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4. 1, ftiiuosa, Boiss. ct Haussk. If .3 to .o, coiits of ovate bulb 

 I )rocliiced along stem; stem many-Ieavcd, 8-10-flowcrcd. Leaves glau- 

 .cscent, hroad-lanceolate, acute, .1 to .15 loug, .02 to .O-i broad at base, 

 i'alcate-reciirved, folded, the upper narrower. Flowers solitary in axils ; 

 -pathes tubular, slightly inflated, acuminate; tube of perigonium .04 

 !o .00 long, slightly exserted, four times as long as ovary, twice as long 

 IS limb; limb greenisli-cream-color, more or less smohy, .03 to .04 long, 

 utcr lobes oblanceolate-spathulate, recurved a little above middle, with 

 ' longitudinal, erest-lile, elevated, yellow line along their middle; inner 

 l<^bes minute, deflexed, clawed, sjjatJmlate and dentate-fringed at tip ; 

 -tigmas oblong, concave, lobes ovate eroded-dentate, somewhat shorter 

 than outer lobes of perigonium — March — Fields; Aleppo and 

 Tourmaniu. 



5. I. Creteiisis, Janka, 2^ Root-stock creeping, short-branched. 

 Leaves all radical, tufted, linear, erect, acute, somewhat leathery, 

 thickly striate, as long as flowers or somewhat longer; stem nearly 0. 

 Spatlie 1-flowered, valves lanceolate, acuminate; tube of perigonium 



.mewhat exserted, much longer than oblong, sessile ovary; limb one- 

 iialf to two-thirds as long as tube, divisions all of equal length, lilac- 

 purple, the lamina of the outer deflexed, half as long as claw, ovate- 

 *)blong, with a yellow base marked with oblique lilac veins; inner 

 divisions erect, of uniform color, oblong; lobes of stigma narrow- 

 lanceolate, serrulate at outer edge, two-thirds as long as perigonium 

 — Early spring — Qodmiis (Nusairy mountains) ; Beilan, and northward. 



6. I. |»$cudoacorii§, L. If 1 or more; root-stock thick, 

 oblique; stem terete, somewhat flattened, alternately branched. Leaves 

 -v/ord-shaped, acute, the lower nearly as long as stem, the upper 



liorter. Branches stiff, ending in spathes, the lower elongated, the 

 ithers gradually shorter. Spathe 2-leaved, 2-3-flowered, valves ollong- 

 niceolate, oUnse or acutish ; tube of perigonium half as long as ovary : 



limb dee2) yelloio, the outer divisions ovate, obtuse, reflexed, longer 



til an claw, with taicny-spots and radiating iniryle 'veins at hase of lamina ; 



inner divisions one-third as long as outer, oblanceolate-spathulate, erect; 

 tigmas shorter than outer divisions, bifid into acute lobes dentate at 



tip; capsule oltusely ^-angled — Summer — Streams and marshes; 



common. 



7. I. oclirolciica, L. If 1 or more; root-stock thick, short, 

 obhque ; stem terete, bearing 2-4 spathes near the top. Leaves sword- 

 shaped, about as long as stem, glaucescent, the upper smaller. Spathe 

 2-3-flower8d, valves, lanceolate, acuminate; tube of perigonium so?>ie?/'/irt/ 

 longer than ovary ; lamina of outer divisions wavy, reflexed, obovate, 

 yelloioish ichite at centre loith deeper yelloio veins, and lohitish at margin, 

 as long as yelloio claio ; inner divisions <d)out as long as outer, oblanceo- 

 late, obtuse, yellow along the middle line, wliite at margin; stigmas 

 scarcely longer than claw of outer divisions, bifid into semi-ovate, acute 

 lobes ; capsule long-beaked, hexagonal ■ - Summer — AVet places ; coast. 



§. I. Sari, Schott. If Root-stock short, oblique; stem .3 to .5, 

 1-flowered. Leaves linear, elongated, straight or slightly curved, 

 rather obtuse. Valves of spathe lanceolate, as long as tube ; tube of 

 perigonium somewhat longer than sessile, cylindrical ovary ; limb deej)- 

 ilac or lead-color, outer divisions oblong, clawed, ascending-spreading^ 



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