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leaves in height ; the outer spathe-valves are lanceolate, 

 strongly tinged with purple, scariose at the tip when 

 flowering. The flower is 4^ in. in height from apex of 

 fall to that of standard; the tube is l^ in. long; limb 

 very blue-purple in colour, the falls obovate, 3^ in. long, 

 if in. broad, white beneath style with purple lines ; 

 beard purplish white to half-way down, then yellow ; 

 standards oblong, 3^ in. long, l| in. broad ; anthers 

 rather shorter than filaments, with bluish pollen ; style- 

 arms I J in. long to stigmas ; crests deltoid. A native 

 of South Tyrol on calcareous rocks above Arco. Culti- 

 vation is quite easy. 



93. I. Kochii, Kerner ; Stapf in Verb. Zool. Bot. 

 Wein, 1887, 649. The leaves are subglaucescent. The 

 stems 12 to 15 in. long, three or four headed, about as 

 long as the leaves ; the spathe-valves lanceolate, only 

 the outermost herbaceous at flowering time. The 

 perianth-tube is longer than the ovary ; limb dark violet ; 

 falls with obovate blade, its haft veined with brown ; 

 the beard yellow. The standards are obovate, crests 

 obovate-deltoid. The capsule is oblong trigonous. Is 

 native of Istria near Trieste and Rovigno. 



IV. Germanicae 

 Earlier flowering. 



Falls and standards lemon 



yellow . . ;i/v * . 94. I. FLAVESCENS 

 Falls lilac-purple ; standards 



dull yellow tinged with 



purple (fawn coloured, 



coppery or bronzy), slightly 



elder-scented . . . 95. I. SQUALENS 

 Falls coloured and veined 



claret-purple; standards dull 



yellow-tinged lilac, strongly 



elder-scented . . .96. I. SAMBUCINA 



