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an inch long ; crests lanceolate-deltoid. Capsule oblong-trigonous, 

 2 in. long, narrowed gradually to the point. 



Var. I. EuLEFELDi Kegel Gartenfl. t. 954 ; Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 

 6902. — More robust, with stem about a foot long, larger lilac 

 flowers and broader leaves. 



Hab. Siberia; from the Caspian to Songaria, Turkestan and Mongolia. 

 Flowers with us late in May. 



10-4. I. Gkiffithii Baker. — Ehizome nearly an inch thick. 

 Leaves ensiform, 6-9 in. long at the flowering time, |-f in. broad. 

 Stems slender, 1-headed, 3-4 in. long. Spathes 2-flowered ; valves 

 lanceolate, membranous, green to the top, 3-8 in. long; pedicel 

 obsolete. Perianth-tube slender, 2 in. long ; limb 1^-2 in. long, 

 dark lilac ; falls oblong-cuneate, under an inch broad, bearded 

 more than halfway up ; standards oblong-unguiculate. 



Hab. Afghanistan ; Kaffiristan, Gn/^ffe 5904 ! AUieito I. scariosa. Another 

 Afghan plant collected by Griffith (5915, ex parte) has a 2-inch tube, much 

 longer stems, and green acute sjDathe-valves 2^-3 in. long. 



105. I. DARWAsicA Kegel Descr. x. 39. — Rhizome stout ; sheaths 

 splitting into fibres. Leaves rigid, narrowly ensiform, as long as 

 tlie stem, ^-^ in. broad. Setm 1-headed. Spathes 2-flowered. 

 oblong, scariose above the base ; pedicels obsolete ; white flower 

 8-3^ in. loug. Perianth-tube longer than the ovary ; limb violet- 

 brown, with deeper-coloured veins ; segments subequal, obovate, 

 the outer bearded. 



Hab. Eastern Bokhara, alt. 7000 ft. Discovered by Dr. Albert Eegel in 

 1883. 



106. 1. viREscE>:s DC. in Red. Lil. t. 925. — Rhizome stout, 

 short-creepmg. Leaves ensiform, slightly glaucous, 8-9 in. long 

 at the flowering time, |^-f in. broad. Stem 1-headed, 9-12 in. 

 long ; bearing about 2 reduced leaves. Spathes 1-2-flowered, 

 2-2^ in. long ; valves oblong, ventricose, membranous, green with 

 a scariose edge and tip at the flowering time ; pedicel very short. 

 Pei'ianth-tube about an inch long ; limb 2-2|^ in. long ; falls 

 obovate-cuneate, J-1 in. broad, reflexing halfway down, greenish- 

 yellow, veined on the haft with dull purple ; beard bright yellow ; 

 standards as long and broad, obovate-unguiculate, dull yellow. 

 Style-branches an inch long ; crests lanceolate-deltoid, acute, 

 serrulate. 



Hab. Valais, near Sion, Gay] Boinsierl Flowers fugitive, appearing at 

 the end of April. Janka refers here the Transylvanian I. biiiata Schur. 



107. I. Keichenbachiana Heufl'. (Ester. Bot. Zeit. 1858, 28.— 

 Khizome short, stout. Leaves ensiform, 6-8 in. long at the 

 flowering time, | iu. broad. Stem slender, 1-headed, nearly a foot 

 long. Spathe very ventricose, 2 iu. loug; valves oblong, sub- 

 scariose at the flowering season. Perianth bright pale yellow ; tube 

 reaching to the top of the spathe ; limb 2 in. long ; falls obovate- 

 cuneate, about an inch broad, with a bright yellow beard ; standards 

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

 small. 



Hab. Servia. IlitscJi ! Flowers in May. Allied to lutescens. 



