IRIS. 29 



Hab. Persia; at Haideri, alt. 8000—9000 ft. Polak. Differs from I. 

 Chamceiris by its linear leaves. 



92. I. ARENARiA Waldsfc. & Kit, PI. Rav. Hung. t. 57 ; Red. Lil. t. 

 296 ; Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 549 ; Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ. tab. 330, 

 fig. 757. — Rliizome much-branched, cyHndrical, wide-creeping, so 

 that the tufts are non-contiguous ; sheaths not sphtting into fibres. 

 Leaves few in a tuft, linear, moderately firm, 3-4 in. long at the 

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

 Spathes 1-2-flowered ; valves oblong or lanceolate, green, ventri- 

 cose, |-1^ in. long; pedicel as long as the ovary. Perianth-tube 

 ^ in. long ; limb bright yellow, l-lj in. long ; falls oblong- 

 cuneate, ^-^ in. broad, reflexing from halfway down ; beard bright 

 yellow ; standards rather shorter and narrower than the falls. 

 Style-branches ^ in. long; crests lanceolate. Capsule oblong- 

 trigonous, an inch long. 



Hab. Hungary, Transylvania and the South of Eussia, growing in dry 

 sand. Very distinct. It forms the section Psammiris of Spach. 



93. I. FLA\^ssIMA Pallas Iter. iii. 715 ; Jacq. Ic. t. 220. — Rhizome 

 moderately stout, short-creeping ; tufts crowded ; sheaths splitting 

 into fibres. Leaves thin, linear, 4-8 in. long at the flowering 

 time, ^-^ in. broad. Stem 1-headed, 1-6 in. long. Spathe 1-2- 

 flowered, 1-1^ in. long ; valves oblong or lanceolate, ventricose, 

 green with a scariose edge ; pedicel as long as the ovary. Perianth- 

 tube ^ in. long; limb bright yellow, 1-1^ in. long; falls oblong- 

 cuneate, ^-^ in. broad, reflexing from halfway down ; beard bright 

 yellow ; standards rather shorter, oblong-unguiculate, ^ in. broad. 

 Style-branches ^-f in. long; crests deltoid. 



Var. I. Bloudovh Led. Fl. Alt. iii. 331 ; Ic. t. 101.— More 

 robust, with broader leaves, a longer stem and larger flowers. 



Hab. Siberia and Mongolia, ascending to 6000 ft. on the mountains of 

 Turkestan. 



94. I. PANDURATA Maxim. in Bull. Acad. Peters, x. 723. — Root- 

 stock slender ; radical fibres a span long ; tufts crowded ; sheaths 

 hyaline, not splitting into fibres, 1^ in. long. Leaves green, not 

 rigid, linear, 4-5 in. long. Stem 1-headed, shorter than the leaves. 

 Spathe 2-flowered, IJ in. long; valves lanceolate-acuminate; 

 pedicels obsolete. Perianth-tube half as long again as the ovary, 

 which is ^-^ in. long ; limb blue, above an inch long ; falls ovate- 

 oblong, shortly uuguiculate, bearded with yellow ; standards 

 shorter, panduriform, emarginate. Style-branches nearly an inch 

 long ; crests oblique, ovate, acute. 



Hab. West China ; province of Kansui, Przewalski. 



95. I. STOLONiFERA Maxim. in Bull. Acad. Petersb. x. 732. — 

 Rhizome very short, bearing long fusiform root-fibres and stolons 

 from its neck ; sheaths spliting up into a few fine fibres. Leaves 

 linear, pale green, moderately firm, about a foot long at the flowering 

 time, ^-^ in. broad. Stem 1-headed, i-1 ft. long. Spathe 1-2- 

 flowered, about 2 in. long ; valves pale green, membranous, lanceo- 

 late ; pedicels very short. Perianth-tube an inch long ; limb pale 

 or dark lilac ; 1^-2 in, long ; fails obovate-cuneate, nearly an inch 



