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patentia, sepalis interioribus (petalis) breviora et similitèr colorata : lobis 
ovatis, acutiusculis, integerrimis, divaricatis. Ovarium angustissimum, 
triquetrum, 21-pollicare, sursùm crassius. 
Although this bears a considerable resemblance to Zris halophila, and even 
to feetidissima, it is nevertheless essentially different from either; the extremely 
short scape, and minutely serrulate leaves, will distinguish it from every other 
species hitherto recorded of this group. 
The specimen in Dr. Royles Herbarium is a cultivated one, the plant having 
been raised in the Saharunpore botanic garden from Cashmere seeds. 
5. I. Moorcroftiana, imberbis ; scapo bifloro pedunculis breviore, spathis glu- 
maceis tubum perianthii subæquantibus, sepalis lanceolatis acutiusculis, 
ovario 6-sulcato. 
Iris Moorcroftiana. Wall. Cat. n. 5051. 
Habitat in Ludak. Moorcroft. /. (v. s. sp. à b. Moorcroft lecta in Herb. 
Wall.) 
Rhizoma cæspitosum, fibris numerosis filiformibus ramulosis instructum, et 
suprà foliorum emarcidorum rudimentis scariosis v. fibrosis imbricatis 
coronatum. Scapus teres, indivisus, biflorus, pollicaris, foliis omninò im- 
mersus. Folia stricta, anguste lineari-ensiformia, rigida, nervosa, coria- 
cea, 4—6-uncialia, vix 2 lineas lata, apice acutiusculo subadunco. Flores 
pallidé cœrulei, pedunculati, pedunculis subfiliformibus, sesqui v. bipolli- 
caribus. Spathe glumacez, lanceolate, acutiusculæ, convolutæ, mar- 
gine latè scarioso-membranaceæ ; alterà (exteriore) tubum perianthii 
subæquante. Sepala lanceolata, acutiuscula; inferiora 3 parüm angus- 
tiora; omnia imberbia, integerrima : fubus brevissimus, angustus, 6-sul- 
catus, equalis. Ovarium unciale, teretiusculum, 6-sulcatum. Stigmata 
(Styli rami) sepalis interioribus latiora, biloba: /obis inzequilateri-ovatis, 
acutiusculis, integerrimis. 
We have already remarked upon the intimate affinity existing between this 
species and Iris biglumis, discovered by Pallas in Eastern Siberia, and of which 
there exist two specimens in the Linnæan Herbarium, which had been com- 
municated to Linnzus by that distinguished traveller and naturalist. Of 
