1876 



*imS alata. 

 Small-winged Iris. 



TRIANDRIA MO^OGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. IniDACEiE. 

 fRIS.—Suprd, vol. 3. fol. 246. 



1. alata ; imbetbis, acaulis, foliis ensiformibus, corollce tubo longissimo laciniis 

 interioribus minimis, styli laciniis obtusis undulatis lacinias exteiiores a;quan- 

 tibus. Dietr. Sp. pi. 2. 436. 



I. alata. Poir. iter. 2. 86. Bivonapl. sic. cent. I. p. 44. 



I. scorpioides. Desf.fl. atl. I. p. 40. t. 6. 



I. microptera. Vahl. enum. 2. 142. 



I. transtagana. Brot.fi. lusit. p. 52. 



Juno scorpioides. Trattin. tabul. no. 652. 



Iris bulbosa latifolia 1. Chis. hist, plant, rar. p. 210. 



VoWa. i)laniuscula, carinata, lorata, acuminata, nulla modo equitantia, 

 pedem et ultra longa, jjagind superiore lucidd tactu molli, inferiore opacd, 

 margine minutissimc cartilagineo-scrrulata. Flos e sinu foUorimi solitarius, 

 Usque mullo brevior, e spathis duabus magnis membranaceis subJierbaceis 

 erumpens ; ovario hyjiogeeo, basibus foliorum, Croci modo, tecto. Tubus 

 floris 6-poll. longus, et ultra, apice Icetissime purpureus ; laciniae calycinae 

 oblongo-spatulatcE, margine crenato-iindulatce, ascendentes, recurvcE, glaber- 

 rimcB, lined elevatd disci intense luted, cceterum ayncene purpureo-violacecB 

 maculate ; laciniae corollinsD spathulatce, basi valdc angustatce, limbo coch- 

 leato crispato, calycinis triplh breviores, rectcB, divaricatce. Stamina calycinis 

 opposita. Stigmata apice biloba, laciniis dimidialis, acuminatis, laceris. 

 Odor fiorum gratus inter hyacinthinum et sambucinum. 



Found by Desfontaines in moist places near Algiers, 

 flowering in the winter. According to Bivona, a native of 

 sterile meadows and rocks in Sicily ; Clusius speaks of it as 

 a common })lant in Portugal and Spain at the foot of hills, 



* See folio 14Q4.~ 



