IRIS. 3? 



124. I. GERMANicA Limi. Sp. Plant. 55 ; Bot. Mag. t. 670 ; Red. 

 Lil. t. 309 ; Keicb. Ic. Crit. t. 924 ; Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 338, fig. 565. 

 — Elnzome stout, short-creeping. Leaves ensiform, glaucous, 

 1-U ft. long, 1-11 in, broad. Stem 3-4-beaded, 2-3 ft. long. 

 Spatbes 2-3-flowered, 1^-2 in. long ; valves oblong-lanceolate, 

 tinged witb purple, green m the lower half at tbe flowering time; 

 pedicels sbort. Periantb-tube cylindrical, greenisb, an inch long ; 

 limb 2^-3 in. long; falls obovate-cuneate, dark violet-purple, 1-1^ 

 in. broad, reflexing from halfway down ; beard bright yellow ; 

 standards as long and as broad as the falls, bright lilac, obovate- 

 unguicLilate. Style-branches above an inch long ; crests deltoid. 

 Capsule oblong-trigonous, 1^-2 in. long. 



Hab. Central and Southern Europe. Is quite hardy in English gardens. 

 It flowers early in May and the flowers are not fragrant. The principal garden 

 varieties are 1, flowers white ; claws veined with lilac ; 2, standards as dark 

 purple as the falls ; 3, standards sky-blue ; 4, stem not overtopping the leaves. 



125. I. DEFLEXA Knowles & West. Floral Cab. ii. 19, t. 51. /. 

 ncpalensis Wall, in Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 818, non D. Don. — Rhizome 

 stout. Leaves ensiform, glaucous, 1-1-| ft. long, 1-1| in. broad. 

 Stem 3-5-headed, overtopping the leaves. Spathes 2-3-flowered, 

 1^-2 in. long ; valves scariose in the upper half at the flowering 

 lime. Perianth-tube cylindrical, an inch long ; limb 2-3 in. long ; 

 falls obovate-cuneate, dark purple, reflexing from halfway down, 

 1-1| in. broad ; beard bright yellow ; standards obovate-ungui- 

 culate, bright lilac, as long and as broad as the falls. Style- 

 branches above an inch long ; crests deltoid. 



Hab. Temperate region of the Himalayas ; Kashmir, Kumaon, &c. Not 

 certainly wild there. Flowers fragrant. Intermediate between I. germanica 

 and pallida. 



126. I. BiLioTTi Foster in Gard. Chron, 1887, v. 738.— Rhizome 

 as in I. fjermanica. Leaves darker green, more distinctly striated 

 and more rigid. Stem several-headed, 2|^-3 ft. long. Spathes 

 2-3-flowered, 3 in. long, ventricose, scariose only towards the tip 

 at the flowering time ; pedicel very short. Perianth-tube ^ in. long ; 

 falls obovate-cuneate, 3-3^ in. long, 1^ in. broad, reddish purple 

 with many dark veins ; beard white, tipped with yellow ; standards 

 as long, orbicular-unguiculate, 2 in. broad, bright blue-purple. 

 Style-branches 1| in. long; crests deltoid. Capsule ellipsoid, 2^ in. 

 long, deeply 6 -grooved. 



Hab. Trebizond. Eeceived alive by Dr. Foster from Consul Biliotti. Very 

 near I. germanica. Flowers with us in June. 



127. I. cYPRiANA Foster & Baker in Gard. Chron. 1888, ii. 182. 

 — Nearly allied to I. pallida, from which it differs by its longer, 

 more oblong-navicular spathe-valves, not entirely scariose at the 

 flowering time, rather longer perianth-tube and more obovate 

 perianth-segments of both rows. Style-branches longer and crests 

 larger. Flowers fragrant, bright lilac, 6-7 in. diam. when ex- 

 panded. 



Hab. Cyprus. Sent alive to Kew by Mrs. Kenyon. Flowers late in June. 



128. I. Baetoni Foster in Gard. Chron. 1883, xix. 275 ; Baker 



