IPJS 



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IPJS 



about 1 ft. long. Flowers from 

 January to March, very fragrant, 

 having narrow oblanceolate standards 

 of a sky-blue colour, and broader, 

 oblong, spoon-shaped more or less 

 erect "falls,'" white, blotched with 

 deep blue or violet, and edged with 

 deep violet. The Howers vary a good 

 deal in colour, and include a beautiful 

 white form. {Bot. Mar), t. 7084.) 



I. balkana. — A tufted species about 

 1 ft, high, native of the Balkan 

 mountains, with sharp-pointed sword- 

 like leaves. Flowers dark purple- 

 lilac, the fall having a dense white 

 beard tipped with lilac. 



I. Bamumae. — A Eegelia Iris from 

 the hills of Kurdistan, with slender 



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root-Stock and stems only a few inches 

 high. It comes near /. iherica, but 

 has narrower and less sickle-shaped 

 leaves, and smaller and less attractive 

 dull wine-purple Howers, marked with 

 deeper coloured veins, and a brownish- 

 yellow style blotched and spotted with 



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reddish - purple. Falls smaller and 

 narrower than the roundish standards, 

 and having a beard of yellow hairs 

 tipped with purple. There is a 

 charming yellow - flowered variety. 

 {Bof. Jfo'j. t. 7050.) 



I. Bartoni. — A handsome Afghan 

 species, with pale green sword-like 

 leaves about 18 ins. long and U to 2 

 ins. broad, strongly ribbed. Flowers 

 in June, strongly scented, having 

 creamy - white falls veined Avith 

 greenish-yellow, violet-purple on the 

 claw, and a white and orange beard ; 

 standards creamy-white veined with 

 purple. (Uof. Mag. t. 6869.) 



I. benacensls. — A native of the 

 Southern Tyrol, 12 to 15 ins. high, 

 with sword-like leaves. The flowers 

 have long obovate deep violet falls, 

 with still deeper veins, and end in a 

 whitish claw veined with coppery 

 violet, while the beard is white at 

 the base and yellow above. The 

 broad oblong standards are violet, as 

 are also the triangular crests of the 

 stigma. 



I. biflora (/. fragrant ; I. nuJi- 

 cauUs ; 1. suhhtflora).—K beautiful 

 S. European Iris 9 to 18 ins. high, 

 with a stout short creeping root-stock 

 and blue -green sword -like leaves. 

 Flowers in April, bright violet-purple ; 

 the obovate falls having a yellow 

 beard. {Bot. Mag. t. 5806.) 



I. BUiotti.— A handsome Iris of the 

 gei-manica group, 2h to 3 ft. high, 

 native of Asia Minor, The flowers 

 are very fragrant. The wedge-shaded 

 falls are about 3^ ins. long, reddish- 

 purple Avith dark, almost black, veins, 

 and a white beard tipped with yellow! 

 The standards are about 3^ ins. long 

 and 2 ins. broad, bluish-purple Anth 

 fine delicate deep blue veins. 



I. Bismarckiana. — A handsome 

 Cushion Iris from Mount Lebanon, 

 having creeping root-stocks and leaves 

 like /. Susiana, and flowers veined 



