XIPH1ON 159 



violet or rich red purple, with large " signal " patch of 

 orange ending broadly and abruptly, having a slightly 

 raised ridge in the median line. The falls have an 

 orbicular blade an inch broad shorter than the haft ; 

 the standards are shorter than the falls, oblanceolate, 

 half an inch broad, with notch at the apex ; the style 

 branches are above an inch long ; crests large sub- 

 quadrate. A native of Spain, Sierras de Mijas and 

 Bermeja, Gibraltar, Morocco, and Algiers. 



Cultivation as for I. juncea. 



113. I. tingitana, Boiss. ; Baker in Bot. Mag., t. 6775 ; 

 Xtphion tingitanum, Baker. This is not worth general 

 cultivation, but is interesting to many, especially to 

 those who like to persevere with plants that are shy of 

 flowering. The bulb is ovoid, l| in. diam., the 

 outer coats thin, reddish brown, with conspicuous 

 veins ; leaves linear-complicate, the lower I to l| ft. 

 long, broad as in /. xiphioides, but glaucous and striated 

 on the outside ; stem 2 ft. high, completely hidden 

 by the deeply channelled leaves, bearing one or two 

 flowers, 5 to 6 in. across ; the spathes 4 to 6 in. long ; 

 valves green and lanceolate. The perianth-tube is 

 cylindrical, I to I J in. long ; falls with long claw 

 spreading nearly horizontally, the blade I to ij in. long, 

 obovate and reflexing, with wavy edge, and notched at 

 the apex ; standards erect, rather shorter, oblanceolate, 

 with wavy edge ; style-branches cuneate, above an 

 inch long, with large rhomboidal plaited and veined 

 crests. The colour of the fall is light or deep blue, or 

 bluish purple with deeper veins, the claw with low 

 median yellow ridge, which spreads out into a broad 

 yellow signal. The standards and styles are usually 

 deeper in colour, sometimes markedly so. Is native of 

 Tangiers, and flowers in March or April. 



Requires a very hot sunny position and thorough 

 resting in summer. With Mr Ewbank it grew fifteen 



