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branous tunics. The leaves are linear-subterete, I to i\ 

 ft. long at flowering time ; stem J to I ft. long, one to 

 three headed ; spathes one-flowered, 2 to 2 J in. long ; 

 valves green, lanceolate. The perianth-tube is I to l in. 

 long; limb ij to 2 in. long, bright lilac in the type; 

 falls with an obovate blade J in. broad, J to J the length 

 of haft ; standards spreading, tricuspidate, under an inch 

 long; style branches ij in. long; crests lanceolate, 

 deltoid. Is difficult to grow. 



Var. chrysantha, Baker. This has bright yellow 

 flowers, and like the type is cultivated at Kew. 



I. propendens, Lange in Bot. Tidsskr., 1895, 255. 

 The habitat of this plant is unknown. I have no 

 description in any work to which I could refer at the 

 last moment on going to press. 



