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The stems overtop the leaves, bearing two to three 

 reduced leaves, with usually one head of flowers. The 

 spathes are 2 to 3 in. long, outer valves green, lanceo- 

 late ; pedicels \ to I in. long. The perianth-tube is 

 funnel-shaped, in. long ; limb 2j to 3 in. or more 

 long, spreading to a width of from 5 to 8 in., varying in 

 colour from whfte to all shades of purple and even pale 

 crimson ; the blade of fall is longer than the haft, its 

 width ij to 2 in. The standards are described as 

 shorter, oblanceolate, and \ in. broad, but in garden 

 forms this is subject to increase. The style branches 

 exceed an inch in length ; the crests are large and 

 deltoid. This species is native in Eastern Siberia and 

 in Japan, whence clumps are frequently imported. It 

 was originally introduced from Japan by Von Siebold, 

 and flowered in Verschaffelt's Nursery at Ghent in 1857. 

 For cultivation see Part I. Among best garden forms 

 are the following : 



Alexander von Humboldt, pure white. 



Chiya, lilac and white. 



Her Majesty, violet speckled white. 



Keiko, blush suffused and speckled rose. 



Lady Scott MoncriefF, white with rosy halo. 



Netta, white, edged rose pink. 



Ozaka, pale sky-blue, passing to white with golden 

 blotch. 



Lomoye, pure white, with light blue halo and golden 

 blotch. 



In the Kew list of herbaceous plants I find " /. laevigata 

 X Xiphium, see hyerensis" I have flowered a plant 

 received as I. hyerensis, but it had no resemblance with 

 either of its supposed parents. What is its history ? 



27. I. versicolor, Linn.; Curt, in Sot. Mag., t. 21 ; 

 Red. LiL, 339. The rhizome is stout, sheaths splitting 

 into fine fibres ; leaves slightly glaucous, I J to 2 ft. long, 

 an inch broad; stems ij to 2 ft. long, deeply forked, 



