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Hab. Mountains of Sicily, flowering from March to May. Intermediate 

 between jjH/«i7a and Chamceiris. I cannot separate clearly a plant received 

 through Dr. Reichenbach from the Botanic Garden of Gottingen, called "J. 

 valenti)ui.'^ 



84. I. suAVEOLENs Boiss. Diagn. xiii. 15. — Stems 3-5 in. long, 

 1 -flowered. Leaves ensiform, glaucescent, overtopping the flower, 

 finally a foot long. Spatbe of two little-inflated green acutely- 

 keeled lanceolate valves. Flowers greenish yellow, very fragrant ; 

 tube one-third longer than the limb ; segments much smaller than 

 in /. piwiila ; falls oblong-cuneate, with a central patch of lilac- 

 bhie and a yellow beard ; standards rather broader and crisped at 

 the edge. Crests lanceolate, toothed on the outer edge. 



Hab. Plains of Bulgaria. Cultivated by Boissier at Geneva. 



85. I. Regeli Maxim, in Bull. Acad. Peters, x. 718. — Root- 

 stock short, oblique ; tufts crowded ; sheaths long, brown, rigid. 

 Leaves narrow linear, strongly veined, much overtopping the 

 flower. Stem obsolete, 1-headed ; spatbe 1-flowered, 1^ in. long; 

 valves rigid, green, lanceolate ; pedicel short. Perianth-tube fili- 

 form, 2 in. long ; limb lilac, an inch long ; falls with a small 

 oblong blade, not more than half as long as the beai-ded haft ; 

 standards as long as the falls, oblanceolate-unguiculate. Style- 

 branches f in. long; crests small. 



Hab. Mountains of Songaria and Turkestan. First gathered by Semenow. 

 Very distinct. Most like I. tenuifolia in habit, but bearded. 



86. I. PoTANiNi Maxim, in Bull. Acad. Peters, x. 721. — Rhizome 

 short-creeping ; tufts crowded ; sheaths splitting up into fibres. 

 Leaves narrow linear, two overtopping the flower, 6-8 in. long, 

 Y^-j in. broad. Stem nearly obsolete, 1-headed. Spathe ] -flowered, 

 1^ in. long; valves lanceolate, acute, lax, green, membranous; 

 pedicel short. Perianth-tube above an inch long ; limb sulphur- 

 yellow, 1|- in. long; falls obovate-cuueate, densely bearded, under 

 ^ in. broad ; standards oblong unguiculate, ■^— |^ in. broad. Style- 

 branches I in. long ; crests deltoid-acuminate. 



Hab. Eastern Siberia and Mongolia. Is in the Smithian Herbarium, 

 from Pallas, labelled "pumila." 



87. I. CnAjMiEiRis Bertol. Fl. Ital. iii. 609. I. pumila Linn. 

 Herb. ! /. kitescens Red. Lil. t. 263, non Lam. — Rhizome stout, 

 short-creeping. Leaves ensiform, pale green, 3-4 in. long at the 

 flowering time, ^—^ in. broad. Peduncle very short, 1-headed. 

 Spathe 1-flowered, 1^-2 in. long ; valves lanceolate, ventricose, 

 entirely green or scariose towards the tip at the flowering time ; 

 pedicel very short. Flowers not fragrant. Perianth-tube greenish, 

 about an inch long, funnel-shaped in the upper half ; limb bright 

 yellow ; falls obovate-cuneate, an inch broad, with a dense yellow 

 beard and haft tinged and veined with brown ; standards as long 

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

 crests deltoid. Capsule oblong-trigonous, 1^ in. long, narrowed to 

 the point. 



Var. I. iTALicA Pari. Fl. Ital. iii. 185. — Stature and foliage of 

 the type, but limb dark violet. 



