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28371 to 28531— Continued. 



28447. Iris himalaica Hort. 



(P. I. G. No. 6470.) Received in 1908 from Mr. W. R. Dykes, England. 

 Not bloomed. This is probably Iris clarkei Baker, a native of Sikkim, India. 



28448. Iris laevigata Fisch. 



(P. I. G.No. 6303.) Distribution. — In the vicinity of Yokosuka, Shimoda, and 

 Hakodate in Japan; in the province of Shengking, China, and near Port Chusan 

 in Chosen (Korea). Also extensively cultivated in other countries. 



28449. Iris korolkowi Regel. 



(P. I. G. No. 6401.) Distribution. — Sent alive by Gen. Korolkow to St. 

 Petersburg in 1870 from Turkestan. 



28450. Iris paradoxa X pumila. 



(P. I. G. No. 6421.) "Very meritorious hybrids. Plants vigorous, free bloom- 

 ing, and of easy culture." 



28451. Iris lacustris Nutt. 



(P. I. G. No. 6467.) Distribution. — Gravelly shores of Lakes Huron, Mich- 

 igan, and Superior. 



28452. Iris lortetii Barbey. 



(P. 1. G. No. 6399.) Distribution. — On the slopes of the Lebanon range of 

 mountains at an altitude of 2,000 feet, between Mais and Hussin, in the province 

 of Lebanon, Asiatic Turkey. 



28453. Iris milesii X tectorum. 

 (P. I. G. No. 6380.) 



28454. Iris milesii X tectorum. 

 (P. I. G. No. 6464.) 



28455. Iris monnieri DC. 



(P. I. G. No. 6518.) Distribution. — The islands of Rhodes and Crete, in the 

 eastern part of the Mediterranean. 



28456. Iris obtusifolia Baker. 



(P. I. G. No. 6520.) Distribution. — The province of Mazanderan, on the 

 southern shore of the Caspian Sea, in Persia. 



28457. Iris pallida Lam. 



(P. I. G. No. 6462.) Distribution. — The islands of Crete and Rhodes, and in 

 Palestine, Syria, and Morocco, rising to an elevation of 7,000 feet in the Atlas 

 Mountains. 



28458. Iris nigricans Hort. 

 (P. I. G. No. 6400.) 



28459. Iris paradoxa X sambucina. 

 (P. I. G. No. 6465.) 



28460. Iris sibirica X (?). 

 (P. I. G. No. 6446.) 



28461. Iris sibirica X (?)• 

 (P. I. G. No. 6521.) 



28462. Iris sibirica X delavayi. 

 (P. I. G. No. 6301.) 



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