Pl. As. Rar. i.77, +t. 86; Don in Trans. Linn. Soc. xviii. 313; Royle Ili. 
372. I. suleata, Wall. Cat. 5049. Neubeckia decora and sulcata, Klatt 
in Linnea, xxxiv. 588, 590. 
TEMPERATE HIMALAYA; from the Panjab and Western Tibet eastwards, 
alt. 5—10,000 ft. Kasra He, alt. 5-8000 ft. . 
Rootstock with densely fibrous sheaths, and copious fleshy finger-like roots ; stem 
1-1ft.; flower heads 1-2. Leaves Gin. long at flowering time, elongating to : 
by 4 in., streaked with purple lines and dots. Spathes 14-2 in. long, outer ü ve 
thin, green, persistent ; pedicels very short. Perianth-tube lj in., limb 1- des 
pale lilac ; blade of sepals } in. broad, crest yellow; petals 4 in. broad ; geg? 
l in. and less. Capsule oblong, trigonous, 1-13 in., enclosed in the persistent spat. f 
—Prof. Foster informs me that the roots are characteristic, resembling those 0 r 
Hemerocallis. Hemsley (Journ. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 136) mentions a starved Kee e 
this, 3-4 in. high, as having been collected in the Shan hills by General Collet 
4000 ft. elevation. 
888 Sepals bearded. 
+ Dwarf species; stems 12 in. or less. 
8. I. gilgitensis, Baker mss.; dwarf, leaves linear, flower-heads 
solitary, spathe 2-fld., pedicels short, perianth-tube long, blade of in 
small narrow oblong much shorter than the strongly bearded claw, pè 
oblong. 
WESTERN TIBET; at Gilgit, alt. 12,000 ft., Giles. in 
Stems tufted, 4-6 in., basal sheaths entire. Leaves flaccid, 6-9 by H : É 
Spathe 14-2 in., valves lanceolate green, margins pale. Perianth-tube less than n 
limb 1} in., bright lilac ; blade of sepals } in. broad ; petals clawed ; style bre oe 
$in., crests small, deltoid.—Differs from I. kumaonensis by the small blade 0 
sepals. A single specimen only seen. 
9. I. kumaonensis, Wall. Cat. 5052; dwarf, leaves linear, mE 
head solitary, spathes 1-fld., pedicels very short, periauth-tube very "A 
blade of sepals spreading cuneate obovate as long as the bearded € B 
petals erect, blade oblong, capsule ellipsoid or subglobose beaked. To. 
Trans. Linn. Soc. xviii. 311; Royle Ill. 372; Baker in Gard. Chron. n 
ii. 709. I. Kingiana, M. Foster in Gard. Chron. 1887, i. 611; Baker 
Bot. Mag. t. 6957. I. tigrina, Jacquem. mss. 
WESTERN HiMALAYA; from Kashmir to Kumaon, alt. 8-12,0C0 ft. iin 
Stems 2-12 in., crowded; outer basal sheaths fibrous. Leaves 12-14 by 9 in. 
Spathes 2-3 in., valves lanceolate, ventricose. Perianth-tube 2-2) in. ; limb m 
bright lilac ; blade of sepals 3 in. broad, blotched with darker lilac, beard of ca". 
yellow-tipped hairs on a white crest, blade of petals 4 in. broad; style-arms nous 
long, crests deltoid acute. Capsule 1-2 in., narrowed at both ends, trigo 
angles obtuse.— Don describes the sepals us blood-red with black-purple spots. 
10. I. goniocarpa, Baker in Gard. Chron. 1876, ii. 710; in Jt 
Linn. Soc. xvi. 145; dwarf, slender, leaves narrow linear, flower-n? 
solitary, spathes 1-2-fld., flowers subsessile, perianth-tube long eF le 
cuneately-oblong, keel strongly bearded, petals erect, blade oblong; cap 
trigonous with broad flat sides and a long slender beak. 
SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 10-13,000 ft., J. D. H. + tong 
Stem 6 in., 1-leaved, sheaths fibrous. Leaves 6-8 by 4 in. Spathes 1 g^ bon 
valveslanceolate persistent. Perianth-tube 4-8 in. ; blade of lilac ? sepals iin. 
