THE BOOK OF THE IRIS 



the haft ; standards rather broader, oblong ; style 

 branches an inch long, crests lanceolate-deltoid, | in. 

 long. A native of the mountains of Sicily, flowering 

 from March to May. 



71. I. suaveolens, Boiss, Diag., xiii. 15. Stem 3 to 

 5 in. long, one-flowered. Leaves ensiform, overtopping 

 the flower, finally a foot long; spathe of two little-inflated, 

 green, acutely keeled lanceolate valves. Flowers greenish 

 yellow, very fragrant, tube J longer than limb ; falls 

 oblong-cuneate, with a central patch of lilac-blue and a 

 yellow beard ; standards rather broader and crisped at 

 the edge ; crests lanceolate, toothed on the outer edge. 

 Native of the plains of Bulgaria. 



72. I. Chamaeiris, Bertol. FL ltd., Hi. 609; /. 

 pumila, Linn. Herb. ; /. lutescens, Red. Li/., t. 263. 

 This, in one or other of its several forms, is common in 

 gardens and is often comfounded with /. pumila, as 

 apparently it was by Linneus, but the perianth-tube is 

 only an inch long. The rhizome is stout and short 

 creeping. The leaves are ensiform, pale green, 3 to 4 

 in. long at flowering time, J to \ in. broad. The stem 

 is usually very short in var. olbiensis, sometimes 6 to 9 

 in. long one-headed; spathe one-flowered, ij to 2 in. 

 long ; valves lanceolate, ventricose, entirely green or 

 scariose towards the tip at flowering time ; pedicel very 

 short. The flowers are not fragrant ; the perianth-tube 

 is about an inch long, funnel-shaped in the upper half, 

 limb bright yellow in the type ; falls obovate-cuneate, an 

 inch broad, with a dense yellow beard, the haft tinged 

 and veined with brown ; standards as long and broad, 

 oblong ; style branches an inch long, crests deltoid. Is 

 native of North Italy and the south of France to 

 Dalmatia and the Banat. 



Varieties. 



Stature and foliage of type, limb dark violet, 

 var. italica, Parl, FL Ital. iii., 185. 



