its supposed occurrence in that country is probably based merely 

 on herbarium specimens, which in this matter are not wholly to 

 be trusted. On the contrary, I would rather say that typical 

 reticulata represents the most eastern and Histrio the most 

 western development of the species. This view being accepted, 



FIG 6. IRIS HISTEIO. (From the Gardeners' Chronicle.) 



it is interesting to note that Western Asia Minor furnishes us with 

 a form intermediate between the more ordinary reticulata and 

 Histrio. This was brought to my notice some years ago through 



