IRIS 



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IRIS 



of Asia Minor, having bright green 

 leaves, and dark violet long-tubed 

 flowers streaked with white, and 

 having orange-yellow crests edged 

 with Avhite {Bot. Mag. t. 7793). 



I. tectorum (/. tomiolopha). — A 

 beautiful beardless Iris about 1 ft. 



Fig. 214. — Iris tectorum. (§.) 



high, native of Japan, with thin pale 

 green sword-like leaves about 1 ft. 

 long. Flowers in May and June, li 

 to 2 ins. deep, usually bright lilac ; 

 the blunt crisped falls are veined 

 ■with dark lilac, the claw having a 

 deeply laciniated white and lilac crest. 

 (Bot. Mag. t. 61 18.) There is a white- 

 flowered variety, Candida, and a dark 

 blue one, atrocoeridea. 



I. tenax.— A handsome Californian 

 species 6 to 12 ins. high, with two 

 linear leaves and bright lilac-purple 

 flowers 2 to 3 ins. deep, borne on 

 slender stems in May and June {Bot. 

 Mag. t. 3343 ; Bot. Reg. t. 1218). 



I. tenuis. — A beardless Iris, native 

 of Oregon, with tufts of thin and 



narrow green leaves 12 to 15 ins. 

 long, and white flowers faintly veined 

 with yellow and lilac {Qard. 1888, 

 t. 1). 



Fig. 216.— Zris tenax. (J.) 



I. tingitana. — A beautiful bulbous 

 Iris, native of Tangiers, with large 

 ovoid pointed bulbs and deeply 

 channelled leaves, which are broad 

 like those of /. xiphioides, but very 

 glaucous and striated outside. 

 Flowers in March and April, 5 to 6 

 ins. across, on stems about 2 ft. high. 

 Falls light or deep blue, or bluish- 

 purple, with deeper veins, and a 

 yellow keel spreading into a broad 

 patch behind. {Bot. Mag. t. 6775.) 



The most suitable place for /. 

 tingitana is at the base of a south 

 wail. Fig. 216. 



I. trojana. — A native of Troy, about 

 3 ft. high, with glaucous green 

 sword-shaped leaves and sweet- 

 scented flowers of a bright purplish- 

 violet, the base being white with 



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