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flowering time; pedicel short. Perianth -tube cyhndrical, H in. 

 long ; limb bright lilac, 2-2^^ in. long ; falls with an oblong blade 

 an inch broad, as long as the broad claw ; beard close, lavender- 

 white ; standards as broad, erect, oblong-miguiculate, the claw dis- 

 tinctly bearded. Style-branches an inch long; crests broad, obtuse. 



Hab. Turkestan. Drawn for the Kew collection in May, 1888, from a 

 plant flowered by Dr. Foster. 



64. I. SuwARowi Eegel Descr. PI. Nov. x. 45 ; Baker in Bot. 

 Mag. t. 7029. I. Ilneata Foster; Eegel Gartenfl. t. 1244, figs. 

 1-6. — Ehizome short-creeping. Leaves thin, linear, pale green, 

 about a foot long at the flowering time, ^ in. broad. Stem 

 1 -headed, about a foot long, bearing 2-3 reduced leaves. Spathes 

 2-flowered, 2^-3 in. long ; valves lanceolate, green, membranous, 

 ventricose ; pedicel short. Perianth-tube cylindrical, f-1 in. long ; 

 limb 2 in. long, both sets of segments finely closely veined all over 

 with claret-purple on a pale greenish ground ; falls oblong-lanceo- 

 late, subacute, ^ in. broad, with a violet-blue beard ; standards as 

 long, oblanceolate-unguiculate, the claw sometimes faintly bearded. 

 Style- branches an inch long ; crests deltoid, crenate. 



Hab. Turkestan, Dr. Albert Regel ! Discovered and introduced into 

 cultivation in 1885. 



65. I. KoROLKowi Eegel Enum. Turkest. 32 ; Gartenfl. t. 766 ; 

 Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 7025. — Ehizome short-creeping. Leaves 

 eusiform, moderately firm, glaucous, a foot long at the flowering 

 time, \-l in. broad. Stem 1 -headed, about a foot long, bearing a 

 single reduced leaf. Spathe 1-2-flowered, 3-4 in. long ; outer 

 valves membranous, green, lanceolate, ventricose ; pedicel short. 

 Perianth-tube an inch long, cylindrical ; limb 2^-3 in. long, in the 

 tyj)e milk-white, veined with red-brown ; falls reflexing from half- 

 way down, with an oblong blade an inch broad, with a brown 

 l)atch at the throat and dark brown beard ; standards as long and 

 as broad, erect, oblong-unguiculate. Style-branches an inch long ; 

 crests large, quadrate, crenulate. Capsule oblong, unequally 

 hexagonal, li-2 in. long, narrowed to the point. 



Hab. Turkestan. Sent alive by General Korolkow to St. Petersburg in 

 187'1. Prof. Foster in Gard. Chron. 1888, ii. 36, describes four varieties, 

 Leichtliniana, veiiosa (Gartenfl. t. 1358), violaccd and coiwolor, of which the last, 

 which has bright lilac flowers, is the most remarkable. 



66. I. Barnum^ Foster & Baker in Gard. Chron. 1B88, ii. 182. 

 — Ehizome slender, fleshy. Leaves weak, linear, glaucous, i ft. 

 long at the flowering time, ^-^ in. broad. Stem 1-headed, 1-6 in. 

 long, with a single sheathing leaf. Spathe 1 -flowered, 2-2h in. 

 long ; valves lanceolate, greenish white, tinged with purple ; pedicel 

 short. Perianth-tube greenish, ^ in. long ; limb dark uniform 

 claret-purple ; falls oblong-cuneate, 2 in. long, above an inch broad, 

 with a soft whitish beard down the haft ; standards erect, obovate- 

 unguiculate, 2^ in. long, l^in. broad, plain purplish black. Style- 

 branches an inch long; crests short, broad, much recurved. 

 Capsule ellipsoid-trigonous. 



Hab. Mountains of Armenia, near Van. Sent alive to Prof. Foster, by 

 Mrs. Baruum, of the American MiSoion at Kharput. 



