77 



IRIS DECORA. Tab. 86. 



TuBERiBUS gracilibus, fasciculatis, pedunculatis ; foliis ensiformUlinearibus, acuminatisslmls, plicato-iiervosis, lon- 

 jrlsslnils ; scapo gracill, paucifloro, leviter compresso, foliis longiore ; spathis remotls, angustis, acuminatis ; corolla; 

 tubo longo, gracili ; petalis oblongis, retusis, exterioribus cristatis ; stigmatibus coroUam subaequantibus lanceolatis, 

 acum i n at is sublaciniato-serratis . 



Habitat in Napaliae monte Ekdanta et ad Bempedi, florens mense Maii. 



Planta 3-pedalis, gracilis, Isevis, glaucescens. Radix constans tuberibus pluribus carnosis, fasciculatis, gracilibus, oblongo-cylindricis, 

 utrinqu5 attenuatis 2-pollicaribus, pedunculo gracili, 2-pollicari sustentis. Folia 2 — 3-pedalia, ensifornii-linearia, attenuate -acuminatis- 

 sima, basi parfim coatracti equitantia, vix ad medium lineas 10 lata, gracillimfe 5-nervia, medi5 profundi canaliculata, lateribus replicatis, 

 atro-viridia, subtiis glaucescentia. Scapus erectus gracilis, glaucus, leviter compressus, foliis parfim longior, supern^ subflexuosus, 

 basi circumdatus fibris densis, brevibus, erectis, aridis. Spath^ lineari-falcatae, acuminatie, 2-valvcs, .'5 — 4-pollicares, membranaceo- 

 marginatoe. Flores pauci, solitarii vel gcminati, altero sa'pifis eniarcido, dilutissim^ coerulei, purpureo-reticulati, fere inodori, loeves. 

 Tubus gracilis, obsolete 3-angularis, 2-pollicaris, ovario oblongo, 3-angulari, lucido, esulcato, ad latera convexo duplo longior. Petala 

 oblonga, obtusa, retusa, lobis apicis rotundatis, plana, integerrima, recurvata, poUicaria, venis purpurascentibus, numerosis, dichotoinis 

 reticulata, desinentia in ungues latiusculos, marginatos, canaliculatos, infundibuliformi-conniventes, semipoUicares ; exteriora crista liite^, 

 angusta, fiinbriato-denticulata, e medio limbi ad basin unguis decurrentc ; Interiora pariim angustiora, nuda. Stigmata erecto-conni- 

 ventia, petalis interioribus parfim breviora, iisdem concolora, lanceolata, insequalitfer acutfe serrata, sublaciniata, apice profundi biloba, 

 lobis acuminatis, intils integerrimis et parallelis, sinu angusto, lateribus parim recurvatis super antheras lineares, filaraento filiformi, 

 sequanti insidentes. Capsula oblonga, 3-angularis, lateribus convexis, 1 ^-pollicaris. 



This plant and Iris jiapalensis Botan. Reg. v. 10. n. 818. are the only two species of Iris, wbicb I have found in 

 Nipal. They belong exclusively to that country, and are quite distinct from the European species. The plant de- 

 scribed above is the rarest of the two, blossoming in the hot season ; whereas the other kind, which is called by the 

 natives Gukojan and GuUla, produces its flowers in the cold weather, about February, and continues in flower uHtil the 

 end of April. 



Plate LXXXVI. Fig. 1. Flower dissected. 



CORYLUS FEROX. Tab. 87. 



Foliis oblongis, valde acuminatis, stipulis lineari-lanceolatis ; nuce compressa, involucro villoso, bipartite, laciniato- 



spinosissimo duplo breviore. 



Crescit ad cacumen Sheopore montis in Napalia, florens Septembri, fructigera Decembn. 



Arbor 20-pedalis. Truncus pedem ad 2 circumferentia emetiens, corticc glabriusculo, cinereo. Rami virgati, Iffives, cylindrici, fusel, 

 calloscvpunctati tenelli sericei. Gemm^ conico-oblongse, extus sericeo-villosse. Folia subbifariJ: patentia, alterna, oblonga, in acumen 

 lonjrum attenuata duplicato-serrata, sermturis parvis, acuminatis, basi obtusa, 3-4-pollicaria, utrinquJ; adpressfe pubescentia, supr^ 

 atroviridia oblique rugosa, subths pallida, obliqufe et parallel^ multinervia, nervis cost^que gracilibus, elevatis, viUosis. Petiolus v.x 

 noUicaris viUosus SvriPUL^ lineari-lanceolatse, acut^, caducissimte. Amenta terminalia ramulorum brevium, novellonim, axUlarmm vel 

 ex vestidis petiolorum delapsorum, subfasciculata, cylindracea, 2-pollicaria, laxt. pcndula, mollissimfe tomentosa, scricea, cana, demflm 

 flavicantia Squamae undiquHmbricata., adpressee, 3-partitae ; lohi obovati, cuspidulati, extfis valdfe villosi, intJis puberuli, intermedins 



.linuis latior Stamina 4, squamis breviora ; filamenta brevissima ; aMherw magnee, oblongae, fuscae, loculis discretis, apice p.lis cams, 

 Wvihns barbate Flores f(eminei baud visi. Involucrum nucis ovatum, cyathiforme, carnosum, profundi; 2-partitum, cano-viUosum, 

 fnndo dabrum usque ad medium laciniato-multifidum, lobis ramoso-pinnatis, divaricato-patentibu., in spinas longas, graciUimas, apice 



usco ibras desinentibus ; plura ad ramulorum apices coacervata in capitulum 2_3-pollicare, nutans. N.x ovata, compressa, latenbus 

 fusco-glabra brevior, vald^ crassa et dura, laevis, fusca, obtusa cum apicula villosuia, basi prominente 



n Rece^^^^^^^^^^^^ compressum, spongiosum, seminis marginem alteram percurrens, apice ovula 2 adfigens, verticem 



putaminis partim intrans. Semen omnin6 ut in Coryh Avellana. 



The wood of this tree is light, compact, and of a pale colour. The nut is small, and precisely like the common 

 hazel-nut in taste ; the shell is exceedingly hard and thick. 



T,. , A* 1 o^nnf Q Sralp with stamens. 3. The same, seen from behind. 4. Stamen. 5. A bunch 



longitudinally. 12. 13. 14. Seed. 



