Pup, 27705, 
TRIS Taunt. 
Native of Asia Minor, 
Nat. Ord. Intpex#.—Tribe Morma. 
Genus Iris, Linn.; (Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 686.) 
Iris (Juno) Tauri; bulbo ovoideo 3-floro, tunica extima pallide brunnea, radici- 
bus crassis, foliis 6-7 per anthesin tubo floris multo brevioribus demum 
elongatis late viridibus 3-5 poll. longis ad } poll. latis linearibus acumi- 
natis apice obtusis marginibus scaberulis, spathe valvis subherbaceis, 
flore 3 poll. expans., perianthii tubo 4-pollicari violaceo, limbi segmentis 
exterioribus 2-poll. longis obovato-spathulatis ultra medium reflexis 
lateribus erectis extus sordide viridibus intus saturate violaceis striis 
latis albis utrinque coste ornatis, crista aurantiaca albo marginata, 
interioribus pollicaribus patenti-reflexis obovato-spathulatis undulatis 
violaceis, styli ramis segmenta perianthii superantibus oblongo-obovatis 
crispato-undulatis violaceis, filamentis liberis. 
J. Tauri, Siehe ex G. B. Mallet in Gard. Chron. 1901, vol. i. p. 190, fig. 74, et 
p- 313 
According to a note in the Gardener’s Chronicle (I.c. p. 
313) by Mr. Siehe of ‘‘ Hortus Orientalis,” Mersina (near 
Tarsus), the discoverer of this beautiful little species, it is 
a native of alpine pastures in the Eastern Taurus, at six 
thousand five hundred feet elevation, and of the upper 
forests of Juniperus excelsa at four thousand five hundred 
feet, where it flowers, on the melting of the snow at the 
end of February and the beginning of March. As stated 
under J. stenophylla, Hausskn. (tab. 7734), Mr. Siehe was 
the discoverer of that plant also, and in the article cited 
he gives as its exact habitat (of which I had previously 
no information), ‘‘in undergrowths of Pinus Laricio, 
var. Bruttia, especially preferring dry, overgrown, hilly 
slopes of fine red loam.” A third Iris of the same 
section discovered by Mr. Siehe, is [. Bolleana, Siehe, 
Gard. Chron. \.c. a hitherto undescribed species, except 
in so far as that the leaves are said to be narrow and 
curled, with white, membranous margins, and the flowers 
clear yellow. It inhabits limestone rocks near the sea at 
elevations of six hundred and fifty feet to nine hundred 
and fifty feet. 
A plant of [. Tauri was received at the Royal Gardens, 
SEPTEMBER lst, 1901. 
