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oribus pulchre violaceis 1 poll. latis, interioribus 18 lin. longis, ungue plano glabro 
4-45 lin. lato. Styli pollicares pallide lutei, cristis magnis deltoideis. Anthere 
luteæ filamentis zequilongis. 
АҺ I. caucasica recedit perianthii segmentis exterioribus magnis violaceis limbo 
obovato. 
Badghis: 128, March 15, 1885. Іп clay soil, on the low hills at an altitude of 3000 
feet, common. Flowers bright yellow, with large purple falls; a very handsome species. 
Tris ($ JUNO) pngPANOPHYLLA, Aitch. et Baker, n. sp.; bulbo parvo ovoideo tunicis 
exterioribus membranaceo-fibrosis, foliis produetis 6-8 lanceolatis acuminatis spi- 
raliter recurvatis distichis complicatis marginibus albidis incrassatis ciliatis, caule 
brevi 1-4-cephalo, spathz valvis apice acuminatis membranaceis, perianthio pallide 
luteo tubo gracili apice dilatato, limbi segmentis interioribus linearibus minimis 
patulis, exterioribus obovato-cuneatis limbo reflexo ungue suberecto triplo breviore. 
Bulbus 6-9 lin. diam., tunicis exterioribus demum fibrosis, collo hypogæo elon- 
gato gracili, fibris radicalibus paucis basi carnosis. Folia semipedalia pallide viridia 
basi 9-12 lin. lata, venis haud confertis leviter exsculptis. Spathe terminales et ad 
foliorum ахШаз productze, bipollicares, valvis apice et margine hyalinis. Perian- 
tium 21—23 poll. longum, tubo apice solum ampliato, segmentis interioribus minimis 
linearibus, exterioribus tubo szequilongis, ungue suberecto pollicari, limbo obovato 
parvo. -Styli pollicares, cristis parvis deltoideis. Stamina stylis xquilonga. 
Habitus et folia omnino J. caucasice. Recedit limbi segmentis interioribus 
minutis, exterioribus limbo parvo ungue triplo breviore. 
Hari-rud valley: 173, April 6, 1885; Badghis: April 29, 1885. Іп clay soil, where 
it is occasionally flooded ; not very common. Flowers bright yellow. 
Crocus Ковогкожт, Regel & Maw; Maw, The Genus Crocus, р. 275, pl. 56; Boiss. FI. 
Or. v. p. 109. 
Badghis: 109, January 20, March 9, April 1, 1885. In abundance throughout the 
Badghis; commences to flower as early as the middle of December. 
Crocus sPECIOSUS, Bieb.; Boiss. Fl. Or. v. p. 114. 
Asterabad, Persia: 1128, October 1885. In grass-land, abundant. Flowering i in the 
autumn. 
GraADIOLUS KoTsCHYANUS, Boiss. Diagn. ser. i. 13, p. 15.— Gladiolus imbricatus, Linn. ; 
var. B. Kotschyanus, Boiss. Fl. Or. v. p. 141. 
Khorasan: 668, June 17, 1885. А weed in cultivated land; common in the Badghis 
as well as Khorasan. 
AMARYLLIDE.E. 
UNGERNIA TRISPHJERA, Bunge; Boiss. Fl. Or. v. p. 149. | 
Hari-rud valley: 741, July 28, 1885. Native name Pias-kuki. Common in clay soil 
all over the country, also in Khorasan and the Badghis. Leaves nine inches long, and three 
inches broad, appearing in early summer, and dying down at the end of summer, when 
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