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IPOMQSA. To tne spucias dostjribod on pp. 191-2, 

 Vol. II., the following should now be added : 



!• Horsfalliro alba (white). A synonym of /. Thcmsoniana. 



I. RobertsiKG. F. Roberts'). J!., sepals ^in. to Jin. long ; corolla 



nearly white externally, with pale pink stripes, 5in. to 4in. long, 



the limb internally white, obscurely striated with pale pink, 



and with five lanceolate, rosy-pink rays ; peduncles one-flowered. 



July. I 5in. to 4in. long, membranous, broadly ovate-cordate, 



acuminate, dull green, pubescent; petioles IJin. to 2in. long, 



pubescent. Queensland, 1885. Stove, twining perennial. (B. M. 

 6952.) 



L Tbomsoniana (Thomson's), fl, white, 3in. in iliameter ; cymes 



axillary, few-tlowered. L trifoliolate ; leatlets stalked, elliptic or 

 elliptic-oblong, acute, fleshy. 1884. A handsome, stove climber, 

 with the general habit of /. Horsfallice. (F. & P. 1884, p. 118 ; 

 G. C. n. s., XX., p, 818.) Si'N. /. Horafalliai alba, 



IBiESINE. To the species described on p. 193, 

 Vol. II., the following should now be added: 



I. formosa (beautiful). I. golden, veined with crimnon and 

 pencilled with green. 1883. A very effective spurt from 

 /. Lindenii; it keeps its character well out of doors, and mak 

 an excellent bedding plant. 



To the species described on pp. 194-200, 

 Vol. II.j the following should now be added: 



Sect, I. Irises proper. 



1. Albert! (Dr. Albert BegeVs). /. bright lilac ; tube less tlian 



lin. long; falls obovate-cuneate, 2in. long, densely bearded, and 

 veined dull brown and lilac on a white ground; standards aonve 

 lin. broad, suddenly narrowed to a convolute claw; panicle lax, 

 overtopping the leaves. May. I. ensiform, lift, to 2ft. long, 

 sliijhtly glaucescent. Rootstock stout. Turkestan. (B. M. 

 7020. ) 



Z« arenarla minor (leaser). A dwarf variety, having much 



smaller flowers than those of the type. 



I* Bartoni (Col. Barton's), fl. two or three in a cluster, strongly 

 scented; perianth tube greenish, lin. long; falls creamy->\hite, 

 veined greenish-yellow on the face, violet-purple on the claw, 

 the beard white and orange; standards creamy- white, veined 

 purple. June. I. ensiform, pale green, lift, long, IJin. to 2in. 

 broad, strongly ribbed. Stem usually once-forked. Afghanistan, 

 1886. (B. M. 6869.) 



I. Blliotti (Biliotti's). fi, sweet-scented ; falls reddish-purple, 

 with fine, blackish veins, bearded, 3Jin. long, liin. broad, 

 cuneate-spathulate ; standards bluish-purple, with fine blue 

 veins, SJin. long, 2in. broad, connivent ; styles white, ovate, with 

 triangular, reddish-purple crests. Stem 2ift. to 5ft. high, fciiwas, 

 Asia Minor, 1887. Habit as /. germanica. 



I. cengialti (Monte Cengialto). fl, sky-blue, flushed violet; 

 perianth tube, as well as the segments, short and broad, the 

 beard white, tipped orange, short and dense, with thick, stunted 

 hairs ; scape about 1ft. high, usually four-flowered. May and 

 June. I. yellowish-green, 6in. to 9in. long and iin. broad, or 

 more. Monte Cengialto. There are several varieties of this 

 plant. 



I* Duthieii (Duthie's). fl. solitary, sessile; tube 3in. long or 

 more ; falls reddish-lilac with darker veins and blotches above, 

 greenish-yellow beneath, nearly horizontal, lanceolate, bearded ; 

 standards paler reddish-lilac, with darker veins, connivent, IJin. 

 long, oblong-ovate ; styles light reddish-lilac, with triangular, 

 crenate crests. I. appearing after the flowers, five or six to a 

 tuft, 2ft. long, iin. broad, yellowish-green. Rhizome knotted. 

