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IRIS orcarorpes. 
Native of Central Asia, 
Nat. Ord, Inmzx.—Tribe Moran. : 
Genus Ins, Linn. ; (Benth. et Hook.f. Gen. Pl. vol. iii. p- 686.) 
Tris (Juno) orchioides ; bulbo magno ovoideo tunicis membranaceis brurneis, 
caule-oligocephalo semipedali vel pedali, foliis productis 5-6 lanceolatis 
acuminatis viridibus facie canaliculatis margine haud incrassatis, spathe 
valvis lanceolatis pallide viridibus haud inflatis, pedicello brevi, periantbii 
tubo elongato, limbo szpissime citrino interdum oculato vel lilacino tineto, 
segmentis exterioribus lamina patula oblonga cristata ungue cuneate 
haud auriculato, segmentis interioribus parvis deflexis oblongis ungue 
angusto canaliculato, styli cristis snbdeltoideis magnis. 
I. orchioides, Carriere in Rev. Hort. 1880, p. 337, fig. 68; Foster in Gard. 
Chron. 1889, vol. i. p. 588. 
I. caucasica, vars. oculata & major, Maxim. in Bull, Acad, Petrop. vo). x. 
pp. 688, 689. 
_ This. species is nearly allied to Iris caucasica, which 
differs from it by its dwarfer habit, leaves furnished with 
a thickened horny border, inflated spathes, and paler yellow 
flowers; with the crest of the blade of the outer segments 
serrated, and the sides of the claw expanded at the top 
into a transparent auricle. It’inhabits the mountains of 
Turkestan and“ Bokhara, attaining an elevation of seven - 
thousand feet above sea-level. It. varies greatly in the 
colour of the flower, the type being’ plain bright yellow, 
and varieties furnished with a dark spot at the base of the 
blade or the bladé altogether lilac, except a yellow spot 
round the central crest. It has been grown for many 
years in English gardens under the names of Maximowicz 
above cited. Our description is made partly from plants 
that have flowered at Kew, and partly from specimens sent 
_by Professor Foster and Mr. H. J. Elwes. Our drawing 
was made from a plant flowered by the latter at Cirencester 
last April. co 
Descr. Root-fibres many, cylindrical. Bulb ovoid, an 
inch or more in diameter; tunics brown, membranous. | 
Stem half a foot to a foot or more long, bearing two or 
Aprit Ist, 1890, 
