340 IXIACEAE 
15. I. fulvaurea Small  Flower- dd erect, straight, rather slender: sepals 
Spreadin ng, the claw apricot-yellow veined dark x-erimson, the blade crimson- 
scarlet, veined ud and flushed a apricot near the base, the d inar bright- 
yellow ^to red-orange: petals apricot, flushed and vein ed with ¢ , the claw 
apricot: style -branches salmon-pink: anther-tips exserted: seule m een.— 
Bayous, marshes, and ditehes, a.—Spr. 
"E ea ies d. n. ll. Flower-stalk erect, stiff: sepals recurved-spreading, 
6-7 e ong, t w yellow with green midrib, its side- and wing-veins pen- 
cilled pm ed p yellow color of claw flushed into the basal n of 
the blade; blade Smoky Bn s veined with brown-red, the crest light- 
yellow, surroun nded by a zone of e mson- on. and finally becomi ae a crimson 
brown median band: pais s light- n over-flu shed pink, especially around 
central Gol oh. the whole veined rose-brown, a M rus band of orange-yellow 
running the length s the petal, pe widening a e until 7 covers the 
en as claw: Blog anches green at bas S ge further up pale greenish- 
ange, the wings bink- -flus a Are the entire keel dull rosy-purple: 
ope ges E sm iA salmon-pink, flushed dull orange: anther-tips included: 
capsule not mps, aes d and bayou-banks, S La.—Spr.— 
Probably of jo baa Hee but now widespre 
17. I. fumiflora Alexander. Flower- Aie erect, prd rigid: sepals recurved- 
spreading or spreading, 7—8 cm. long, within, the D dede. -yellow, 
faintly peneilled on its wings with 1 avender, the bla rH auve or orchid, often 
with a pink east, not very md dne veiny, the AN drea ; yellow without, 
dull mauve, overlain greenish-yellow on crest region and a pe etals maure- 
pink, the lower “third smoky, pale buff or salmon: E -branches pale salmon or 
de appendages smoky edid d. shallow-toothed, flushed pale-orange be- 
ow: anther-tips exserted: capsule not seen.—Swamps, marshes, bayou-banks, 
id ditches, S La.—Spr. 
I. moricolor Small. Flower-stalk rigid: sepals 7—8 long, recurved- 
ena the claw rather short and broad, en S dite ‘flecked and veined 
in red- Mu the blade oval, much longer the claw, crim son-maroon 
eined ker, the crest a si ngle rather prominent ridge of i ntense yellow, 
edie into the blade for nearly half of its length: petals ee spa d 
id pd e the sepals, the claw Mau d -aprico ot, the blade crimso 
ith a ian darker line: style-branches dull purplish old-rose with 
ne bris iem ins, the under side yellow-green flushed with old-rose, the 
appendages Mure: ovate, about ae ias ng, purplish old-rose, Un n 
eapsule ovoid or ellipsoid-ovoid, long, 6-ridged-angled.—Bayous and 
marshes, S ri Lope —This is one 2^ the darkest colored and richest of the 
*f reds?? yet se 
19. I. fuscaurea Small. Flower-stalk erect: flowers rose-scented: sepals 7—8.5 
em. long, spreading, firm, the claw flushed with apricot and veined and pencilled 
orange-brown, with the midrib pale yellow-green, the blade brown-lilac, the 
lower por rtion apricot-flushed, especially towards the margin, dark bro wn-lilac 
about and beyond the very narrow brigh pes crest: petals cuneate-spatula ES 
d o than the sepals, the claw with brown-lilae lines and orange 
Em s, the blade flushed w ith aprieot at the base, brown-lilae beyond: oie 
een rosy-brown-lilae, the wings yellow; appendages slightly darker-colored, 
flushed apricot beneath: anther-tips included: capsule not seen.—Ponds and 
swamps. S La.—Spr. 
20. I. Pipe Small Flower- p erect, rigid: sepals dics o 
ing, w the claw greenish-white, veined magenta, especially o wings, 
the blado 'ecclesiostie-purple or brilliant m ees purple, the crest ae beyond 
the yellow green in claw, solitary, but surrounded by a zone of purple veins; 
