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81. I. Alberti Kegel Gartenfl. t. 999 ; Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 

 7020. — Rhizome stout, short-creeping. Leaves ensiform, slightly 

 glaucous, 1^-2 ft. long, above an inch broad. Stem 5-6-lieaded, 

 overtopping the leaves. Spathes 2-3-flowered, l|^-2 in. long ; 

 valves ovate, quite scariose at the flowering time; pedicels short. 

 Perianth-tube under an inch long; limb bright lilac, 2 in. long; 

 falls obovate-cuneate, under an inch broad, reflexing from halfway 

 down ; beard white tipped with yellow, springing from a rudi- 

 mentai'y crest ; standards as long as the falls, broader, orbicular- 

 unguiculate. Deltoid crest of the stigma not reaching the top 

 of the beard. 



Hab. Turkestan. Gathered by Fetisow and Dr. Albert Kegel. Introduced 

 lately into England by Professor Foster. Habit and foliage of I. pallida and 

 germanica, and very different from the other species of the group. 



Subgenus VII. Pogoniris. 



82. I. puMiLA Linn. Sp. Plant. 56 ex parte ; Curt, in Bot. Mag. 

 t. 9; Red. Lil. t. 261 ; Jacq. Fl. Austr. t. 1 ; Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ, 

 tab. 327, fig. 752. I. Clusiana Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ. tab. 328, 

 fig. 755. — Tufts crowded on a short rhizome. Leaves linear, 2-4 in. 

 long at the flowering time, slightly glaucous, \—^ in. broad. Stem 

 none or very short, 1-headed. Spathe 1-flowered, 1^-2 in. long; 

 valves lanceolate, scariose towards the tip at the flowering time ; 

 pedicel none or very short. Flowers not fragrant. Perianth-tube 

 green, filiform, 2-2^ in. long; limb 1^-2 in. long, fugitive, yellow 

 or light or dark lilac ; falls oblong-cuneate, f in. broad, reflexing 

 from halfway down, densely bearded ; standards as long, oblong- 

 unguiculate, the same breadth as the falls. Style-branches an inch 

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

 long. 



Hab. Central and South-eastern Europe, from Austria to the Caucasus, 

 Greece and Asia Minor. I. attica Boiss. et Held. ; Eegel Gartenfl. t. 377, fig. 2, 

 is a variety with falcate narrow leaves, pale yellow flowers with the dinsions 

 veined with brown-lilac on the claw ; I. carul-ea Spach (Bot. Mag. t. 1261) has 

 bright blue flowers, with a rather shorter tube than in the type ; /. stenoloba 

 Herb. DC, from Moldavia, a lilac or yellow limb 1^ in. long, with divisions ^ in. 

 broad and a tube the same length as the limb; and the Crimean I. aquiloba 

 Led., a short stem, narrower lilac or yellow perianth-segments, and larger 

 Btigmatic crests. I cannot distinguish from the type I. transiliHtnica Schur. 



83. I. PSEUDo-pujin.A Tiueo Cat. Hort. Panarm. 1827, 28. I. 

 j,anarmitana Todaro. — Rhizome short, oblique, as thick as a man's 

 finger. Leaves ensiform, glaucescent, 6-9 in. long at the flowering 

 time, ^f in. broad, narrowed suddenly to an oblique tip. Stem 

 1-headed, sometimes 6-8 in. long. Spathes 1-flowered, 3 in. long, 

 quite hidden by the sheathing leaves ; valves lanceolate, mem- 

 branous, green, rather ventricose ; pedicels short. Perianth-tube 

 slender, 2-2^ in. long ; limb varying from yellow to bright lilac, 

 2-2| in. long ; falls oblong-unguiculate, f in. broad, reflexing from 

 halfway down, bearded down the haft ; standards rather broader, 

 oblong-unguiculate. Style-branches an inch long ; crests lanceolate- 

 deltoid, \ in. long. 



