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the kindness of Miss Wright, of the American Mission in Amasia, 

 and since then Mr. Max Leichtlin has obtained a large supply 

 of it. This, the sixth variety of reticulata referred to above, in 

 many specimens very strikingly resembles Histrio in its colour, 

 being marked in the same way with bright blue spots and blotches ; 

 hence I propose to call it I. reticulata var. histrioides (fig. 7). 



FIG. 7. IRIS RETICULATA var. HISTRIOIDES. 



It differs, however, from I. Histrio in exact tint of colour, in form, 

 and in minor features, but especially in its habits. The flowers ex- 

 pand, like those of sophenensis, while the leaves are as yet hardly 



