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Mrs G. Darwin, falls white, the upper part reticulated 

 gold and violet. 



Mrs H. Darwin, falls white, slightly reticulated with 

 violet at the base. Exceedingly attractive. 



George Thorbeck, falls rich clear violet-purple, re- 

 ticulated, white at base. The Garden, Nov. 6, 

 1897, plate 1143. 



Victorine, falls violet-blue, mottled white. 



102. I. Biliotti, Foster in Card. Chron., June 4, 1887, 

 p. 738. This handsome and delightfully fragrant Iris 

 was introduced by Sir Michael Foster, who, while 

 recognising its relationship to /. germanica, regards it as 

 deserving of specific rank on account of the large and con- 

 spicuous, persistent, green and widely divergent spathe- 

 valves, the deeply grooved ellipsoidal ovary, to say 

 nothing of the form and texture of the leaf and colour 

 of the flower. The rhizome is that of I. germanica. The 

 leaves are 1 8 in. to 2 ft. long, ij to if in. broad, 

 narrowed somewhat suddenly to a point at the apex, and 

 of darker green than in /. germanica. The stem is about 

 2j to 3 ft. long, spathe-valves 3 in. long, f in broad, 

 scarious at the very apex only when flower is ex- 

 panded, so widely divergent as to expose much of the 

 ovary. The falls are spathulate-cuneate, 3! in. long, I J 

 in. broad; blade reddish purple with numerous dark veins; 

 beard white, tipped with yellow ; the hairs not numerous 

 but stout and clavate ; standards orbicular, 3^ in. long, 

 2 in. wide, of fine blue-purple colour marked with 

 delicate blue veins ; claw creamy white on the upper 

 surface, marked on both sides with brown dots and 

 broken veins ; style-arms obovate, I J in. by | in. without 

 crests, nearly white except for purplish flush on under 

 surface below stigma ; crests triangular, f in. by | in., 

 pointed and reflexed, of reddish purple with blue veins. 

 The tube is f in. long, hollow for more than half its 

 length. The ovary is six grooved, three deeper than the 



