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flowered, 1^-2 in. long; valves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, greenish 

 at the flowering time ; pedicels very short. Perianth-tube cylin- 

 drical, i-1 in. long ; limb dark lilac, 2-2^ in. long ; falls obovate- 

 cuneate, about an inch broad, reflexing from halfway down ; beard 

 white ; standards unguiculate, a little broader than the falls. 

 Style-branches an inch long ; crests deltoid. 



Hab. Eastern Europe, from Hungary and Silesia to the Caucasus. 



112. I, CiENGiALTi Anibrosi Fl. Tyrol, i. 643. — Ehizome stout, 

 short-creeping. Leaves ensiform, glaucous, ^ ft. long at the flower- 

 ing time, i in. broad. Stem about as long as the leaves, 1-3- 

 headed. Spathes 2-flowered, about an inch long ; valves ovate or 

 oblong, enthely scariose at the flowering time ; pedicel obsolete or 

 very short. Perianth-tube J-^ in. long ; limb bright lilac, 2 in. 

 long ; falls obovate-cuneate, l-lj in. broad, reflexing from halfway 

 down ; beard bright yellow ; standards as long and as broad, 

 orbicular-unguiculate. Style-branches an inch long ; crests deltoid, 

 denticulate. 



Hab. Lombardy and South Tyrol. On this and its allies see a paper by 

 Professor Foster in Gard. Chron. 1886, i. 554, 586. 



113. I. VAEiEGATA Linn. Sp. Plant. 56; Jacq. Fl. Austr. t. 5; 

 Curt. Bot. Mag. t. 16 ; Eed. Lil. t. 292; Eeich. Ic. Fl. Germ. tab. 

 834, fig. 761. — Rhizome stout, short-creeping. Leaves ensiform, 

 slightly glaucous, 1-1-J- ft. long, an inch broad. Stem about as 

 long as the leaves, 3-4-headed. Spathes 2-3-flowered, li-l| in. 

 long ; valves oblong, very ventricose, greenish or subscariose when 

 the flowers expand ; pedicels very short. Perianth -tube yellowish 

 green, cylindrical, f-1 in. long ; limb 2 in. long ; falls oblong- 

 cuneate, under an inch broad, claret-brown towards the tip, the 

 centre much veined with brown on a yellow ground, the haft 

 entirely yellow ; beard bright yellow; standards oblong-unguiculate, 

 bright yellow, only the claw veined with brown. Style-branches 

 yellow, an inch long ; crests oblong- deltoid, denticulate. 



Hab. Austria, Turkey and South Russia. Long cultivated and connected 

 in gardens with squalens by various intermediates. 



114. I. MoGGEiDGEi Baker. — Rhizome stout. Leaves ensiform, 

 a foot long at the flowering time, f in. broad. Stem a little over- 

 topping the leaves, 1-headed, or bearing a second sessile head a 

 short space below the end one. Spathes 1-2-flowered, 2 in. long; 

 valves oblong, scariose at the flowering time ; pedicel short. 

 Perianth-tube an inch long ; limb yellow, 2| in. long ; falls oblong- 

 cuneate, about an inch broad, reflexing from halfway down, densely 

 bearded; standards the same length and breadth. Style-branches 

 above an inch long ; crests deltoid. 



Hab. Maritime Alps ; valley of the Loup river. Described from a plant, 

 cultivated at Cannes, in the herbarium of the late J. T. Moggridge, F.L.S., 

 author of ' Contributions to the Flora of Mentone.' It tlowers in the middle 

 of March and was called I. pnriiassiana Ker, by the son of that botanist. 

 Intermediate between Chanup.irU and pallida. 



115. I. LURiDA Ait. Hort. Kew, 68; Bot. Mag. t. 986, non 6G9 ; 

 Red. Lil. t. 418. — Rhizome stout, short-creeping. Leaves ensiform. 



