Tas, 7734, 
IRIS stenorHy.ya. 
Nutive of Asia Minor. 
Nat. Ord. Intpe#.—Tribe Mores. 
Genus Iris, Linn.; (Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 686.) 
Irts (Juno) stenophylla ; bulbo ovoideo, tunica extima brunnea primum fissa, 
interiorum 3 exterioribus in vaginas elongatas pallidas obtusas folia basi 
amplectentes productis, radicibus crassis, foliis 6-7 temp. florent. tubo 
floris vix longioribus demum elongatis 8-10 poll. longis anguste linearibus 
in apicem acuminatam angustatis concavis, scapo brevi unifloro, flore 
4-poll. expans., spathze valvis herbaceis, perianthii tubo 2%-pollicari 
exserto ovario pluries longiore lilacina, limbi segmentis exterioribus 23 
pollicaribus stipitatis, stipite }-pollicari suberecto crasso, limbo late 
ovato-oblongo basi cordato ceruleo parte reflexa rotundata apice late 
saturate violacea et maculis paucis violaceis conspersa, crista media 
angusta aurea, interioribus parvis vix pollicaribus patenti-deflexis 
obovato-spathulatis obtusis pallide coeruleis, styli ramis amplis seg- 
oo fere sequilongis, 1} poll. latis bilobis crenatis czruleis, filamentis 
iberis. 
I. stenophylla, Hausskn. mss. ex Baker in Gard. Chron. 1900, vol. i. p. 170, fig. 
55. 
I. Heldreichii, Hort. 
This singularly beautiful plant is a near ally of Iris 
persica, L., the figure of which (tab. 1) is the first of the 
7733 which precede that of I. stenophylla in this Magazine. 
It belongs to the section Juno of the sub-genus Xiphion, 
which consists of about fourteen species, all natives of 
Western Asia, characterized by the bulbous rootstock, and 
very small spreading or deflexed inner segments of the 
perianth. As in J. persica and others, the leaves are not 
fully developed till long after flowering. It was discovered 
in the Cilician Taurus, by Heldreich I assume, as the bulbs 
which were purchased by the Royal Gardens, Kew, from 
Mr. Siehe, of Mersina (near Tarsus) in 1898, were labelled 
I. Heldreichit. It flowered in a sheltered sunny border, in 
the open air, in February of this year. 
— Descr.—Bulb ovoid, about an inch in diameter, with very 
_ stout vermiform roots ; outer coat short, dark brown, cleft 
_ to the base, three succeeding elongating, imbricating, 
obtuse, very pale, forming a neck two inches long, sheath- 
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