CHAPTER IX 

 Evansia 



(CRESTED IRISES) 



LEAVES sword-shaped. 



Stems erect or ascending; leaves 



dark green, not glaucous . 37. I. JAPONICA. 

 Stems rhizomatous, stout;leaves 

 I to 2 ft. long. 



Perianth-tube, J in. long . 38. I. MILESII. 

 I in. or more 



long . . .39. I. TECTORUM. 



Stems rhizomatous, slender ; 

 leaves much less than a foot 

 long. 



Perianth-tube | to f in. 



long . . . . 40. I. LACUSTRIS. 

 Perianth-tube l| to 2 in. 



long . . . . 41. I. CRISTATA. 

 Leaves narrow and long. 



Flowers, with pedicels, \ in. 



long 42, I. SPECULATRIX. 



Flowers without pedicels . 43. I. GRACILIPES. 



37. I. japonica, Thunb. ; /. chinensis, Curt, in Sot. 

 Mag., t. 373; /. jimbriata, Vent. This beautiful Iris 

 is not an unfrequent inhabitant of our greenhouses. It 

 has a stout, more or less erect, rhizome 6 in. or more 

 long, while below ground slender stolons are produced. 

 The leaves are a foot or more long, and differ con- 

 spicuously from those of most Irises in their bright 



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