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135. I. bEROTiNA Willl<. Prodr. Fl. Hisp. i. 141. — Differs from 

 1. Xijihiuiii by its solid 2-3-fiowered stem, lower leaves faded at the 

 tioweriug time, upper liuear-setaceous, pedicels 2-4 in. long, finally 

 considerably protruded from the reddisli spathe- valves, and falls 

 with an oblong-lanceolate limb narrowed to a short linear claw. 



Hab. Spain ; mountains of Jaen, alt. 3500 ft., flowering in August and 

 September, Willkomm. 



136. I. xiPHioiDEs Ehrh. Beitr. vii. 140 ; Bot. Mag. t. 687 ; 

 Eed. Lil. t. 212. /. Xiphium Linn, ex parte. I. jujrenaica Bubani. 

 Xiphion latifolium Miller. — Bulb ovoid, 1^-2 in. diam. ; tunics 

 brown, splitting into fibres at the top. Leaves glaucous, linear- 

 complicate, the lower a foot long. Stem stout, 1-headed, l-|-2 ft. 

 long. Spathes 2-3-flowered ; valves green, lanceolate, ventricose, 

 3-4 in. long ; pedicels much shorter than the spathe. Perianth- 

 tube obsolete ; limb 2-3 in. long, dark violet-purple in the typical 

 form ; falls with an orbicular blade 1|- in. broad, usually yellow in 

 the centre, narrowed to and shorter than the cuneate haft ; standards 

 shorter, oblong- or obovate-unguiculate, -^-l in. broad. Style- 

 branches above an inch long ; crests large, subquadrate. Capsule 

 clavate, 2-2^ in. long, ^ in. diam. at the middle. 



Hab. French and Spanish Pyrenees, and extending to Asturias. Is the 

 well-known English Iris of the gardens, of which several colour-varieties were 

 already cultivated 250 years ago. It flowers in England in July, after the 

 Spanish Iris has faded. 



137. I. FoNTANESii Godr. Fl. France iii. 245. Xiphion Fonianesii 

 Baker. — Bulb ovoid, 1 in. diam. ; tunics brown, membranous. 

 Leaves superposed, subterete from a linear base, the lower a foot 

 or more long. Stem 1-headed, 1-1| ft. long. Spathes 1-2- 

 flowered ; valves green, lanceolate, 2-3 in. long ; pedicel about as 

 long as the ovary. Perianth-tube cylindrical, an inch long; limb 

 2-3 in. long, bright lilac-purple ; falls with an orbicular blade an 

 inch broad, much shorter than the pauduriform haft ; standards as 

 long, oblanceolate, ^ in. broad. Style-branches above an inch 

 long; crests large, subquadrate. 



Hab. Plains of Algeria, where it flowers in April. Differs only from I. 

 Xiphium by having a tube to the perianth. 



188. I. TiNGiTANA Boiss. et Eeut. Pugell. 113 ; Baker in Bot. 

 Mag. t. 6775. Xiphion tinyitanum Baker. — Bulb ovoid, IJ in. diam. 

 Leaves linear-complicate, the lower 1-1-| ft. long. Stems as stout 

 as in 1. xiphioides, 1-2-headed. Spathes 1-2-flowered, 4-6 in. long ; 

 valves green, lanceolate ; pedicel as long as the ovary. Perianth-tube 

 cylindrical, 1-1^ in. long ; limb bright lilac, 3 in. long ; falls with 

 a reiiexing obovate limb 1-1^ in. broad, shorter than the claw, 

 flushed with yellow in the centre ; standards rather shorter, oblan- 

 ceolate-unguiculate, ^-^ in. broad. Style-branches above an inch 

 long ; crests very large, subquadrate. 



Hab. Tangiers. Introduced into cultivation by Mr. Elwes in 1875. Is in 

 the Smithian herbarium, collected by Durand in 1803. Perhaps not distinct 

 specifically from I. Foiitanesii 



139. I. EiLiFOLiA Boiss. Voy. Esp. 602, t. 170. Xiphion 



