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in Bot. Mag. t. 6869. — Kliizome stout, short-creeping. Leaves 

 ensiform, pale green, lA ft. long, 1^-2 in. broad. Stem over- 

 topping the leaves, usuall,y once forked. Spatlies 2-3-flowered ; 

 valves oblong-lanceolate, 4-4-| in. long, green at the flowering 

 time ; pedicels short. Flowers creamy white, fragrant. Perianth- 

 tube greenish, an inch long ; falls obovate-cuneate, white tinged 

 with green, 3|~4 in. long, 1^ in. broad, reflexing from below the 

 middle, veined with purple on the haft ; beard white, tipped with 

 orange-yellow ; standards pure white, obovote-unguiculate, 1^ in. 

 broad. Style-branches above an inch long ; crests large, deltoid. 



Hab. Sent alive from Kandahar to Professor Foster in 1880, by Colonel 

 Barton. 



129. I. KAsmnRiANA Baker in Gard. Chron. 1877, ii. 744. — 

 Rhizome stout, short-creeping. Leaves ensiform, slightly glaucous, 

 1^ ft. long, above an inch broad. Stem 3 ft. long, bearing several 

 clusters. Spathes 2-3-flowered, 3 in. long; valves scariose towards 

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

 drical, above an inch long ; limb 3 in. long, pure w'hite ; standards 

 and falls each IJ-l^ in broad ; beard 1^ in. long, white tipped with 

 yellow ; falls obovate-cuneate, reflexing halfway down. Style- 

 branches 1^ in. long ; crests large, ovate. 



Hab. Kashmir. Introduced to Kew by Dr. Aitchison about 1875. Flowers 

 sweet-scented, produced late in May. 



130. I. FLORENTiNA Linn. Sp. Plant. 55 ; Bot. Mag. t. 671 ; Red. 

 Lil. t. 23 ; Sibth. Fl. Grsc. t. 39 ; Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ. tab. 339, 

 fig. 766. I. alba Savi. — Rhizome stout, wide-creeping, fragrant 

 when dried (orris-root). Leaves ensiform, glaucous, 1-1^ ft. long, 

 1-1| in. broad. Stems 3-4-headed, overtopping the leaves. 

 Spathes 2-3-flowered, 1^-2 in. long ; valves oblong, subscariose at 

 the flowering time ; pedicel short. Perianth-tube greenish, an inch 

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

 white slightly tinged wath lavender ; beard bright yellow ; standards 

 as long and broad, purer white. Style-branches 1^ in, long; crests 

 deltoid, toothed. 



Var. I. ALBICANS Lange Ic. Plant. Hisp. t. 33. — Flowers pure 

 white. Perianth-tube and spathe-valves shorter. Spain to Cyprus. 



Hab. Central and Southern Europe. Flowers with germanica early in 

 May. Not scented. 



131. I. PALLIDA Lam. Encyc. iii. 294 ; Bot. Mag. t. 685 ; Red. 

 Lil. t. 366 ; Reich. Ic. Crit. fig. 1243 ; Ic. Fl. Germ. tab. 340, fig. 

 767. I. (jennanica Sibth. & Sm. Fl. Grsec. t. 40. /. ■pailide-ccBrulea 

 Pers. /. odoratissbna Jacq. Hort. Schoen. t. 9. /. glaiica Salisb. 

 /. hortensis Tausch. — Rhizome stout, short-creeping. Leaves ensi- 

 form, glaucous, 1-1-| ft. long, 1-H in. broad. Stems several- 

 headed, much overtopping the leaves. Spathes 2-3-flowered; 

 valves oblong, 1-1^ in. long, quite scariose at the flowering time ; 

 pedicel very short. Flowers fragrant. Perianth-tube cylindrical, 

 an inch long ; limb light or dark violet, rarely white, 2|-3|- in. 

 long ; falls obovate-cuneate, 1^ in. broad, reflexing from halfway 

 down; beard bright yellow ; standards orbicular-unguiculate, 1^-2 



