linha spaniel 
Tas. 5806. ; 
IRIS | NUDICAULIS. 
Naked-scaped Iris. 
Nat. Ord. InIpDEx.—TRIANDRIA TRIGYNIA. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tas. 5298.) 
Iris nudicaulis ; robusta, foliis breviusculis late ensiformibus falcatis caule 
nudiusculo brevioribus, floribus pedunculatis, spatha herbacea, perigonii 
lacinis obovato-oblongis subequalibus exterioribus ungue fimbriato- 
cristatis ceterum glabris, ovario subtereti, stigmatibus 2-fidis segmentis 
dentatis, capsula parva obtuse 3-gona. 
Irs nudicaulis.—Lamk, Encycl., v. iii. p. 296. Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. v. ix. 
p- 4, t. 831, Ram, and Schultes, v. i. p. 463, 
In1s, BonEMIcA, Schmidt, Bohem. Cent. v. iv. p. 506. Koch. 
A very handsome, hardy herbaceous plant ; growing in 
sunny places, and forming large tufts. It is a native of 
Bohemia, Silesia, and it is said of Volhynia in Russia; but I 
have seen no specimen from so far East as the latter locality. 
It is specifically closely allied to J. Germanica, and others of 
that group; but is sufficiently distinct. The Herbarium 
specimens are much taller than the cultivated ones, and with 
larger scapes ; but these often elongate much after flowering, 
and greatly exceed the leaves. 
The plant here figured, which flowered in April of the 
present year, has long been cultivated in the Royal Gardens 
under the above name, and I am unaware of its origin. 
Descr. Rootstocks matted, as thick as the thumb, ringed, 
sending up many flowering and leafing stems. Leaves six to 
eight inches long, three-quarters to one inch broad, falcate, 
linear ensiform, acuminate, pale green, rather thick, nerves 
obscure. Flowering scapes several together from the root, 
two to ten inches long, two to three-flowered, compressed ; 
bracts one and a half to two inches long, herbaceous, with 
NOVEMBER Ist, 1869. 
