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Style-branches under an inch long ; crests large, lanceolate-deltoid. 

 Capsule obloug-trigonal, 1-1^ in. long, hidden by the persistent 



scariose spathe-valves. 



Hab. Portugal and Spain, through the Mediterranean region to Punjab. 

 It has a faint scent of violets, and flowers in April and May. G. monophylla 

 Klatt. is a dwarf variety, with a single leaf and a single cluster of flowers. 

 I. maricoides Eegel, Descr. iv. 36, from the high mountains of Bokhara, alt. 

 10,000—12,000 ft., has exactly the same bulb, leaves and spathes, but the 

 filaments are said to be distinct from one another and the style. 



Subgenus IX. Juno (Tratt.). {Thehjsia Salisb. Coresanthe Alefeld). 



149. I. AiTCHisoNi Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 123. Xiphion Aitchisoni 

 Baker. — Bulb ovoid, 1-1| in. diam., with fleshy root-fibres and 

 brown membranous tunics. Leaves liuear-subterete, 1-1^ ft. long 

 at the flowering time. Stem |~1^ ft. long, 1-3-headed. Spathes 

 1-flowered, 2-2| in. long ; valves green, lanceolate. Perianth-tube 

 1-11 in, long ; limb 1^-2 in. long, bright lilac in the type ; falls 

 with an obovate blade ^ in. broad, i-^ the length of haft ; standards 

 spreading, tricuspidate, under an inch long. Style-branches 1^ in. 

 long ; crests lanceolate-deltoid. 



Var. CHRYSANTHA Baker. — Flowers bright yellow. 



Hab. Punjab and Afghanistan. Flowers in March. Habit and leaves of 

 I. Xiphiuin, but standards small and spreading. We have original drawings of 

 both varieties, made from fresh specimens by Mrs. Aitchison. 



150. I. Danfokdi.^; Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 124 ; Hook. fil. in Bot. 

 Mag. t. 7140. I. Bornvmlleri Haussk. I. amasiana Born. Xiphion 

 DanfordicB Baker. — Bulb small, oblong; tunics membranous, brown. 

 Leaves not produced till after the flowers, hollow, tetragonous, 

 finally a foot long. Stem very short, 1-headed. Spathes cylin- 

 drical, 2 in. long ; valves lanceolate, subscariose ; pedicel as long 

 as the ovary. Perianth-tube 1^ in. long; limb 1^ in. long, bright 

 yellow ; falls with an orbicular blade ^ in. broad, spotted with 

 brown, half as long as the cuneate claw ; standards reduced to a 

 minute spreading cusp. Style-branches f in. long; crests large, 

 ovate. 



Hab. Cilician Taurus, il/rs. Danford ! Amasia, Eastern Anatoiia, Born- 

 viuJler ! Introduced into cultivation throuph Leichtlin in 1889. Flowers in 

 March. Habit of I. reticulata. 



151. I. PEKsicA Linn. Sp. Plant. 59 ; Bot. Mag. t. 1 ; Eed. Lil. 

 t. 189. Xiphiun persicuiii Miller. — Bulb ovoid, ^-1 in. diam.; 

 tunics brown, membranous. Leaves 4-5, linear-complicate, falcate, 

 2-3 in. long at the flowering time. Stem very short, 1-headed. 

 Spathe 1-flowered, 2 in. long; valves green, lanceolate. Perianth- 

 tube 2-3 in. long ; limb pale lilac, 1^-2 in. long ; falls with a short 

 orbicular emarginate blade ^ in. broad, with a dark purple blotch at 

 the top, an orange keel, and purple lines and spots; haft with two 

 large deltoid auricles at the top ; standards small, spreading. Style- 

 branches above an inch long ; crests large, quadrate. 



Hab. Asia Minor and Persia, ascending the mountains to GOOO ft. Flowers 

 fragrant, produced with us in February and March. Was introduced early in 

 the 17th century. Var. purpurea Hort. has bright violet-purple perianth- 

 segments. 



