Tan. 6775. 
[RIS (XIPHION) TINGITANA. 
Native of Marocco. 
Nat. Ord. IntpEx.—Tribe More@ex. 
Genus Iris, Linn.; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. vol. iii. p. 686.) 
Iris (Xiphion) tingitana ; bulbo ovoideo tunicis exterioribus membranaceis rubros 
brunneis, caule valido monocephalo, foliis caulinis productis 5-6 linearibue 
glauco-viridibus profunde canaliculatis, spathe valvis magnis lanceolatis apic- 
et margine membranaceis, ovario cylindrico breviter pedicellato, perianthio tubo 
eylindrico ovario zquilongo, limbi violacei vel lilacini segmentis exterioribus 
falcatis obovatis unguiculatis, limbo conspicue luteo carinato ungui xquilongo, 
segmentis interioribus erectis oblanceolatis concoloribus, styli appendicibus 
magnis deltoideis plicatis, antheris magnis. 
I. tingitana, Boiss. et Reuter Pugillus, p.118. 
I. Xyphium, Schousb. Gew. Marok. p. 16, non Linn. 
XIPHION tingitanum, Baker in Seem. Journ. vol. ix. (1871), p- 13; ef in Journ. 
Linn, Soe. vol. xvi. p. 123; Ball in Journ. Linn. Soc. vol. xvi. p. 675, non 
Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. t. 5981. 
The large lilac-flowered Irises with a bulbous rootstock 
fall into two well-marked groups, firstly Xiphion and 
wiphioides, well known and widely cultivated in pre-Linnean 
times; and secondly, the less known, more recently described, 
and rarer Mediterranean types, filifolia, Fontanesii, and the 
present plant. The latter possess a distinct cylindrical 
tube to the perianth above the ovary, whilst in the former 
there is no tube between the ovary and the diverging 
segments of the limb. The present plant was discovered 
long ago by Schousboe and Salzmann in the neighbourhood 
of Tangiers, but has only lately been brought into cultiva- 
tion. It was first imported by Mr. Geo. Maw, and has 
been flowered successfully by Messrs. Leichtln and Elwes 
and Professor M. Foster. Our plate was drawn from a 
plant communicated by the- latter, which he flowered in 
April, 1884. Besides the presence of the tube, it differs 
from I. Xiphion in the growing bulbs shooting in the spring 
and not in autumn, in the stouter leaves entirely hiding the 
SEPTEMBER Ist, 1884. 
