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the limb; limb dark lilac, 2 in. long; falls obovate-cuneate, 

 f-1 in. broad; beard blue; standards obovate-unguiculate, as long 

 and as broad as the falls. Style-branches an inch long ; crests 

 deltoid. 



Hab. Northern Thrace, near PhilHpolis. Described from a specimen 

 gathered by Janka, lent to me by Leichtlin. 



100. I. BALKANA Janka, Adat. Erd. 173. — Rhizome stout, 

 oblique ; tufts crowded. Leaves ensiform, glaucescent, 3-4 in. 

 long at the flowering time. Stem 6-9 in. long, 1-headed. Spathes 

 1-2-flowered, 2 in. long ; valves lanceolate, green ; pedicel short. 

 Perianth-tube an inch long ; limb dark claret-lilac, 2^3 in. long ; 

 falls obovate-cuneate, 1-1|^ in. broad, reflexing from low down, the 

 dense white beard tipped with lilac ; standards erect, oblong- 

 unguiculate, 1^ in. broad, the same colour. Style-branches an 

 inch long ; crests deltoid. 



Hab. Balkans. Sent alive to Kew by Leichtlin in 1878. Flowers early in 

 May. 



101. I. ATEovioLACEA Lange in Bot. Tids. 1882, 18. — Rhizome 

 stout, short-creeping. Leaves ensiform, very glaucous, a foot long at 

 the flowering time, f-1 in. broad. Stem 1-headed, about as long as 

 the leaves. Spathes 2-3-flowered; valves oblong, ventricose, 

 1-1 1- in. long, entirely scariose at the flowering time ; pedicel very 

 short. Flowers dark violet, very fragrant. Perianth-tube under 

 an inch long ; falls obovate-cuneate, 3 in. long, 1^ in. broad, 

 reflexing from halfway down ; beard white, tipped with yellow ; 

 standards as long, orbicular-unguiculate, 2 in. broad. Style- 

 branches above an inch long ; crests deltoid. 



Hab. Known only in cultivation. Probably a hybrid between Chamceirii 

 and pallida. Flowers with us late in May. 



102. I. MANDSHURicA Maxim. in Bull. Acad. Peters, x. 724. — 

 Rhizome short-creeping; sheaths not split into fibres. Leaves 

 ensiform, green, ^ ft. long, ^ in. broad. Stem very short, 1-headed. 

 Spathe 2-flowered, 1^ in. long; valves lanceolate, green, with a 

 scariose edge ; pedicel short. Perianth-tube ^ in. long ; limb 

 yellow; falls obovate-cuneate, truncate, 1^-2 in. long, |- in. broad; 

 beard yellow ; standards shorter, rather narrower. Style-branches 

 above an inch long ; crests obtuse, dentate. 



Hab. Southern Manchuria, flowering late in May, Guldenstadt. Near I. 

 flavissima. 



103. I. scARiosA Willd. in Spreng. Schrad. & Link Jahrb. iii. 71. 

 1. glaucescens Bunge in Ledeb. Fl. Alt. i. 58 ; Ledeb. Ic. t. 102. — 

 Rhizome short-creeping, as thick as a man's finger; tufts crowded ; 

 sheaths fibrous. Leaves ensiform, glaucescent, ^-1 ft. long at the 

 flowering time, |-f in. broad, the outer falcate. Peduncle 1-headed, 

 2-6 in. long. Spathes 2-3-flowered, 2-2| in. long ; valves green, 

 lanceolate, membranous ; pedicel very short. Perianth-tube 

 greenish, li-2 in. long; limb 3'ellow or lilac, 2 in. long; falls 

 obovate-unguiculate, ^-f in. broad, reflexing from halfway down, 

 densely bearded ; standards as long and as broad. Style-branches 



