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deflexed, with a long filiform claw. Style-branches an inch long ; 

 crests deltoid. Capsule oblong- trigonous, 1^ in. long. 



Var. ocuLATA Maxim. — Blade of falls more spotted. 



Var. c.5:rulea Hort. — Flowers lilac, with a bright yellow blotch 

 in the centre of the blade of the fall. 



Hab. Mountains of Turkestan ; introduced into cultivation by Dr. Eegel. 



156. I. EosEXBAcmANA Kegel, Desc. ix. 35 ; Garden, tab. 653, 

 fig. 2 ; Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 7135. — Bulb ovoid, f-1 in. diam., 

 with thick root-fibres and brown membranous tunics. Leaves 4-5, 

 lanceolate, veiy short at the flowering time, finally 6-8 in. long, 

 without any conspicuous horny border. Stem very short, 1-3- 

 headed. Spathes 1-flowered; valves lanceolate, green, 2-3 in. long. 

 Perianth-tube varying in length from 1 to 6 in. ; hmb 1|~2 in. 

 long ; falls with an oblong blade -J- in. broad, in the type white at 

 the top, deep red-purple in the middle, at the base creamy white or 

 slaty white,) with red-purple veins, with a conspicuous laciniated 

 crest running down the ligulate claw, which is narrowed abruptly 

 at the base ; standards obovate-unguiculate, an inch long, the blade 

 much channelled. Style-branches l-lj in. long; crests large, 

 quadrate. 



Hab. Mountains of Bokhara and Turkestan, alt. 6000 — 9000 ft. Flowers 

 in March. 



157. I. SxocKsn Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 123. Xiphion Stocksii 

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

 produced 2-4 in. above its neck. Leaves 4-6, lanceolate-acuminate, 

 falcate, 4-6 in. long, moderately firm, with a distinct white edge. 

 Stem very short, 1-3-headed. Spathes 1-flowered ; valves lanceo- 

 late, greenish, 1^-2 in. long. Perianth-tube 1-1^^ in. long ; limb 

 bright lilac, 1^ in. long ; falls with an oblong blade ^ in. broad, 

 much shorter than the broadly auricled haft ; standards small, 

 spreading, tricuspidate. Style-branches an inch long ; crests 

 large, deltoid. Capsule oblong-trigonous, li; in. long. 



Hab. Afghanistan and Beluchistan ; fii-st gathered by Griffith and Stocks. 

 Very near I. caucasica. 



158. I. DREPAxoPHYLLA Aitch. at Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. 

 ser. 2, Bot. iii. 115. — Bulb ovoid, 1 in. diam., with thick root-fibres 

 and brown membranous tunics. Leaves 4-6, lanceolate-acuminate, 

 very falcate, 4-6 in. long at the flowering time. Stem short, 

 2-3-headed. Spathes 1-flowered ; valves lanceolate, greenish, 2 in. 

 long. Perianth-tube about an inch long ; limb bright yellow, 

 1^ in. long ; falls with an obovate blade one-third the length of the 

 narrow non-auricled haft ; st^mdards small, spreading. Style- 

 branches an inch long ; crests deltoid. 



Hab. Afghan and Russian boundary ; flowering in Ai^ril. Discovered by 

 Dr. Aitchison in 1885. Xear I. Stocksii. 



159. I. FosTERiANA Aitch. et Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. 2 ser. 

 Bot. iii. 114 ; Bot. Mag. t. 7215. — Bulb oblong, 1 in. diam., with 

 thick fibres and long brown membranous tunics. Leaves 4-6, 

 lanceolate-acuminate, falcate, 4-6 in. long at the flowering time, 



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