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4. I. fuiiiO!!»a, Boiss. et Haussk. If .2 to .a, coats of ovate bulb 

 produced along stem ; stem many-leaved, 8-10-flowered. Leaves glau- 

 cesccnt, hroacl-la7iceolatc, acute, .1 to .15 long, .03 to .04 broad at base, 

 falcate-recurved, folded, the upjier narrower. Flowers solitary in axils ; 

 spathes tubular, slightly inflated, acuminate; tube of jDcrigonium .04 

 to .00 long, slightly exserted, four times as long as ovary, twice as long 

 as limb; limb greenish-cream-color, more or less smohy, .03 to .04 long, 

 outer lobes oblanceolate-S2)athulate, recurved a little above middle, with 

 a longitudinal, crest-lile, elevated, yellow line along their middle; inner 

 lobes minute, deflexed, clawed, spathulate and dentate-fringed at tij) ; 

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

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

 Tourmanin. 



5. I. Cretciisis, Janka. 2i! 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 

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

 half 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 — - Qodmus (Nusairy mountains) ; Beilan, and northward. 



6. I. |>$eiidoaeorHs, L. If 1 or more; root-stock thick, 

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

 swoi'd-shaped, acute, the lower nearly as long as stem, the upper 

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

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

 lanceolate, obtuse or acutish ; tube of perigonium half as long as ovary ; 

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

 than claw, with taicny-spots and radiating ^ourple veins at base of lamina ; 

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

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

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

 common. 



7. I. oclirolcuca, L. 2f 1 or more; root-stock thick, short, 

 oblique ; stem terete, bearing 3-4 spathes near the top. Leaves sword- 

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

 2-3-flowered, Y-ctlves lanceolate, acuminate; tube of i^erigomum sometchat 

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

 yellowish ichite at centre with deeper yellow veins, and whitish at margin, 

 as long as yelloio claw ; inner divisions ahout as long as outer, oblanceo- 

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

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

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



8. 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 deep- 



ilac or lead-color, outer divisions oblong, clawed, ascending-Spreading, 



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