Tas. 6889. 
TRIS Miest. 
Native of Temperate Himalayas. 
Nat. Ord. Intpzr%.—Tribe Morxe, 
Genus Iris, Linn. (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. vol. iii. p- 686.) 
Iris (Evansia) Milesii ; rhizomate late repente, foliis 7-8 ensiformibus pallide 
viridibus, pedunculo tripedali apice corymboso 3~4-cephalo, floribts 3—4-nis 
pulchre lilacinis evanescentibus inodoris, spathe valvis ovatis vel oblongis 
firmulis brevibus, pedicellis bracteis vix brevioribus, perianthii tubo brevi, 
segmentis exterioribus obovatis falcatis pallide lilacinis lineis saturate purpureis 
radiantibus preeditis carina lutea profunde fimbriata, segmentis interioribus 
obovato-unguiculatis concoloribus, stigmatis appendicibus quadratis profunde 
fimbriatis. 
I. Milesii, Foster in Gard. Chron. N.S. vol. xx. (1883), p. 231. 
This interesting new Iris was received in seed by Mr. 
Frank Miles from the Kulu and Parbutta valleys of the 
North-Western Himalayas, and first flowered in this 
country in the summer of 1883, when it was described by 
Professor Foster in the “ Gardener’s Chronicle.” We have 
also received dried specimens from Dr. Brandis, which 
were gathered by himself in flower in the Parbutta valley 
in October, 1876. It is said to grow at an elevation above 
sea-level of 14,000 feet, so that it comes decidedly within 
the bounds of the temperate region. The flowers are 
handsome, but fugitive. Botanically it is very distinct 
and interesting as furnishing a link of transition between 
the fimbriated and bearded Irises (the sections Evansia 
and Pogoniris), for the crest is so deeply fimbriated as to 
- have almost become a beard. Its nearest allies are the 
Chinese Iris tectorum, Maxim. (Bot. Mac. tab. 6118), and 
the well-known Iris japonica, Thunb. (I. chinensis, Curt. 
Bot. Mag. tab. 373). Our drawing was made from a 
Specimen sent by Mr. Lynch from the Cambridge Botanic 
Garden in May, 1886. 
Dusor. Rootstock creeping to a length of half a foot or 
More. Jeaves seven or eight to a stem, distichous, 
