POGONIRIS 123 



branches an inch long, crests lanceolate-deltoid. Is 

 native of Central and South-Eastern Europe, from 

 Austria and the Caucasus to Asia Minor. 



The following varieties may be distinguished : 



Leaves narrow, falcate, flowers pale yellow with the 

 divisions veined jwith brown-lilac on the claw. 



Var. attica (Boiss. et Held.), Regel, Gartenfl., t. 377, 

 fig. 2. 



Flowers bright blue, tube ij in. long. 



Var. caerulea (Spach), Bot. Mag., t. 1261. 



Limb, lilac or yellow, l| in. long, divisions J in. 

 broad, tube same length as limb. 



Var. stenoloba (Herb. D. C.), Moldavia. 



Short stem, narrower lilac or yellow segments and 

 larger stigmatic crests. 



Var. aequiloba (Led.), Crimea. 



At Kew, I have recently noticed a form of the var. 

 caerulea named Count Andrassy, apparently of stronger 

 growth. There are numerous variations of the species. 

 In the Kew hand-list of herbaceous plants is a var. 

 bicolor and a var. gracilis. 



I am not aware of any special culture for this not very 

 free growing species, but a well drained border of good 

 soil in sunny position must be recommended. 



70. I. pseudo-pumila, Tineo, Cat. Hort. Panorm., 

 1827, 285 /. panormitana, Tod. This is not commonly 

 cultivated. The rhizome is short, as thick as a man's 

 finger. The leaves are ensiform, 6 to 9 in. long at 

 flowering time, J to f in. broad, suddenly narrowed to 

 an oblique tip. The stem is one-headed, 6 to 8 in. 

 long ; the spathes one-flowered, 3 in. long, quite hidden 

 by the sheathing leaves , valves lanceolate, membranous, 

 green, rather ventricose ; pedicels short. The perianth- 

 tube is 2 to 2 \ in. long ; limb varying from yellow to 

 bright lilac, 2 to 2-J in. long; falls oblong, unguiculate, 

 f in. broad, reflexing from half way down, bearded down 



