770 IRIDEiE. (IKIS FAMILY.) 



hairy to middle; inner divisions somewhat longer, erect, orbicular- 

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

 Flowers often .15 broad, drying purple. 



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

 Orontes Plain, is probably this species. 



9. I. I^ortcti, W. Barb. 2f Root-stock short; stem .o to .4> 

 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- 

 vatc, reflexed, lead-colored icith maroon-colored qMs, and a deep hroicn- 

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

 erect, orbicular, pale pinl with deep)er pifih mins ; stigmas maroon- 

 colored — May— Dry, 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, with the exception of a spathe-like leaf halj 

 way up, all nearly radical, linediV, falcate, curded 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, and 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, Hayiici, Baker, is probably a variety of this or of the last. 



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

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

 spathe oblong, scarious even before flowering; tube of perigonium a j- 

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

 broad, the outer deflexed, broad-obovate, yellow-bearded within with 

 deeper-colored 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. Crcrmaiiica, L., is extensively cultivated, especially in ceme- 

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

 from cultivation. 



I. Florentiiia, L . is also cultivated, and occasionally found 

 near dwellings. 



I. tiibcrosa, 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 funnel-shaped, erect, with a long tube, and six-parted 

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

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

 cxserted from tube, with i) branches, usually more or less divided. 

 Capsule chartaceous, oblong-pyramidal, ;3-valved. Seeds with membran- 



