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Iris LoneIspATHA. Lonc-spatnep Fad, 
Class and Order. 
TrianpriA Monoeynia. 
Generic Character. 
Cor. 6-partita: laciniis alternis reflexis. Stigmata peta- 
liformia. ; 
Specific Character. 
Iris longispatha ; imberbis foliis lineari-lanceolatis falcatis 
scapo subtereti tortuoso, germinibus dodecagonis, spa- 
tha exteriori longissime attenuata. 
Iris longispatha. Fisher Mss. 
Descr. Leaves linear-lanceolate, drawn out to a very 
fine point, striate, falcate, between two and three feet long, 
half an inch wide in the middle. Scape nearly round, but 
a little flattened, twisted, about three flowered. Spathe 
three bractes: outer one nearly a foot long, very narrow, 
and attenuated at the end. ers about three. Pedun- 
cles long. Germen cylindrical, above an inch in length, a 
little twisted, with twelve furrows and twelve obtuse angles, 
the alternate ones most marked. Tube of the Corolla very 
short; upright petals obovate, with a long slender claw, 
violet coloured ; reflexed petals beautifully veined with 
blue, on a white ground tinged with yellow. Upper lip of 
the stigmas deeply bifid ; lacinie rolled back, and serrulate: 
lower lip three lobed, middle lobe denticulate. Anthers 
violet coloured : Pollen white. 
Much deformity existed in all the flowers of this plant, 
so that it was impossible to find a perfect one to make 
the drawing from; the twisting of the scape seeming to be 
continued into the germen, and even more or less into the 
different parts of the corolla. og 
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