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of North-East Kumaon. Flowered with Sir Michael 

 Foster in May. 



46. I. Hookeriana, Foster in Gard. Chron., 1887, 

 i. 6n must not be confounded with /. Hookeri of the 

 Apogon section, a native of Canada. The rhizome is less 

 fleshy than in Pogoniris. The leaves are linear, 6 to 8 in. 

 long at flowering time, finally 2 ft. long, \ to f in. broad, 

 pale green and somewhat flimsy. Stem 5 to 6 in. long, 

 almost wholly hidden by sheathing leaf, one-headed ; 

 spathe-valves lanceolate green. The perianth-tube is 

 \ in. long, green with purple stripes, the style free 

 within down to ovary; limb \\ to 2 in. long, falls 

 if in. long by f in., obovate-cuneate, purplish blue 

 with darker blotches, the claw white with violet veins 

 and a thick beard of yellow-tipped white hairs arising 

 from an obscure crest \ standards f by \ in. of uniform 

 blue-purple, narrowing suddenly into a canaliculate 

 claw marked with red-purple veins ; style branches 

 very convex on back, crests deltoid, coarsely serrulate. 

 Native of Lahul. Flowered with Sir Michael Foster in 

 May. 



47. I. Clarkei, Baker. The rhizome is stout, sheaths 

 long, splitting into fine fibres. The leaves are linear, 

 finally ij to 2 ft. long, \ to \ in. broad. The stem is 

 about a foot long, one or two headed, bearing two or 

 three reduced leaves ; spathes one or two flowered, 2 \ to 

 3 in. lor r Calves green lanceolate, persistent, pedicels 

 nearly as jng as the spathe. The perianth-tube is funnel- 

 shaped, | in. long, limb bright lilac, 2 in. long ; falls 

 oblong-cuneate, f in. broad, with bright yellow throat 

 and beard arising from a crest ; standards with a small 

 oblong blade and long slender claw ; style branches an 

 inch long, bright lilac, crests quadrate. Native of 

 temperate Sikkim. 



48. I. Albert!, Regel; Gartenflora, t. 999; Bat. 

 Mag., t. 7020. This is distinctly a handsome species. 



