Tap. 7140. 
IRIS Danrorprm. 
Native of Armenia. 
Nat. Ord. In1ipz#.—Tribe MormeE2. 
Genus Iris, Linn. ; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. vol. iii. p. 686.) 
Ixis (micropogon) Danfordie ; bulbo anguste ovoideo, tunicis elongatis pallide 
brunneis arcte intertextis, radicibus fibrosis, foliis 2-3 hysteranthiis anguste 
linearibus glabris 4-gonis angulis costatis, scapo brevissimo, spathw uni- 
florze valvis 2 linearibus membranaceis, pedicello ovario cylindraceo wqui- 
longo, perianthii pallide aurantiaci tubo 1} pollicari, segmentis exterioribus 
oblongo-spathulatis lamina oblonga obtusa v. acuta reflexa obscure bar- 
bata v. nuda sparse fusco v. viridi punctata, interioribus minimis subulatis 
porrectis, styli ramis luteis perianthium subsequantibus bifidis lobis 
dimidiato-ovatis acutis, staminibus } poll. longis, antheris linearibus 
citrinis filamento longioribus. 
I. Danfordiw, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, p. 265. 
I. Bornmuelleri, Haussk. in Flora, 1889, p. 140. 
I. Amasiana, Born. in Meller. Gardn. Zeit. (ex Haussk. in sched.). 
Iris Danfordie was discovered by the lady whose name 
it bears, on the Cilician Taurus, in the beginning of March, 
1875, at an elevation of about four thousand feet. The 
exact spot wa’ on the northern side of the Amascha Moun- 
tain, which is a continuation of the Ala Dagh range. In 
1889 it was gathered in the same mountains by Herr 
Bornmueller, Inspector of the Belgrade Botanical Gardens, 
and dedicated in the same year by Haussknecht, to that 
traveller, with the observation that J. Danfordie differs 
from it in the thin texture of the tunic of its bulb, a dis- 
tinction that the specimens do not confirm. 
The specimen figured was grown from roots sent by 
Herr Max Leichtlin in 1889, and flowered in a cool 
frame in the Royal Gardens in February of this year. 
Flowers have also been communicated by Mr. Gumbleton, 
and leaves by Baron von St. Paul, of Fischbach, in Silesia. 
It is very fragrant. : ; 
Descr. Dwarf. Root narrowly ovoid, about an inch 
long, clothed with a subcylindric tumic one to one and a 
half inch long.of pale brown interlaced fibres, that reach 
OcropeR Ist, 1890. 
