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with red. A specimen in my possession appears to show 

 alliance with /. persica purpurea, but that the wings of 

 the falls are much more obtuse, the lip less round and 

 the standards distinctly smaller. It grows in the under- 

 growth of forests of P'inus Eruttia in the Taurus 

 mountains. 



134. I. Bolleana, Siehe in Card. Chron., 1901, May 

 1 8, p. 313. My only acquaintance with this Iris is from 

 the general description above quoted, and from the still 

 shorter remarks in novelty lists. Apparently it must be 

 a desirable kind and distinct. The leaves are very 

 narrow with white membranous margins, limp when 

 young and curled about in every direction. The flower 

 is either clear yellow in colour or with a bright violet 

 blotch on each fall in addition. The yellow colour 

 makes it distinct in the persica group. It is found on 

 low limestone hills near the sea, at a height of from 

 650 to 950 feet on the Cilian Taurus. We have still to 

 wait on experience for knowledge of culture. 



135. I. alata, Poir. Bot. Reg., t. 1876; Bot. Mag., 

 t. 6352 ; Foster in Bulbous Irises, p. 82, and others, 

 figs. 28, 57 ; Garden, 1898, Aug. 6, p. IO2 (illust.). 

 /. scorpioides, Deof. Red. Lil., t. 211. "Scorpion Iris." 

 A very charming and well-known Iris, not commonly 

 grown, because of difficulties proceeding from the winter 

 season of its growth. The bulb is ovoid, ij to 2 in. 

 diam., with thick finger-like root and several brown 

 membranous coats. The leaves are about six, distichous, 

 clasping and hiding the short stem, lanceolate, acuminate, 

 bent into a channel, arched and pale green, up to a foot 

 in length ; spathe-valves lanceolate, more or less withered 

 at flowering time. The flower is large and sessile, 

 usually one ; the tube 3 to 6 in. long ; limb bright lilac, 

 3 to 4 in. long ; falls obovate-cuneate, with a blade 

 I to I^ in. broad, shorter than the haft, and a yellow 

 keel ; the claw with triangular wings, which embrace 



