321 



H, 



Folia sub 



anthesi 2-5, alterna, pinnata, 12-21 cm. longa ; foliola 7-8, 

 sessiha, ovata vel ovato-oblonga, obtusa, interduni minute 



apiculata, basi rotundata vel truncata, margine ± crenato-serrata, 



lateralia 2-4 cm. longa, 1-2-5 cm. lata, terminale 6-6-5 cm. longum, 

 2*5-3-5 cm. latum, interdum cum supremo vel 2 superioribus later- 

 alium conjunctum, venis lateralibus utrinque 4-6. Inflorescentia 

 racemosa, terminalis et axillaris ; rachis usque ad 16-flora ; rami 

 axillares 1-4-flori, aphylli ; pedicelli 3-8 mm. lon*i, infra medium 

 2-bracteolati, bracteolis lineari-lanceolatis vel lanceolatis. Calyx 

 tubuloso-campanulatus, 5-nervis, minute puberulus ; tubus 1*5-1-7 

 cm. longus ; lobi ascendentes ovato-deltoidei, acute acuminati, 

 5-6 mm. longi, apice recurvi. Corolla anguste campanulato-in- 

 fundibuliformis, extra glabra, intus (praesertim lobis) pilis 

 minutis capitatis densiuscule induta ; tubus 4-4*5 cm. longus : 

 pars basalis cylindrica, 8-9 mm. longa ; lobi suborbiculares, circa 

 1 cm. longi. Stamina 14-15 mm. supra basin corollae inserts, 

 antherarum lobis ellipticis, 4-5 mm. longis, connectivo supra lobos 

 1 mm. producto. Discus annularis, ab ovario remotus, vix ultra 

 1 mm. altus. Ovarium circa 1 cm. longum, ovulis medio 



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Tibet. 



Between Phari and Shigatze, King's Collector ( 1 882) ; 

 Yam Dok Cht>, 4,500 m., Aug., 1904,. H. J. Walton. 



I^ 1 438. Iris Wilsoni, C. H. Wright [Iridaceae-Moraeeae] ; I. 

 sibiricae, Linn., affinis, floribus luteis differt. 



Rhizoma breviter repens 8 cm. diam. Folia linearia, acuminata, 

 60 cm. longa, 8 mm. lata, flaccida, minute scabridula. Scapus 

 20 cm. altus, cylindricus ; spathae herbaceae, late lanceolatae, 

 acuminatae, 9 cm. longae ; pedicelli 7-10 cm. longi, cylindrici, 

 virides. Perianthii tubus viridis, trigonus, 8 mm. longus ; segmenta 

 exteriora oblanceolata, 5 cm. longa, 1*6 cm. lata, dilute lutea, 

 nervis purpureis dimidio inferiore notata, callis duobus parvis 

 erectis oblique triangularibus prope basin instructa ; segmenta 

 interiora erecta, oblanceolata, 4 cm. longa, 8 mm. lata, lutea. 

 Filamenta complanata, dilute lutea ; antherae albae. Ovarium 

 triquetrum, 12 mm. longum, 7 mm. latum ; styli rami lutei ; 

 cristae bifidae obtusae, eroso-denticulatae. 



Western China. E. H. Wilson. 



-^ Var. major C. H. Wright. Pedicelli vix 4 cm. longi. Perianthii 

 tubus 12 mm. longus ; segmenta exteriora oblanceolato-spathulata. 

 lutea, 6*5 cm. longa, limbo 2*5 cm. lato ; segmenta interiora 4 cm. 

 longa, 2*5 mm. lata. Filamenta lutea, purpureo-striata. Ovarium 

 triquetrum, 18 mm. longum, 7 mm. latum ; styli rami 1*6 cm. lati, 

 lutei, ad costam et prope apicem dilute castauei ; cristae at in 

 typo. 



Western China. E. H. Wilson. 



^ qo 439. Herbertia Amatorum, C. H. Wright [Iridaceae-Moraeeae] ; 

 H. amoenae, Griseb., affinis, styli ramis acutis differt. 



Cormns globosns, tunicis brunneis. Folia lanceolata. plicata, 

 acuminata, basi attennata, 20 cm. longa, 8 mm. lata, bcapus 

 45 cm. altus, vix 2 mm. diam., cylindricus, glaber ; rami 14 cm. 



