312 Prof. Don's Descriptions of the Indian Species of Iris. 
gissimo subfiliformi, sepalis interioribus bilobis longè unguiculatis, ovario 
turbinato 3-gono. 
Iris kamaonensis. Wall. Cat. n. 5052. 
Habitat in Emodi montibus ad Kedarkanta (Royle); Bydrunauth. Blinkworth. 
V. Floret Augusto. (v. s. sp. in Herbb. Wall. et Royle.) 
Rhizoma repens, noduloso-ramosum, cæspitosum, suprà rudimentis foliorum 
fibrosis coronatum, infrà munitum fibris crassiusculis. Scapus erectus, 
teres, gracilis, uniflorus, brevissimus, vix sesquipollicaris, foliis omnino 
obvolutus. Folia lineari-ensiformia, apice subadunco acuta, striata, lenta, 
Viridia, 3—6-pollicaria, 2 lineas lata; exteriora latiora, imperfecté evo- 
luta, scarioso-membranacea, imbricato-vaginantia. Flos magnitudine J. 
Jlavissime. Spathe inæquales, lanceolatæ, acutæ, conduplicatæ, folia- 
ce, margine angustè membranaceæ ; altero (interiore) breviore. Sepala 
sanguinea, maculis atropurpureis notata; 3 exteriora recurvata, spathu- 
lata, levitér emarginata, barbá copiosà lutescente munita; 3 interiora 
(petala) cuneata, longè unguiculata, biloba, conniventia: tubus gracilis, 
subfiliformis, 2-uncialis et ultrà, supernè dilatatus. Ovarium turbinato- 
oblongum, 3-gonum, 3-costatum, semunciale et ultrà. Stigmata (Styli 
rami) rosea, divaricato-patentia, apicibus incurvatis, bilobis, lobis inte- 
gerrimis. 
This is a very distinct and beautiful species. "The form of its inner sepals, 
and the great length of the tube of the perianthium, as well as its turbinate 
ovarium, essentially distinguish it from every other; and indeed there are 
none with which it can well be contrasted. 
The sepals are of a red colour, and elegantly mottled with dark purple 
spots. 
We may hope to see this elegant s 
by means of Dr. Falconer, the able s 
ence of the Honourable East 
pecies shortly introduced to our gardens 
uecessor of Dr. Royle in the superintend- 
India Company's botanic garden at Saharunpore, 
en, is Carrying out the observations and experi- 
ments so happily commenced by that zealous naturalist. 
