Tas. 7050, 
IRIS Barnum. 
Native of Armenia. 
Nat. Ord. IntpEx.—Tribe MorzxeEZ. 
Genus Iris, Linn. ; (Benth. et Hook.f. Gen. Pl. vol. iii. p. 686.) 
Tris Barnume; rhizomate brevi, foliis linearibus complicatis glaucescentibus 
semipedalibus, caule brevi monocephalo, spathe valvis lanceolatis post anthesin 
herbaceis, perianthii tubo ovario «quilongo, limbo saturate purpureo seg- 
mentis exterioribus atro-purpureis obovato-cuneatis reflexis barba diffusa pilis 
luteis purpureo-capitatis preditis, segmentis interioribus orbiculari-unguiculatis 
erectis ae arden exterioribus majoribus, antheris filamento longioribus, 
styli ramis latis dorso convexis cristis deltoideis, capsulis ellipsoideo-trigonis, 
seminibus magnis conspicue strophiolatis. 
I. Barnume, Foster & Baker in Gard. Chron. 1888, vol. ii. p. 182. 
During the last ten years our knowledge of Irises has 
been greatly enlarged, and instead of about a hundred 
species for the whole of the north temperate zone, we 
now know a hundred and forty or a hundred and fifty, 
most of which are in cultivation. A large proportion of 
the new discoveries have been made in different parts of 
Asia. The present plant is a very handsome and distinct 
novelty. It was sent to Professor Foster by Mrs. Barnum, 
of the American Mission at Kharput, from the hills two 
hours distant from Van in Armenia. It has a distinctly 
concentrated beard, as in the common German Irises, and 
the colour of the flower is dark purple, without veins of 
a distinctly different shade; but in other respects, in its 
mode of growth, habit, and leaves, it agrees with the 
section Oneocyclus, all the species of which inhabit the 
Oriental region. Our drawing was made from speci- 
mens sent by Professor Foster at the beginning of last 
June. 
Descr. Rhizome likethat of an Oncocyclus, shortly creeping 
with the new buds soon detaching themselves from the 
old stock. Produced leaves five or six to a tuft, linear, 
complicate, pale glaucous green, strongly ribbed, half a 
Aprit Ist, 1889. 
