Tas. 8844. 
IRIS Hooatana. 
Turkestan. 
Tripackak, Tribe Morarkgar, 
Iris, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 686. 
Tris (§ Regeliana) Hoogiana, Dykes in Gard. Chron. 1916, vol. lx. p. 216; 
affinis I. Korolkowti, Reg., et JI. stoloniferae, Maxim., sed floribus 
concoloribus vix venosis distincta. 
Herba rhizomate crebre in stolones saepe pluripollicares diviso. Jolia ensata, 
levissime curvata, obtusiuscula, 35-45 cm. longa, ad 2 cm. lata, glauco- 
viridia, laevia. Caulis circiter 50 cm. altus, apice 2-3-florus. Spathae 
herbaceae viridesque praeter apicem et margines superiores membranaceos 
purpurascentesque, acute carinatae, 7-8°5 cm. longae. Pedicelli perbreves. 
Perigontt tubus viridis, purpureo-striatus, circiter 3 em. longus, spatham 
aequans ; segmenta exteriora limbo refiexo rotundato obovato obtusissimo 
4°5 em. longo 4 cm. lato concolore amoene lavandulaceo-violaceo cum 
ungue late cuneato 3 cm. longo pallidiore ad latera obscure venoso, barba 
ampla aurea 3°3 cm. longa paulo ultra unguem in limbum producta ibi 
attenuata et abrupte desinente ; segmenta interiora erecta, lamina obovata 
acutiuscula in unguem brevem subangustum cuneatim contracta, eo incluso 
circiter 8 cm. longa, 4 cm. lata, eodem colore ac exteriora, barba tenui 
2°5 em. longa, aurea. Antherae filamentis paulo longiores, pallidae, 
polline albido. Ovarium oblongum, 2°5-3 em. longum; styli rami late 
oblongi, colore floris communi, cristae lobis late semi-ovatis subintegris. 
Capsula elongata, apice attenuata. Semina pyriformia, brunnea, rugulosa, 
arillo conspicuo albido.—O, Srapr. 
The handsome /ris here figured is a native of Turkes- 
tan, for the introduction of which horticulture is indebted 
to Mr. C. G. van Tubergen, the younger. Its earliest 
appearance in cultivation in this country dates from 
1913, in which year rhizomes reached the garden of 
Mr. W. R. Dykes at Godalming, where it flowered for 
the first time in 1916, and whence the material for the 
present plate was contributed by Mr. Dykes in May, 
1919. When describing the species on the occasion of 
its first making blossom, Mr. Dykes pointed out that it 
is a member of the section /egeliana, in foliage closely 
resembling /. Korolkowii, Reg., from Turkestan (figured 
at t. 7025 of this work), and /. stolonifera, Maxim., from 
Aprit-JUNE, 1920. : 
