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leaves are slightly glaucous, 2 to 3 ft. long, I to ij in. 

 broad. The stem is stout, 3 to 4 ft. long, with several 

 reduced leaves and sessile clusters of flowers ; spathes 

 2 to 3 flowered, 4 to 5 in. long, the outer lanceolate an 

 inch broad ; pedicels long. The perianth-tube equals 

 the ovary in length; the limb is l\ to 3^ in. long, 

 bright yellow, without dark veins ; falls with an orbi- 

 cular blade I to l| in. broad, equalling the claw in 

 length; standards shorter oblong, an inch broad; style 

 branches ij in. long, crests deltoid ; capsule 2 in. long, 

 conspicuously beaked. A native of Rhodes and Crete. 

 Is quite easily cultivated on any bed or border. 



A hybrid called "Monspur" has been raised by Sir 

 Michael Foster. It is very ornamental. 



35. I. orientalis, Miller ; /. ochroleuca, Linn. ; Curt, 

 in Bat. Mag., t. 6 1 ; Red. LiL, t. 350. This must not 

 be confounded with a plant often grown as /. orientalis, 

 which is only a variety of L sibirica. In gardens this 

 plant is most commonly called /. ochroleuca. It is easily 

 recognised in this group by its yellow and white 

 flowers. The rhizome is short and stout. The leaves 

 are 2 to 3 ft. long and an inch broad. The stem is 3 

 ft. long with 2 to 3 reduced leaves and 2 to 3 clusters 

 of flowers ; spathes 2 to 3, flowered 4 to 6 in. long, 

 valves lanceolate, acuminate, an inch broad ; pedicels 

 long. The perianth-tube is cup-shaped, \ in. deep ; 

 the ovary is strongly ribbed, and with its beak measures 

 2 in. long ; the limb is 3 to 3 \ in. long ; blade of falls 

 obovate, an inch broad ; standards shorter, orange- 

 yellow in the centre, margined with white and white in 

 colour ; style branches ij in. long and remarkably stiff; 

 crests deltoid. The filaments are lanceolate, thick 

 and stiff, shorter than anthers. The capsule is \\ to 2 

 in. long, strongly beaked. A native of Asia Minor and 

 Syria. 

 Var. gigantea (L gigantea, Carriere). This is the 



