770 iRiDE^. (iris family.) 



hairy to middle; iuncr divisions somewhat louger, erect, orbicular- 

 obovate, curved, stigmas of one color, broad- Spring — Moab ; Tluleh. 

 Flowers often .15 broad, drying purple. 



I. Hcylandiana, Boiss., said by Tristram to be found in the 

 Orontes Plain, is probably this species. 



9. I. tiorteti, W. Barb. If Root-stock short; stem .o to .h 

 1 -flowered. Leaves linear, erect, as long as stem, valves of spathe 

 lanceolate, somewhat longer than tube of perigonium; tube twice as 

 long as sessile, cylindrical ovary; outer divisions of limb oblong-obo- 

 vate, reflexed, lead-colored with maroon-colored sjMs, and a deep hroicn- 

 ish-red facet near lyase, sparingly hairy ; inner divisions somewhat longer, 

 erect, orbicular, pale jjink with deeper pinh veins ; stigmas marooii- 

 colored — May — Drj-, bushy places; southern Lebanon. Flowers .1 

 broad. Perhaps a variety of the last. 



10. I. Helcnae, W. Barb. If .2 to .3; root-stock short; stem 

 slender, 1-flowered. Leaves, icith the exception of a spathe-lilie leaf halj 

 way up, all nearly radical, linear, falcate, curbed so as to leave the stem 

 standing out from the tuft. Valves of spathe lanceolate, longer than 

 tube of perigonium ; limb lilac to pink; outer divisions erect-spread- 

 ing, obovate-oblong, deep purple at claw and along middle, aud clothed 

 at its lower part, and especially along claw, with elongated, scattered, 

 deep purple papillae ; inner divisions somewhat larger, erect, olovate, 

 lilac to pink with deeper pink lines — Spring — Sandy places; et- 

 Tih ; Moab ; Syrian Desert between Qaryetein and Palmyra ; Aintab. 

 Flowers .08 to .1 broad. 



I. Hayiicl, Baker, is probably a variety of this or of the last, 



11. I. pallida, Lam. If Root-stock creeping; stem tall, with_ 

 many spathes, much taller than broad-sword-shaped leaves. Valves of' 

 spathe oblong, scarious even before flowering; tube of perigonium as 

 long as short-pedicelled, cylindrical ovary; limb pale-violet; divisions 

 broad, the outer deflexed, broad-obovatc, yellow'-bearded within with 

 deeper-coiored veins; inner divisions erect, as long as outer; lobes of 

 stigma half -ovate, acute, dentate at outer aspect — June — Fields: 

 northern Palestine; Tripoli. Flowers sweet-smelling. 



I. Ocrmaiiica, L,, is extensively cultivated, especially in ceme- 

 teries, and is occasionally found in fields, in all probability escaped 

 from cultivation. 



I, Florcntiiia^ L.. is also cultivated, and occasionally found 

 near dwellings, 



I. tubero§a, L,, is said by Tristram to be found in the hilly 

 districts. It is probably an escape from cultivation. 



CROCUS, L. Crocus. Zafardn. Curcum. 



Perigonium fannel-shaped, erect, with a long tube, and six-parted 

 linib with divisions all alike, or the interior a little smaller. Stamens 

 3, included, filaments straight, anthers linear-sagittate. Style filiform, 

 exserted from tube, with "3 branches, Usually more or less divided. 

 Capsule chartaceous, oblong-pyramidal, 3-valvcd. Seeds with membran- 



