Tite, D577. 
TRIS rericunata. 
Netted Iris. 
Nat. Ord. Intprex.—TRIsANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tas. 5298.) 
Ir1s reticulata; foliis angustis strictis erectis linearibus acutis obtuse 
4.gonis cavis glaucis, perianthii segmentis exterioribus angustis cunei- 
formi-oblongis patentibus imberbibus, interioribus longioribus zequi- 
longisve erectis elongatis lanceolatis anguste spathulatis, ovario obtuse 
3-gono, stigmatibus oblongis, labio superiore 2-lobo recurvo serrato, 
inferiore brevissimo. 
Irts reticulata. Bieberstein, Fl. Laur. Cauc. v. 1. p. 34. Cent. Plant. Rar. 
Ross. v. 1. t. 11. Sweet, British Fl. Garden, ser. 2. v. 2. ¢. 189. 
Journ. Hort. Soe. v. 3. p. 166. 
Though far from the largest or most gorgeous, this is really 
one of the most beautiful species of Zris in cultivation ; no- 
thing can exceed the deep rich violet of its perianth-lobes 
and stigmata, or the delicious fragrance of violet it exhales, 
whilst the leaves are of a less coarse appearance and texture 
than is usual inthe genus. ‘The Royal Gardens are indebted 
for the plants here figured to Colonel Scott, R.E., who pro- 
cured them through his friend Captain Smith, R.E., a gentle- 
man employed in the telegraph department in Persia; they 
flowered in a cool greenhouse in March of the present year. 
The plant isa native of Georgia, Asia Minor, Kurdistan, Syria, 
and Persia, and is extremely well deserving of cultivation as 
a spring flower of easy culture. . 
Descr. Root a solitary tuber, coated with a firm network 
of fibres. Leaves one foot high, striate, erect, glaucous, ob- 
tusely four-angled, slightly twisted, with a sharp apex; 
Sheaths with white scarious edges, closely appressed to the 
bases of the leaves and flower-stems. Flowers three to four 
inches in diameter, solitary, erect, deep-violet in hue and 
fragrance. Perianth with the tube one inch long, slender ; 
MAY Ist, 1866. 
