sR. 714. 
TRIS sinpDJARENSIS. 
Native of Mesopotamia. 
Nat. Ord. Intpra.—Tribe Morzea, 
Genus Iris, Linn. ; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen, Pl. vol. iii. p. 636.) 
Iris (Juno) sindjarensis ; bulbo oblongo tunicis membranaceis, foliis distichis 
lanceolatis confertis firmis viridibus, caule brevissimo 1-2-cephalo foliis 
occulto, spathz valvis exterioribus lanceolatis viridibus, perianthii 
lilacini tubo elongato, segmentis exterioribus oblongo-cuneatis crista lutea 
inconspicua carinatis, segmentis interioribus oblongo-unguiculatis parvis 
deflexis, styli cristis ovatis imbricatis reflexis. 
I. sindjarensis, Boiss. et Haussk. in Boiss. Fl. Orient. vol. v. p. 422. 
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This is another of the bulbous species of Iris allied to 
caucasica, orchioides, and palestina. It is distinguished by 
its short stem, crowded green lanceolate leaves, and lilac 
flowers. It was discovered about 1865 in Mesopotamia by 
Dr. Haussknecht, in one of those journeys which have added 
so much to our knowledge of Oriental plants. Much later 
it was introduced into cultivation by our esteemed corre-— 
-spondent, Herr Max Leichtlin of Baden Baden ; and our 
drawing was made from a plant which he sent to the Royal 
Gardens which flowered in a cool frame last February. 
Desor. Rootstock an oblong bulb, with cylindrical root- 
fibres; outer tunics membranous. Produced leaves about 
eight, crowded, lanceolate, distichous, acuminate, firm, 
bright green, an inch broad. Stem very short, hidden by 
the leaves, bearing one or two clusters of flowers ; spathes 
two inches long; outer valves lanceolate, pale green at the 
flowering time. Perianth slaty lilac ; tube protruded about 
an inch from the spathe ; outer segments oblong cuneate, — 
two inches long, under an inch broad, slaty lilac with 
radiating lines of darker lilac, and with an inconspicuous 
yellow crest down the lower two-thirds; inner segments 
oblong-unguiculate, an inch long, drooping from between 
the claws of the outer segments. Style-branches half an 
inch broad; crests ovate, imbricated, reflexed.—J. G. 
Baker. 
Fig: 1, Front view of anther; 2, back view of anther ; 3, apex of Btyle with 
stigma and crests :—all enlarged. 
November Ist, 1890. os . 
