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of Asia Minor, having bright green 

 leaves, and dark violet long-tubed 

 flowers streaked with white, and 

 having orange-yellow crests edged 

 with white (Bot. Mag. t. 7793). 



I. tectorum (/. tomiolopha). A 

 beautiful beardless Iris about 1 ft. 



Fio. 214. Iris tectorwm. (.) 



high, native of Japan, with thin pale 

 green sword-like leaves about 1 ft. 

 long. Flowers in May and June, l 

 to 2 ins. deep, usually bright lilac ; 

 the blunt crisped falls are veined 

 with dark lilac, the claw having a 

 deeply laciniated white and lilac crest. 

 (Bot. Mag. t. 6118.) There is a white- 

 flowered variety, Candida, and a dark 

 blue one, atroccerulea. 



I. tenax. A handsome Californian 

 species 6 to 12 ins. high, with two 

 linear leaves and bright lilac-purple 

 flowers 2 to 3 ins. deep, borne on 

 slender stems in May and June (Bot. 

 Mag. t. 3343 ; Bot. Reg. t. 1218). 



I. tenuis. -A beardless Iris, native 

 of Oregon, with tufts of thin and 



narrow green leaves 12 to 15 ins. 

 long, and white flowers faintly veined 

 with yellow and lilac (Gard. 1888, 

 t. 1). 



Fio. 215. Iris tenax. (J.) 



I. tingltana. A beautiful bulbous 

 Iris, native of Tangiers, with large 

 ovoid pointed bulbs and deeply 

 channelled leaves, which are broad 

 like those of /. xiphioides, but very 

 glaucous and striated outside. 

 Flowers in March and April, 5 to 6 

 ins. across, on stems about 2 ft. high. 

 Falls light or deep blue, or bluish- 

 purple, with deeper veins, and a 

 yellow keel spreading into a broad 

 patch behind. (Bot. Mag. t. 6775.) 



The most suitable place for /. 

 tingitana is at the base of a south 

 wall. Fig. 216. 



I. trojana. A native of Troy, about 

 3 ft. high, with glaucous green 

 sword-shaped leaves and sweet- 

 scented flowers of a bright purplish- 

 violet, the base being white with 



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