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broad, witb a blade as long as the haft ; standards oblong- 

 unguiculate, ^-^ in. broad. Style-lranches an mch long ; crests 

 broad. Capsule oblong, 1^-2 in. long, deeply 3-grooved, narrowed 

 to both apex and base. 



Hab. Eocky Mountains (from Washington territory and Colorado) and 

 California to North Mexico, where it ascends to 10,000 ft. 



27. I. LoxGiPETALA Herb, in Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beech. 395 ; 

 Hook. 111. in Bot. Mag. t. 6298. — Khizome stout, short-creeping ; 

 sheaths slitting into coarse fibres. Leaves linear, moderately firm, 

 1-1^ ft. long, ^-^ in. broad. Stem stout, solid, compressed, 1-1^ ft. 

 long, bearing 1-2 linear leaves and a single head. Spathes 2-4- 

 flowered ; outer valves green, linear or lanceolate, 3-4 in. long ; 

 pedicels 1-B in. long. Perianth-tube nearly obsolete ; limb bright 

 lilac, 2^-3 in. long; falls obovate-unguiculate, an inch or more 

 broad, reflexing from halfway down, the claw keeled with yellow 

 and copiously vtiued with violet on a white ground ; btandards 

 much shorter, oblanceolate-unguiculate, i in. broad. Style -branches 

 1^ m. long ; crests large, deltoid. Capsule oblong, 1^2 in. long, 

 narrowed to the base and apex. 



Var. MONTANA Baker. /. missouriensis Bot. Mag. t. 6579, non 

 Nuttall. — Much dwarfer, with narrower leaves and smaller flowers. 

 Hab. Widely spread in California, first gathered by Douglas in 1833. 



28. I. TPjpjiTAi.A Walt. Fl. Carol. 66, non Linn. fil. I. tri- 

 deiitiita Pursh. ; Sweet, Brit. Flow. Gard. t. 274. — Khizome mode- 

 rately stout. Leaves linear, 1-1-| ft. long, ^ in. broad, moderately 

 firm, finely ribbed. Stem lJ-2 ft. long, 1-3-headed. Spathes 

 1 -flowered, both valves rigid and lanceolate, the outer much 

 shorter than the inner, which is 2-2^ in. long ; pedicel long. 

 Perianth-tube narrowly funnel-shaped, imder an inch long ; limb 

 bright lilac, 2^-3 in. long ; falls "syith an orbicular blade an inch 

 or more broad, as long as the haft ; standards oblanceolate, cuspi- 

 date, erect, ^ in. long. Style branches an inch long; crests 

 lanceolate. 



Hab. Southern United States from Carolina to Florida. Very distinct. 

 Differs from all the other linear-leaved Apogons by its very small standards. 



29. 1. MAcuLATA Baker in Gard. Chron. 1876, ii. 517.— Rhizome 

 slender, short-creeping. Leaves ensiform, falcate, moderately firm, 

 ■| ft. long at the flowering time, ^-f in. broad. Stem one-headed, 

 3-4 in. long, bearing a single leaf low down. Spathe 2-3 in. long, 

 l-Mowered ; valves loose, lanceolate-acuminate ; pedicel short. 

 Perianth-tube an inch long; limb pale, 2^ in. long; falls obovate- 

 cuneate, an inch broad, pale, marked Avith a blue or lilac central 

 spot, reflexing from hallway down ; standards as long, oblong- 

 unguiculate, cuspidate, | in. broad. Style- branches an inch long ; 

 creats broad, obtuse, subentire. 



Hab. Mesopotamia, Aucher Eloij 1 Habit of I. caiicasica. 



30. I. HooKERi Penny. /. tripetala Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 2886, 

 non Walt. I. tridenlata'H.ook.uonPiwsh. Xyridion tridentatum Klatt. 

 ^Rhizome short-creeping. Leaves ensiform, glaucescent, mode- 



