Tas. 8433, 
IRIS curysoGRAPHEs. 
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China. 
Irnmaceak. Tribe IRmDRAzE. 
Ins, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 686. 
Iris chrysographes, Dykes in Gard. Chron. 1911, vol. xlix. p. 362; affinis 
I. Forrestii, Dykes, sed habitu, foliis minus arcte dispositis, florum colore 
et seginentorum exteriorum lamina magis deflexa oblongo- vel subobovato- 
elliptica distincta. 
Herba rhizomatosa, circiter 4 dm. alta, pluricaulis. Cavies simplices, folia 
1-2 redacta gerentes, angustissime fistulosi, 1-2-flori. Folia linearia, 
superne longe attenuata, acuta, arcuatim extra curvata, 35-45 em. longa, 
7-8 mm. lata, viridia. Spathae angustae, virides, acutae, 5-7 em. longae. 
Pedicelli 2°5-3°7 em. longi. Perigonii tubus circiter 1 em. longus ; 
segmenta exteriora valde deflexa, lamina oblongo- vel subobovato-elliptica, 
5 em. longa, 2°5 em. lata, pulcherrime atro-purpureo-violacea, velutino- 
papillosa, medio striis striolisque aureis notata, ungue lineari-oblongo, 
2°5-3 em. longo, rubro-purpureo, tenuiter aureo-maculato; segmenta 
interiora erecta, oblonga, obtusa, in unguem attenuata, co incluso 6-6°5 
cm. longa, 8-10 cm. lata, atro-purpureo-violacea. Styli rami saturate 
purpurei, cristae lobis ovatis obtusis. Staminwm filamenta circiter 1-7 em. 
longa, antherae 1°3 cm. longae. OUvariwm 1:5 cm. longum.—O. Starr. 
The handsome Jris here figured was discovered in 
Western Szechuan in 1908, where it was found by Mr. 
EK. H. Wilson growing in thickets near Kuan Hsien at 
elevations of from 7,000 to 11,000 feet above sea-level. 
The plant from which the material for our plate was 
obtained was grown by Mr. W. R. Dykes in his garden at 
Charterhouse, Godalming, from a seedling raised by Miss 
Willmott in her garden at Warley Place, Essex. It came 
into flower towards the end of May, 1911. A freely 
floriferous species and at the same time one of the most 
richly coloured of those now in cultivation, . chrysographes 
promises to prove a favourite garden plant. As Mr. Dykes 
has pointed out in the Gardeners’ Chronicle, the species is 
a member of the “Sibirica” group, and is closely allied to 
I. Forrestii, Dykes, but differs in colour of flower and in 
habit; it also flowers somewhat earlier than J. Forrestii, 
May, 1912. 
