Tas. 7276. 
IRIS Hooxerrana. 
Native of the Western Himalaya. 
Nat. Ord. Inrpex.—Tribe Monaex. 
Genus Inis, Linn. ; (Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. vol. iii. p. 686.) 
Iris (Pseudevansia) Hookeriana ; rhizomate breviter repente, foliis linearibus 
pallide viridibus nervis validis, pedunculo brevi monocephalo foliis pluri- 
bus vaginantibus predito, spathe biflore valvis oblongo-lanceolatis 
subscariosis ventricosis, pedicello brevi, perianthii tubo breviter producto, 
limbo saturate lilacino, segmentis exterioribus obovato-cuneatis variegatis 
dimidio superiori patulis conspicue barbatis obscure cristatis, interioribus 
angustioribus erectis apice conspicue emarginatis, styli cristis magnis 
deltoideis, filamentis brevibus, fructu parvo oblongo-trigono, seminibus 
strophiolatis. 
I. Hookeriana, Foster in Gard. Chron. 1887, vol. i. p. 611; Hook. f. Fl. Brit. 
Ind. vol. vi. p. 275; Baker, Handb. Irid. p. 25. 
Several of the Himalayan Irises belong to the small 
group which I have called Pseudevansia, which differs 
from the true bearded Irises (section Pogoniris) by having 
a well-developed beard down the claw of the three outer 
segments, arising from arudimentary crest. The present 
species and I. Duthiei, Foster, which was described at the 
same time in the ‘‘ Gardener’s Chronicle,” are very nearly 
allied to the widely-spread J. kwmaonensis, Wallich, from 
which I cannot distinguish specifically I. Kingii, Foster 
(Bot. Mag. tab. 6957). The present plant was obtained 
from Lahul by Herr Max Leichtlin, from the Moravian 
missionaries who have done so much to work out the 
botany of that Himalayan province. It was sent by 
Leichtlin to Professor Foster in 1884, and our drawing 
was made from a plant which he flowered in May, 1892, 
the developed leaves being added in July. Ihave not been 
able to identify it with any of the Indian species in the 
Kew Herbarium. 
Duscr. Rootstock less fleshy than in the bearded Irises. 
Leaves erect, linear, pale green, strongly ribbed, not fully 
developed till long after the flower has faded. Pedwncle 
Janvary Ist, 1893. 
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