 Kumaon, 1887. 



!♦ Sulefeldi (Eulefeld'e). fl. two to a stem; perianth tube 

 reddish-purple ; falls purple, with a long, white and bluish- 

 purple beard ; standards purple and reddish-purple, the claw 

 yellowish. May. I. five or six, 1ft. long or more, more or less 

 falcate, acute, remarkably glaucous. Stem 1ft. high, with a 

 bract or sheathing leaf about half-way up. Eastern Turkestan, 

 18S6. (B. M. 6902 ; R. G. 954.) 



I. germanica Siwas (Siwas). /., falls dark indigo-piirple ; 



standards dark bluish-purple. Siwas, Asia Minor, 1887. 



I. Hookerlana (Hooker's). /. two to a stem ; tube 4in. to Jin. 

 long; falls bluish-purple with darker blotches above, green with 

 purple borders beneath, obovate-lanceolate, l|in. long, iin. 

 broad, reflexed. densely bearded ; standards bluish-purple, 

 narrow-obovate, Jin. long, iin. broad ; styles reddish-purple, 

 very concave, with triangular, serrated, revolute crests. I. 1ft. 

 long, Jin. to lin. broad, appearing with the flowers. Stem about 

 5in. long. Lahul, 1887. 



L Korolkowi concolor (concolorous). A fine variety, with 

 almost concolorous, bright lilac-purple flowers. (B. M. 7025 b.) 



!• llneata (lined). /. yellow and greeniah-yellow, striated with 

 fuscous-red ; standards 2iin. long, erect, lanceolate, acute ; falls 

 narrow-lanceolate, acuminate, recurved; spathe herbaceous, 

 three-leaved ; scape two-flowered. /. four to six, ligulate 

 ensiform, erect, attenuate-acute, about ©qualiing the scape. 

 Caucasus, 1887. (E. G. 1244, f. 1-6.) 



Iris — co/itvntied, 



I. lupina (wolfs), fl. solitary; tube about 2in. long; falls 

 greenish-yellow, veined brownish-red towards the margins, 3in. 

 long, l|in. broad, broadly lanceolate, reflexed, serrated, bearded ; 

 standards the same colours, 3|in. long, 2iin. broad, elliptic, 

 connivent, crenate, bearded; styles yellow, with brownish red 

 veins and dots, much recurved, with rounded crests. /. 9in. 

 long or more. iin. broad. Stem 6in. high. Kharput, 1887. 



I, Kingiana (King's), /., perianth tube greenish, cylindrical, 

 2tn. to 2iiD. long; falls dark lilac, mottled paler lilac, t^bovato- 

 cuueatt*, with a white ;tTid yellow beard ; Htandards paler lilac, un. 

 guiculate, erect; spathes ain^lti-floweiud ; peduncle very short. 

 May. /. five or six in a rosette, three of them elongated, linear, 

 erect, about 6in. long at flowering time. Central Himalaya, 

 1887. (B. M. 6957.) t 



L Milosii (.Miles'). /. bright lilac, fugitive, inodoioua, thro« or 

 four in a clu.>,uir ; periantti tube cylindricAl, the limb about 21n. 

 lung; falls having darker lilac lineH radiating from the yellow 

 keel ; standards shorter than the falU. .Mav. I. boveu or clKht, 

 distichous, ensiform, jiale gn-un, lAft. to 2ft. long, liin. broad, 

 gradually tapering. Stem 3ft. long, rtonring tbroo or four chisters 

 of flowers. Temperate Jinualayas, 1886. (H. M. (moO.) 



I» Rosonbaobliuia (R'-^cnbaeh's). )f., outer pi-rlanth segnniitH 

 spreading or reflexed, emrirginntely bllobed nt riprr ; rl*\WH of the 

 utandardM urect, striped willi yellow, l^iu. Umn, iUa hituiua 

 obovate, striped oranjit', dark purjtle nbovo; styk* vrry long, w»tU 

 three terminal branches, petaloid ; MiKithei twi» hivij, one- 

 flowered. I. three to five, linear-lanceolate, acute. Bulb ovate, 

 one to thice-tlowered. Turki'sUut, 1886. Therf* are two variettfH. 



