IRIS. 2o 



green, moderately firm, finally a foot or more long, ^ in. broad. 

 Peduncle nearly obsolete in the typical form, l-headed. Spathes 

 1-flowered; valves lanceolate, ventricose, pale green, 2-3 in. long; 

 pedicels very short. Perianth-tube 2-2^ in. long; limb bright 

 lilac, 1^-2 in. long ; falls obovate-cuneate, spreading from halfway 

 down, f in. broad, blotched with darker lilac, furnished with a 

 beard down the haft of yellow-tipped hairs, arising from a white 

 crest ; standards erect, oblong-unguiculate, above ^ in. broad. 

 Style-branches under an inch long ; crests deltoid. Capsule char- 

 taceous, shortly rostrate, broad-oblong, 1-1 i in. long. 



Var. CAULEscENs Baker. — Peduncle 4-G in. long. Spathes 

 sometimes 2-flowered. Perianth-tube much shorter. 



Hab. Temperate region of the Western and Central Himalayas, ascending 

 to 12,000 ft. in Kashmir. 



78. I. DuraiEn Foster in Gard. Chron. 1887, i. 611. — Rhizome 

 gnarled and knotty. Leaves linear, pale green, finally 2 ft. long, 

 ■J- in. broad. Peduncle very short, l-headed. Spathe 1-flowered ; 

 valves lanceolate, pale green, 1^ in. long. Perianth-tube 3 in. or 

 more long ; limb 2 in. long ; falls obovate-cuneate, reddish lilac, 

 with deeper veins and blotches ; claw bearded ; standards oblong- 

 unguiculate, erect. Style-branches reddish lilac ; crests deltoid, 

 crenate. Capsule broad-oblong, trigonous, IJ in. long, rostrate. 



Hab. Temperate region of Kumaon. Gathered by Mr. Duthie. Flowered 

 by Professor Foster in 1887. Is it not a variety of I. kuinaonensis ? 



79. I. HooKERiANA Foster in Gard. Chron. 1887, i. 611. — 

 Rhizome less fleshy than in Pogoniris. Leaves linear, 6-8 in. long 

 at the flowering time, finally 2 ft. long, -l-f in. broad, pale green, 

 not rigid. Peduncle 5-6 in. long, l-headed; spathe-valves gi*een, 

 lanceolate, ventricose. Perianth-tube ^ in. long ; limb 1^-2 in. 

 long ; falls obovate-cuneate, under an inch broad, purplish blue, 

 with darker blotches ; claw white, with violet veins and a thick 

 beard of yellow-tipped white hairs arising from an obscure crest ; 

 standards oblong-unguiculate, erect, ^ in. broad. Style -branches 

 very convex on the back ; crests deltoid, coarsely serrulate. 

 Capsule small, oblong-trigonal, rostrate. 



Hab. Lahul ; sent by the Moravian missionaries to Max Leichtlin. 

 Flowered by Prof. Foster in 1887. 



80. I. Claekei Baker. — Rhizome stout, wide-creeping ; sheaths 

 long, splitting into fine fibres. Leaves linear, moderately firm, 

 finally 1^-2 ft. long, \-\ in. broad. Stem about a foot long, 

 1-2 headed, bearing 2-3 reduced leaves. Spathes 1-2-flowered, 

 2J-3 in. long ; valves lanceolate, green, persistent ; pedicels nearly 

 as long as the spathe. Perianth-tube infundibuliform, ^ in. long ; 

 limb bright lilac, 2 in. long ; falls oblong-cuneate, | in. broad, with 

 a bright yellow throat and beard arising from a crest ; standards 

 with a small oblong blade and long slender claw. Style-branches 

 an inch long, bright lilac ; crests quadrate. Capsule oblong- 

 trigonous, 1^ in. long; valves rigid, brown, with a raised keel. 



Hab. Temperate region of Sikkim, at Tenglo and Yakla, alt. 10,000 ft., 



Sir J. D. Hoofcrrl Clarke \ We have at Kew a coloured sketch made by Sir 

 J. D. Hooker iu i«is. 



