18 IIANUIJUOK OF IKlDE.t. 



Hab. Asia Minor and Persia. One of the most curious and best known 

 species of the genus. It is mentioned by Lobel and Clusius, and is said to 

 have been introduced into Europe in 1573. I. livida Tratt. (Red. Lil. t. 18) has 

 smaller, more livid, less distinctly veined flowers than the type. 



52. I. Gatesii Foster in Gard. Chron. 1890, ii. 18, fig. 3. — 

 Habit and foliage of I. sii-siana. Spathes 4 in. or more long ; 

 falls orbicular, reflexed, 3 in. broad, a delicate light grey, formed 

 by fine veins of purple on a cream-white ground, sometimes sky- 

 blue, with darker coloured veins, the throat densely hairy ; 

 standards ascending, 3-4 in. broad. Style-crests subquadrate. 



Hab. Armenia. Named after the Rev. T. F. Gates, of the American 

 Mission at Mardin. 



53. I. BisMARCKiANA Hort. Damman ; Wein Gartenzeit. 1892, 

 355, fig. 72. — Habit of I. susiana. Leaves ensiform, glaucous- 

 green, 8 in. long. Stem 1 -headed, above a foot long. Flower as 

 large as in susiana ; falls orbicular, ash-grey with darker veins and a 

 dark spot at the base ; standards sky-blue, with blackish veins. 



Hab. Lebanon, Hort. Damman. 



54. I. LoRTETii Barbey Herbor. Levant, t. 7. — Rootstock stout, 

 short-creeping. Leaves thin, glaucous, ensiform, under a foot 

 long at the flowering time, f in. broad. Peduncle short, 1-headed. 

 Spathes 1-flowered, 5-6 iu. long; valves pale green, lanceolate. 

 Perianth-tube 1^ in. long ; limb about 4 in. long ; falls obovate- 

 cuneate, 3 in. broad, pale grey-lilac, copiously spotted and finely 

 striped with red-brown, with a dark brown spot at the throat and 

 short yellow hairs down the haft ; standards orbicular-unguiculate, 

 erect-inflexed, j)ale gi*ey, veined with red-brown. Style-branches 

 red-brown, an inch broad, with large reflexed quadrate crenate 

 crests. 



Hab. Southern slope of the Lebanon range, alt. 2000 ft., Lortet. 



55. I. Heylandiaxa Boiss. Fl. Orient. V. 130. — Rhizome short- 

 creeping. Leaves linear, glaucescent, falcate, 8-9 in. long, ^ in. 

 broad. Stem 1-headed, above a foot long. Spathes 1-flowered; 

 valves lanceolate, green, membranous, 3 in. long ; pedicel short. 

 Perianth-tube an mch long; limb 1-^-2 in. long; falls obovate- 

 cuneate, veined with brown- violet on a whitish ground, dark brown 

 at the throat, diffusely bearded with white down the haft ; standards 

 rather broader, orbicular-unguiculate, white, veined with brown. 

 Style-crests short, broad, crenulate. Capsule obscurely trigonous, 

 narrowed to both ends. 



Hab. Mesopotamia. Gathered by Olivier, Kotschy and Loftus. 



56. I. Sari Schott ; Baker in Gard. Chron. 1876,^ 788.— 

 Rhizome short, stout, obUque. Leaves pale green, linear-compli- 

 cate, about ^ ft. long at the flowering time, ^-^ in. broad. Stem 

 1-headed, 3-6 in, long, bearing about 2 lanceolate reduced leaves. 

 Spathe 1-flowered, 2-3 in. long ; valves lanceolate, green, mem- 

 branous ; pedicel very short. Perianth-tube cylindrical, an inch 

 long; limb in the type bright lilac, 3 in. long; falls obovate- 

 cuneate, H-2 in. broad, reflexiug from halfway down, with a 