R. 



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IC*( 



9ruloa(blur). /I. pale vinlot within; standardi and stvlo 



iolet at apex. (K. G. 1227 a.) 

 I, R. Violacoa (violet), fl. pinplish-vloh't within; standards and 



style dark purplish-violet at apex. (11. 0. 1227 b.) 



I. Sari lurida (Sari, lurid), fl., perianth tube 2iii. lung, the 

 segments 2iin. to Sin. long; mliM darker than the utandarib, 

 with a diffused, brownish-black board; fltrmdaids violet-purple, 

 striped and spotted with darker purple ; peduncle une-flowered| 

 6in. long. May. I. abjut six, ensiform, falcutf, tilaucescent, 6in< 

 long, jin. broad. Asii Minor, 1887. (B. M. 6^60.) 



I. Statellfio (Maruuis Statella's). fl. palu >cllowi.sh, veined 

 green, bearded yellow on the broadly cuneate obovate, revohite 

 falls; standards broadly oblong, obtuse, over-arching the bitid 

 styles. L ensiform, 6in. to 9in. long, glaucous-green. btem 

 1ft. high, two-flowered at apex, bouth Europe, lc86. Allied to 

 /. lutescens. (B. M. 6894.) 



I. Saworowl (^uworow'a). /Z. hyaline-greenish, with olivaceouH- 

 bluish veins; segments all elliutic-lanccolate, cubpidate, the 

 falls bearded to the middle with nine, I. ensiform. Stem two- 

 flowered, as long as the leaves. Buchara, 1886. 



I. vaca (wandering). /. yellowish, purple, and fuscous-red; 

 standards broadly lanceolate, acute, erect ; falls obovate* 

 spathulate, with a bluish-white beard ; spathe herbaceous, four- 

 leaved, purplish at apex ; scape three-flowered. 2. ligulate* 

 ensiform, acute, erect, slender. Rhizome stoloniferous. 1887. 

 (R. G. 1244, f. 7.) 



I. Van Houttol (Van IIoutte*s). JL marked with reticulate 

 veins of a dark brown or black. April. 1882. A handsome and 

 distinct hybrid, said to have been raised between /. miiana and 

 /. ibericat and to be more akin to the former, having more 

 resemblance to it in the markings. 



Sect. II. Xiphiona. 



I. BolSSlerl (Boisdier's). fl. blue-nurple and red-purple. This 

 is closely allied to /. filifolia^ "out differs in having a very 

 distinct tube above the ovary, fn having broader and more 

 obovate Inner perianth segments, in the claw of the outer 

 perianth segment being long and narrow, and furnished with 

 a very dlatmct beard which stretches far on Into the lamina" 

 (M. Foster). 



L reUonlata flM»plienenBls (Sopheuc). A variety with light 

 reddish-purple falls and reddi.sh-lilac standards. Kharput, 1885, 



I. Vartanl (Dr. Vartan's). fl., perianth tube nearly white, 24in. 

 long, the limb pale slaty-lilac; falls oblon^-spathulate, jin. 

 broad, copiously veined lilac on a paler ground, with a yellow, 

 carinal crest ; stamlards erect, Aln. broad ; peduncle very short. 

 October to December. ?., produced ones nsnally two, 8in. to 12in 

 long, dark green. Palestine. (B. M. 6942.) 



ISOTOMA. To the epeciea described on pp. 202-3, 

 Vol. II., the following should now be added; 



I. petraaa (rock-loving), fl,, white, verging to fleeh-colon r, Ijln. 

 long, the segments horizontal or reflexed, the three lower ones 

 yellowish at their junction. I lanceolate or ovatcdanceolate, 



1 



acuminate, unequally laciniate. StemH branched, oft^n Ift loiia 

 and many-flower«d. Flinders Range. Plant highly glabroot. 



IXOE.A. To the species described on pp 204-5, 

 Vol. II., the following varieties, <tc., shonld now bo 



added : 



L conaplcua (conspicnoaa). A handsome form, with large truasei 

 of butf-yeilow flowers, changing to bright orange. 188U 



