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87. I. HEXAOONA Walt. Fl. Carol. 6G ; Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 

 6787. — Eliizome creeping to a length of 2 feet. Leaves ensiform, 

 glaucous, finely veined, 2-3 ft. loug, an inch broad. Stems 3-4 ft. 

 long, with several heads and several large leaves. Spathes 3-4- 

 flowered ; outer valves lanceolate, green, sometimes long and leaf- 

 like ; pedicel produced. Ovary with 3 deep and 3 shallower 

 grooves. Perianth-tube cylindrical, an inch long, with many 

 grooves ; limb 4-5 in. long, dark or pale lilac ; falls with an obovate 

 blade 1^-2 in. broad, and a broad downy greenish claw with a dis- 

 tinct ridge down the centre ; standards shorter, erect, oblanceolate. 

 Style-branches 1^ in. long, very concave, green with a central 

 lilac band, narrower than the claw of the fall ; crests deltoid. 



Hab. Southern United States from Kentucky to Texas and Florida. 



38. I. FCETiDissiMA Linn. Sp. Plant. 57 ; Eng. Bot. t. 596; Red. 

 Lil. t. 354 : Reich. Ic. Germ. tab. 347. I.fcetida Thunb. Xiphion 

 ffptvlisninnnn Pari. Xijridion fcetidissiinuni Klatt. — Rhizome stout, 

 short-creeping ; sheaths fibrous. Leaves ensiform, slightly 

 glaucous, moderately firm, 1-H ft- long, f-1 in. broad. Stem 

 compressed, 2-3 ft. long, bearing 2-3 reduced leaves and 2-3 

 clusters of flowers. Spathes 2-3-flowered, 3 in. long ; outer 

 valves lanceolate, green, moderately firm ; pedicels long. Perianth- 

 tube greenish, funnel-shaped, ^ in. long ; limb bright lilac, 1^-2 in. 

 long ; falls with a suborbicular blade f in. broad, as long as the 

 haft ; standards shorter, oblanceolate, \-^ in. broad. Style- 

 branches under an inch long ; crests deltoid. Capsule oblong, 

 obtusely trigonous, 2-2^ in. long, rostrate. 



Hab. Through Central and Southern Europe, from Madeira, Portugal and 

 England to Afghanistan and Algeria. Easily recognised by the scent of the 

 broken leaves. There is a whitish variety, with brown veins, figured Reich. Ic. 

 Fl. Germ. fig. 975. 



39. I. TROJANA Kerner; Stapf in Verb. Zool. Bot. Wien. 1887, 

 650. — Leaves ensiform, very acute, glaucescent. Stem above 3 ft. 

 long, with many branches, much overtopping the leaves ; outer 

 spathe-valve entirely herbaceous ; pedicel none. Perianth-tube 

 longer than the ovary ; limb bright violet-purple ; falls obovate- 

 violet, with blade longer than the haft, which is white bordered 

 with yellow and veined with brown-purple ; standards elliptic, 

 bright violet, suddenly unguiculate. Crests of stigma broad, den- 

 ticulate. Capsule cylindrical, apiculate, obtusely trigonous, not 

 sulcate. 



Hab. Introduced from the Troad by Sintenis to the Vienna Garden. 

 Flower with the fragrance of Eohinia Ptseudacacia. 



40. I. L^viGATA Fifech. et Mev, Ind. Sem. Hort. Petrop. x. 30 ; 

 Regel Gartenfl. t. 442, fig. 1 ; Hook. fil. in Bot. Mag. t. 6132. — 

 I. Ginelini Ledeb. /. Kcempferi Siebold ; 111. Hort. t. 157 ; Fl. des 

 Serres, t. 2073-4. I. itsihortsi Hassk. I. viulacea Klatt. I. cersi- 

 color Thunb. Xyridion IcBvifiatum and violaceuin Klatt. — Rhizome 

 stout, short-creeping. Leaves thin, ensiform, pale green, finely 

 ribbed, 1-1^ ft. long, i^-f in. broad. Stem much overtopping the 

 leaves, bearing 2-8 reduced leaves and usually only a single cluster 



