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IKIS 



variously blotched and striped. (Red. 

 Lil. t. 336.) 



I. iberica. A strikingly handsome 

 Cushion Iris from the Caucasus, with 

 a compact rhizome, and sickle-shaped 

 leaves 4 to 6 ins. long. Flowers in 

 May, pale lilac, distinctly lined and 

 speckled with purple ; falls roundish, 

 creamy - white with black - purple 



FIG. 203,-Ms iberica. (.) 



blotches and a conspicuous deep 

 velvety blackish - purple blotch at 

 the base. (Sot. Mag. t. 5847.) The 

 variety ochracea has rich orange falls 

 tinged with brown, and standards 

 nearly pure white. Belli has dark 

 lilac standards. Van Houttei is a 

 natural hybrid between /. iberica and 

 /. Susiana. 



I. juncea (/. imberbis ; I. mauri- 

 tanica). A graceful bulbous Iris, 

 native of S. Italy and Spain, and N. 

 Africa, with roundish bulbs and 

 slender rush-like leaves about 1 ft. 

 long, appearing late in autumn. 



Flowers in June and July, very 

 fragrant, rich golden - yellow ; the 

 falls are broadly fiddle-shaped, and 

 much larger than the oblanceolate 

 notched standards. The variety 

 pallida is a soft canary-yellow, and 

 numidica is lemon-coloured. (Bot. 

 Mag. t. 5890.) 



I. Kashmiriana. A native of 

 Kashmir closely related to /. 

 florentina, with leaves 18 ins. long 

 and 1 in. broad. The large pure 

 white flowers with yellow - tipped 

 beards are borne in clusters late in 

 May on stems about 3 ft. high. 

 (Gard. Chron. 1877, ii. 744.) 



I. Kolpakowskiana. A pretty Iris 

 from Turkestan, with round netted 

 bulbs and linear leaves. Flowers in 

 March, fragrant ; the oblong lance- 

 shaped falls of rich red-purple and 

 bright golden - yellow with broken 

 purple veins, the oblong standards 

 being pale lilac or purple. (Gard. t. 

 658, f. 4 ; Gartenfl. t. 939.) 



This is a very difficult Iris to grow, 

 as the imported bulbs mostly die 

 after the first year. 



I. Korolkowi. A native of Turke- 

 stan, 1 to l ft. high, with linear 

 glaucous leaves and large whitish 

 flowers tinged with brown and copi- 

 ously veined with a deeper colour ; 

 falls oblong, bearded ; standards 

 rather broader, erect (Bot. Mag. t. 

 7025). The variety concolor has 

 bright lilac-purple flowers ; Leicht- 

 liniana has creamy -white flowers 

 marked with a blackish-purple blotch 

 at the base of the falls ; venosa has 

 greyish-lilac flowers distinctly veined 

 with purple; and violacea violet or 

 puce - coloured flowers with darker 

 veins. 



I. kumaonensis (/. Kingiana ; I. 

 longifolia ; I. tigrina). A native of 

 the Western Himalayas, at an eleva- 

 tion of about 11,500 ft. It has 

 stout, short, creeping root-stocks, and 



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