ioo THE BOOK OF THE IRIS 



Falls and standards yellow, 



sweetly scented . . 53. I. URMIENSIS. 

 Falls and standards uniform 

 lilac ; hairs of claw deep 

 purple ; tube l J in. long 54. I. MARIAE. 

 ** Falls much veined, dark in 

 aspect ; beard brown ; 

 standards usually pale ; 

 tube I in. long . . 55. I. IBERICA. 

 IV. Falls obovate-cuneate, narrow- 

 ing to a blunt point ; colour 

 of flower very distinctive, con- 

 sisting of brownish red veins 

 on yellow or greenish yellow 

 ground ; leaves about 3 in. to 

 a foot long, longer than the 

 stem ; stem I to 6 in. high -, 

 tube 2 in. long . . .56. I. LUPINA. 



II. LEAVES RELATIVELY LARGE, NOT DISTINCTLY 

 FALCATE. 



V. Falls and standards ample and 

 broad; stem lo in., I ft., or 

 more in height. 



A. Flowers wholly dark. 



* Colour of falls and standards of 



nearly uniform dark purple. 



Leaves and stem attaining a 



foot in length ; falls 3 in. X 



\\ in. ; style branches 2 in. 



long . . 57. I. ATROFUSCA. 



Leaves 6 in. long-, stems 

 rather less ; falls 2 in. x I \ 



