as well as the closely allied, though very differently 

 coloured I. ivarleye7isis, described and figured in the 

 same place, and which will shortly be figured in this 

 Magazine. He describes the standards of I. bucharica 

 in the following words: "small, pure white, extended 

 horizontally, with a canaliculate claw expanding into a 

 broader, flat, distinctly mucronate blade." On the other 

 hand, the figure in the " Journal of Horticulture " cited 

 above, has distinctly lobed standards. 



Descr, — Closely allied to I. orchioides and I. caucasiea, 

 and having a nearly globose bulb. Stem erect, one to two 

 feet high ; internodes distinct. Leaves seven to eleven, 

 lanceolate, acuminate, acute, lower ones nine to twelve 

 inches long, shorter upwards, curved, shining. Spathes 

 solitary in the axils of the leaves, one-flowered, scarcely 

 acute, not inflated. Flowers shortly peduncled, yellow 

 and white, about two and a half inches across. Perianth- 

 tube elongated. Petals all having long claws ; the three 

 outer (falls) with an oblong, rounded, pendulous, crested 

 blade ; the three inner (standards) much smaller, protrud- 

 ing between the outer, pendulous, three-lobed ; lateral lobes 

 rounded, central one acuminate. — W. Botting Hemsley. 



Figs. 1 and 2, anthers; 3, stigmatio surface -.—enlarged; 4, entire plant, 

 reduced. 



