13'2 IRIDACE^ Iris. 



perigonii aequantibus, ovario sessili cylindrico tubo breviore, limbi 

 ampli laciniis omnibus subaequalibus brevissimeunguiculalisobovatis 

 basi cunoatis, exlernis reflexis lutescentibus creberrime fusco-linea- 

 tis el punctatis ad medium saspe macula nigra ampla obsitis, inlc- 

 rioribus erectis albis vel pallide lilacinis venosis, sligmalis deflexi 

 lobis brevibus recurvis ^. Bot. Mag. tab. 3847. — Gartenflora 

 tab. 386 et 713. 



Hab. in collibus Iberiae (Szov ! Ruprechtl), Armeniae Rossicoe (Bnh^^elj, 

 Persiic borealis (Auch. 53'i3!), iii monte Totschal prope Teheran (Ky. 223 !j. 



Caulis 3-C-pollicaris, folia vix sex pollices longa 3-4 lineas lata, limbi la- 

 min;i.' anipla^ srepe 2 V2 pollices longse. Exteriores variant ochracese (Gar- 

 tenll. t. 38G, fig. 2.) 



32. I. acutiloba (C. A. Mey. Ind. Gauc. 32) rhizomate brevi 

 r€pente, caule siepius abbreviato unifloro foliis anguste linearibus 

 plicatis wquilongo vel breviore, spathoe herbacece valvis lanceolatis 

 acuminatis tubo longioribus, perigonii tubo ovario cylindrico breviter 

 pcdicellalo sublongiore, limbi pallide lilacini crebre purpureo-venosi 

 laciniis concoloribus externis supra medium in laminam oblongam 

 acutam reflexam dilatatis inlus pilosis, internis terliu parte majoribus 

 oblongo-spathulalis acutiusculis erectis, stigmalis lobis deltoideis '^ . 

 Ic. Gartenfl. t. 812. — /. Helem G. Koch Linn. XXI, p. 639. 



Hab. in Transcaucasiu ad Baku (C. A. Mey!), in aridis Iberia ad Elisa- 

 bethpol (Hoh. exs. .sub. /. 7^c'nc« !j. Specimina ex Persia boreali (Buhse!J 

 hiicquoquespectarevidentur.Alia ex monte Totschal propeTeheran (Ky.223), 

 pessime exsiccata dubia suiit. 



33. I. paradoxa (Stev. Mem. Mosq. V, p. 355) rhizoraale brevi 

 repente, caule pumilo unifloro foliaanguste linearia canaliculata sjepe 

 falcata subsuperante, spathce valvis lanceolalis acutis submembrana- 

 ceis tubo sublongioribus, tubo ovario cyliiidrico breviter pedicellato 

 sublongiore, limbi intcnse lilacino-purpurei intensius lineati laciniis 

 externis multo minoribus horizontalibus lineari sp-^thulatis ungue 

 piloso in laminam minulam semiorbicularem dilatato laciniis internis 

 multo majoribus obovatis oblusis unguiculatis, siigmatis laciniis 

 externis subbrevioris lobis parvis dcltoideis ^. Ic. Gartenfl. tab. 386. 



Hab. in collibus aridis deserti Iberici prope Elisabethpol (Hoh!), Armenia 

 Rossica (Buhse!), in districtu Khoi prov. Aderbidjan Persiai ad Seidkhodji 

 (Szov !J. FI. vere. 



Gaulis variut 3-8-pollicaris, folia graminea 2 lineas lata ; species inter 

 aflines laciniis externis perigonii multominoribus lineari-spathulatis insiguis. 



34 I. Helenae (W. Barbey Mss) rhizomate abbreviato, caule 

 pumilo gracillimo unifloro, foliis radicalibus anguste linearibus com- 

 plicatis falcatis caule triplo brevioribus, spathce valvis lanceolatis 

 tubo pcrigonii longioribus, perigonii tubo ovario sessili cylindrico 

 subduplo longiore, limbi lilacini laciniis exlernis erecto-patulis obo- 

 vato-oblongis secus unguem et ad mcdium intense purpureis parte 



