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of flowers. Spathe 2-3-flowered, 2-3 in. long ; outer valves firm, 

 green lanceolate ; pedicels i-2 in. long. Perianth-tube funnel-shaped, 

 ^ in. long ; limb 2i-3 in. long, deep or light violet, rarely white; 

 falls with a spreading obovate limb longer than the haft, sometimes 

 1^-2 in. broad ; standards much shorter, oblanceolate-unguiculate, 

 ^ in. broad. Style-branches above an inch long ; crests large, 

 deltoid. Capsule obtusely ovoid-oblong, 1-1^ in. long. 



Hab. Eastern Siberia anrl .Japan. Widely cultivated by the .Japanese in 

 many varieties and latterly in Europe. It is much the most showy of all the 

 Apogons, with the largest fall-blade. 



41. I. FULVA Muhl. ; Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1496; Eeich. Fl. Exot. 

 t. 38. 7. cuprea Parch, his fulva Tratt. tab. t. 689, Neuheckia 

 fiili-a Alefeld. — Ehizome stout, short-creeping. Leaves thin, ensi- 

 form, bright green, li-2 ft. long, -J— 1 in. broad. Stems 2-3 ft. 

 long, forked low down, bearing about 3 heads, its lower leaves a 

 foot or more long. Spathes 2-3-flowered, the valves except the 

 outermost membranous ; pedicels produced. Perianth-tube yellowish, 

 about an inch long ; limb 2 in. long, bright fulvous brown, all the 

 sep;ments spreading: from below the middle ; falls obovate-cuneate, 

 f-1 in. broad, deeply emarginate, velvety on the face, with reddish- 

 brown pubescence near the keel ; standards shorter, oblanceolate- 

 spathulate. Style-branches under an inch long; crests very small, 

 broad. Capsule oblong, obtusely trigonous, 1-1^ in. long. 



Hab. United States, principally in the southern States. One of the latest 

 species to flowering, not opening round London till late in .June. Connects 

 Apofjon and Pogonirls and very distinct in appearance through its fulvous 

 flowers, with all the six segments spreading like those of a Morcea. 



42. I. GuLDENSTCEDTiANA Lepecli. in Act. Acad. Peti'op. 1781, i. 

 292, t. 8. I. halopliUa Pallas. I. stenoqiina Red. Lil. sub. t. 310. 

 /. Gmderl Red. Lil. 310. I. diluta M. Bieb. Cent. PI. Ross. t. 81. 

 /. duhia Poir. Xiphion Guldenstcedtii and stenofiynum Alefeld. Xj/ri- 

 dion hahphilum, stenofn/niun and GuJdenstcedtianum Klatt. — Rhizome 

 stout, oblique, short-creeping; sheaths fibrous* Leaves moderately 

 firm, pale green, ensiform, 1-1-|- ft. long, ^-^ in. broad. Stem 

 stout, terete, li— 2 ft. long, bearing 2-3 reduced leaves and often 

 1-2 spicate clusters of flowers below the end one. Spathes 2-3- 

 flowered ; outer valves lanceolate, firm, green, 2^—3 in. long ; 

 pedicels shorter than the spathes. Perianth-tube as long as the 

 ovary ; limb 1^-2 in. long, pale yellow in the type ; falls with an 

 orbicular blade ^-f in. broad, much shorter than the narrow haft, 

 which has a bright yellow keel and faint lilac veins ; standards 

 rather shorter, oblanceolate-unguiculate, erect. Style-branches 

 1-1^ in. long; crests deltoid. Capsule oblong-hexagonal, 1-1^ in. 

 long, with a persistent beak an inch long and the three valves 

 strongly ribbed near tlie margin. 



Hab. Transylvania and Moldavia and throughout Asia, from Asia Minor 

 and the Caucasus to Kashmir and Mongolia. I. t^ogdiana Bunge, is a variety 

 with grey-lilac flowers. We have a si^ecimen of the type from Kew Gardens, 

 dried by Bishop Goodenough in 1788. Sintenis has found an alpine variety 

 with linear leaves at .5000 ft. in .\rmenia. It is very near I. spuria. 



43. I SPURIA Linn. Sp. Plant. 58 ; Bot. Mag. t. 58 ; Jacq. Fl. 



