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pedicel very short. Perianth-tube greenish, cyUndrical an inch 

 long; limb 2 in. long; falls obovate, broadly cuneate, 1 1-2 in. 

 broad, in the type closely veined with dark brown on a pale brown 

 ground, with a patch of dark brown at throat and a short diffused 

 brown beard ; standards orbicular, with a short claw, 2 in. broad, 

 faintly veined. Style-arms brown, an inch long, reflexing almost 

 from the base ; crests deltoid, entire. 



Hab. Caucasus and mountains of Armenia and North Persia, ascending to 

 7000 ft. Viir. Perri/ami, Florist, 1873, 25, with tigure, has smaller flowers than 

 the type and pale lilac standards. Var. ochracea Kegel, has ochraceous-brown 

 falls. Var. Bellii Baker, collected by Mr. Mark Bell in Luristan, has dark lilac 

 standards. /. fan Ilouttei Hort. Leichtl., is a hybrid between this species and 

 suxidim. 



Gl. I. ACL'TiLOBA C. A. Mcyer, Ind. Cauc. 32 ; Kegel Gartenfl. t. 

 812, fig. 1. OncucijcliiH acutUobus Siems. /. Heleme K. Koch. — 

 Tufts crowded on a short rhizome. Leaves linear-complicate, very 

 falcate, 3-4 in. long at the flowering time, ^-^ in. broad. Stem 

 1-headed, very short. Spathe l-flowered, 2 in. long; valves lan- 

 ceolate, green, membranous; pedicel very short. Perianth-tube 

 cylindrical, nn inch long; limb 2 in. long; falls oblong, -I in. 

 broad, reflexing from halfway down, veined with brown-black on a 

 pale broAvn ground, diffusely bearded with brown down the haft ; 

 standards oblong-unguicuLite, erect, twice as broad as the falls, 

 paler, copiously veined. Style-branches an inch long ; crests 

 small, deltoid. 



Hab. Caucasus and mountains of Northern Persia. 



G2. I. PARADoxA Stev. in Mem. Mosc. V. 355 ; Kegel Gartenfl. t. 

 386, tig. 3; Garden, xxxii. 58-4; Bot. Mag. t. 7081. Oncocycl us para- 

 doxus Siems. — Tufts crowded on a short rhizome. Leaves linear- 

 complicate, 3-6 in. long at the flowering time, glaucous, very 

 falcate, ^ in. broad. Stem 1-headed, 2-6 in. long. Spathe l-flowered, 

 2-3 in. long; valves green, membranous, lanceolate; pedicel very 

 short. Perianth-tube cylindrical, under an mch long ; falls Ungu- 

 late, dark brown in the type, 1-1|^ in. long, with a very small 

 orbicular blade ^ in. broad, and a diffusely-bearded claw ; standards 

 erect, white in the type, li-2 in. broad, 2-3 in. long, orbicular, 

 with a short claw. Style-branches an inch long ; crests small, 

 deltoid. 



Var. vioLACEA Baker. — Standards dark violet ; falls tinged with 

 violet. 



Hab. Mountains of Georgia and North Persia. Very distinct by its small 

 lingulate falls. 



Subgenus IV. Kegelia Foster. 



03. I. Leichtlini Kegel Descr. ix. 40. I. voi/u Foster ; Kegel 

 Gartenfl. t. 1244, fig. 7. — Kootstock slender, wdde-creeping ; tufts 

 non-contiguous. Leaves ensiform, scarcely glaucous, moderately 

 firm, 1-H ft. long, i in. broad. Stem 1| ft. long, 1-headed, 

 bearing about 2 reduced leaves. Spathes 2-3-flowered, 2f in. 

 long ; valves oblong-lanceolate, green with a scariose tip at the 



