APOGON 75 



Both type and variety are well worth growing. They 

 are easily cultivated on bed or border, and are quite 

 distinct for garden purposes. 



19. I. tripetala, Walt. Fl. Carol., t. 66, not of Linn. ; 

 /. trident at a, Pursh ; Sweet, Brit. Flow. Gard., t. 274. 

 This is regarded as one of the most distinct of the 

 Apogons, and is known from all others with linear leaves 

 by its very small standards. The leaves are I to ij ft. 

 long and J in. broad; stem ij to 2 ft. long with from 

 one to three heads ; outer valve 2 to 2 J in. long, much 

 longer than the inner ; pedicels long ; perianth-tube 

 narrowly funnel-shaped, under I in. long ; limb bright 

 lilac, 2 J to 3 in. long ; falls with orbicular blade I in. 

 or more in breadth equalling the haft ; standards oblan- 

 ceolate, erect, \ in. long ; crests lanceolate. A native of 

 the Southern United States from Carolina to Florida. 

 I have little experience of its cultivation, but it requires 

 moisture. 



II. LEAVES ENSIFORM. 



20. I. maculata, Baker in Gard. Chron., 1876, ii. 

 517* I ain not sure that this is now in cultivation. It 

 is the only dwarf species of this group. The rhizome 

 is slender ; leaves \ ft. long at flowering time ; 

 stem 3 to 4 in. long, one-headed, with single leaf low 

 down ; spathe 2 to 3 in. long, one-flowered ; pedicel 

 short; perianth-tube I in. long ; limbs 2j in. long ; falls 

 obovate-cuneate, I in. broad, pale with blue or lilac 

 central spot ; standards equalling the falls in length, 

 oblong, cuspidate, \ in. broad ; crests broad, obtuse, 

 sub-entire. Habit of /. caucasica, native of Mesopotamia. 



21. I. Hookeri, Penny; /. tripetala, Eot. Mag., t. 

 2886. A near ally of /. setosa and quite distinct from 

 /. Hookeriana of the Pseudevansia section. Like /. 

 tripetala among linear leaved species, this may be 



