IRIS fragrans. 

 Sweet-scented Iris. 



TRIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. t j^^ART 



Nat. ord. Iridace^. >i. >• YORK 



IRIS. Botanical Register, vol. 3. f oh 2A&. liOTANlCAIh 



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\. fragrans; imberbis, foliis ensiformibus angustis glaucescentibiis caulis miil- 

 tiflori longitudine. ovariis fusiformibus bracteis herbaceis longioi'ibus, 

 perianthii tubo nullo, sepalorum limbo rbomboideo iutegro, petalis spathu- 

 lato-lanceolatis integernmis basi angustatis sepalorum longitudiue, stylis 

 fissis. 



This very distinct species of Iris is a native of the North 

 of India, where it was found by Professor Royle. In habit 

 it resembles the /. decora of Wallich, which is the /. nepa- 

 lensis of Don, but its flowers are altogether different ; it is 

 also extremely like the /. sulcata of Wallich's Indian herba- 

 rium, no. 5049, referred to /. decora by Professor Royle, but 

 from which it appears to be distinguished by the form of the 

 fruit, which, in /. fragrans, when young, is fusiform and 

 longer than the bracts, while in /, sulcata it is oblong, 

 and shorter than the bracts. /. longifolia, a Cashmere 

 species, figured in the Illustrations of the Botany of the 

 Himalayan Mountains, resembles this in the form of the 

 leaves, but they are described as being scabrous at the mar- 

 p^ gin ; moreover the scape is very short and one-flowered in 

 gJ that plant, and the lobes of the style are said to be entire ; 

 *— in the absence of a tube to the flower the two correspond. 



tw The fragrance of the flowers of this species makes it a 



CD desirable border plant, in addition to its pretty appearance. 



^ It is found to be a very hardy perennial, requiring about the 



same treatment as the common Iris sibirica, growing freely 



in any rich soil, and blossoming about the end of June. 



It may be easily increased by dividing the old stock. 



January, 1840. b 



