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median band of smoky red- Hann > central vein of which notehes the tip of 
the solitary yellow crest, cream streaks are extended into the basal portion of 
e blade from the claw, this xul. is also drab-flushed, the entire blade is 
ined IAN more dark than the ground-eolor: petals light smoky lavender- 
ott slightly veiny, -o orange-drab in the claw: style-branches greenish 
at the base, beco ids ewhat roseate ndo of smoky DRM RIDE. above, 
the wings and ee r por Brean apricot-flushed; appendages coarsely but deeply 
and regularly iid toothed: anther- s included: capsule not seen.—Swamps 
and marshes, S La.—Spr. 
10. I. ludoviciana Small. Flower-stalk d Ri and striet: ien recurved 
or recurved-spreading, 7-8 em. long, the w yellow, veined brown-red, the 
blade du E ed-violet, rather veiny, the er ES light yellow, n ub, cleft 
by a dark brown- purple vein, the 1 or 2 later ery n t radial: pet 
dull red-purple, flushed red-violet iom ndi ene the eats nnel em 
orange, its wings nnne style- branches osy-purple, pti orange- 
flushed Io towards the bas aie ings margined yellow; appendages 
smoky rose-purple, flushed orange: ere -tips slightly m eapsule not 
seen pite amps, marshes, ditehes, and bayou-banks, S La.—Spr. 
11. I. ianthina EN eet Flower- pe erect, rigid: sepals reflexed-spread- 
ing, 7-8 em. long, the clay Vas ned red-v iolet, the midrib light-olive, 
streaked pale e Sd the "bla de Ru rbi UE dark- is faintly veined, 
ae ag e veins of red-purple are distingu ishable in the loy r and e entral por- 
tio ; the ere l split completely into the claw by a Holet black A a few 
ings showing on its sides: als vi ushed di 
ish 
the base: style-branches dark purple-violet: appendages violet, lacerate-toothe 
an RUE Pu included: capsule not seen.—Swamps and marshes, S La.—Spr. 
12. I. violivenosa Small. Flower-stalk erect, stiff: cei ee oS about 
em. long, the claw greenish-white with green v veins, its wings sparsely iu 
veined, the blade dark-violet, almost black in a me dia n band which terminates 
S urple near the ma lui 
towards the channel, the claw nearly white, flushed lavender and vein 
purplish-red, the channel greenish-yellow: style-branches greenish, flushed 
purplish on the upper part of the keel; appendages finely lacerate, pale rosy- 
purplish, flushed pale blue-violet: anthe er-tips included: capsule not seen.— 
Swamps and marshes, S La.—Spr. 
13. I. pyrrholopha Alexander.  Flower-stalk erect, ds and rigid: sepals 
recurved, about 7 em. long, the claw yellow, veined darker, its wings dark- 
pencilled and flushed, as also part of the body, the blade orange-red, pinkish, 
or salmon, Penge! ups -veined, the crest solitary, crimson or carmine, the 
t 
color continuin ng a n and on to the apex of the blade: petals colored 
like the sepal- Plade, , but paler, the ch l an w portion yellowish or 
salmo ushed: style-branches orang ous, the darker, the b 
fl d: le o e or fulv kee 
d Mi flushed yellow; appendages pinkish or reddish, flushed orange or 
n: anther-tips slightly exserted: capsule not seen.—Swamps, marshes, 
Pee and bayou banks, S La.—Spr. 
. l.salmonicolor Small. Flower-stalk striet: flowers via bran sepals spread- 
ing, the elaw lemon-yellow, the color flushing up into as of blade, the 
blade T dark-buff with yellow-brown veins, fading t ind o "with 
orange veins, the er i greenish-yellow, becoming brown- tise at the tip: petals 
pale pinkish-buff veined lght-orange, the channel of the claw 2d pink: 
style-branches eg S along margins: tips of the anthers exserted: 
capsule not seen.—Marshes, S La.—Spr. 
