IRIS 



THE BULB BOOK 



IRIS 



standards broader, primrose-yellow, 

 suddenly narrowed to a claw {Bot. 

 Ma-i. t. 2861). 



The variety State! Ice is a handsome 

 plant about 1 ft. high, with pale 

 yellowish tiowers veined with green, 

 and bearded Avith bright yellow (Bat. 

 Mag. t. 6894). 



I. Mariae. — A pretty Cushion Iris 

 about 6 ins. high, from Egj-pt and 

 Palestine, having rather slender com- 

 pact rhizomes, and foliage like that 

 of /. iberica, but narrower and less 

 distinctly sickle-shaped. The tiowers 

 are of a uniform lilac colour, marked 

 Avith deeper coloured veins and 

 having a deep dark purple blotch 

 at the base of the fall, the claw of 

 which is studded with deep purple 

 hairs. 



I. Masiae. — This resembles /. Grant 

 Duf, but has deep purple flowers. 



I. Meda. — A handsome Persian Iris 

 of the Oncocyclus group with very 

 narrow erect leaves. The flowers 

 have pale lilac, narrow, pointed falls 

 with a dense yellow beard and a deep 

 purple blotch at the base, while the 

 standards are of a paler lilac colour. 

 The colour varies somewliat, some 

 flowers having a greenish - yellow 

 ground, the falls having thick purple 

 veins. {Bot. Mag. t. 7040.) 



I. melanosticta. — A beardless Iris 

 from Syria, similar in habit and 

 foliage to 1. Grant Dvjfi but dift'ering 

 in the colour of the flowers, the outer 

 segments of which are yellow with 

 dark violet veins at the base, and 

 four or five large dark violet blotches 

 on the limb (Garten ff. 1907, 495). 



I. Milesi. — A Himalayan Iris about 

 3 ft. high, with pale green, tapering, 

 sword-shaped leaves 1^ to 2 ft. long, 

 and clusters of large bright lilac 

 flowers in May and June, on stems 

 about 3 ft. iiigh, the falls having 

 deeper lilac veins radiating fi-om the 

 yellow base {Bot. May. t. 6889). 



I. minuta. — A Japanese species, 

 with slender rhizomes, linear leaves 

 5 to 6 ins. long, and small bright 

 yellow flowers. 



I. mlssouriensis (/. Tolmieana). — 

 An attractive Iris from the Eocky 

 Mountains, with tufts of linear 



Iris^issouriensis. (I.) 



tapering leaves about 1 ft. long. 

 Flowers in May, large, pale bluish- 

 lilac veined with purple, the falls 

 being faintly stained with yellow 

 towards the base. The plant figured 

 in Bot. Jfag. t. 6579 is a form of 

 /. Jongipetala. 



I. Monnieri. — -A large and hand- 

 some beardless Iris, native of Crete, 

 with erect lance-shaped leaves about 

 2 ft. long. Flowers in June and July, 

 on stout roundish stems 3 to 4 ft, 

 high, bright lemon-yellow in colour, 

 the roundish falls being sometimes 

 edged with white. {lieiJ. LU. t. 

 236.) 



I. neglecta. — A handsome Iris of 

 the (jermanica group. The flowers 

 appear in June, and have bright lilac 



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