274 CLT. IRIDE^:. (J. D. Hooker.) [Iris. 



crests of style-arms large toothed, capsule 3-gonous with broad flat sides 

 and a long slender beak. Sweet Brit. Fl. Gard. Ser. ii. t. 11 ; Baker in 

 Journ. Linn. Soc. xvi. 143 ; in Gard. Ghron. 1876, ii. 37. I. decora, Wall. 

 PI. As. Ear. i. 77, t. 86 ; Don in Trans. Linn. Soc. xviii. 313 ; Royle III. 

 372. I. sulcata, Wall. Cat. 5049. Neubeckia decora and sulcata, Klatt 

 in Linn&a, xxxiv. 588, 590. 



TEMPERATE HIMALAYA ; from the Panjab and Western Tibet eastwards, 

 alt. 5-10,000 ft. KHASIA HILLS, tilt. 5-8000 ft. 



Eootstock with densely fibrous sheaths, and copious fleshy finger-like roots ; stem 

 -1 ft. j flower heads 1-2. Leaves Gin. long at flowering 1 time, elongating to 24 

 by in., streaked with purple lines and dots. Spathes 1|~2 in. long, outer valves 

 thin, green, persistent ; pedicels very short. Perianth-tube 1^ in., limb 1-1^ in., 

 pale lilac ; blade of sepals in. broad, crest yellow ; petals i in. broad ; style-arms 

 1 in. and less. Capsule oblong, trigonous, 1-1^ in., enclosed in the persistent spathes. 

 Prof. Foster informs me that the roots are characteristic, resembling those of a 

 Hemerocallis. Hemsley (Journ. Linn. Soc. xxviii. 136) mentions a starved form of 

 this, 3-4 in. high, as having been collected in the Shan hills by General Collett at 

 4000 ft. elevation. 



Sepals bearded. 



t Dwarf species ; stems 12 in. or less. 



8. I. grilgritensis, Baker mss.; dwarf, leaves linear, flower-heads 

 solitary, spathe 2-fld., pedicels short, perianth-tube long, blade of sepals 

 small narrow oblong much shorter than the strongly bearded claw, petals 

 oblong. 



WESTERN TIBET ; at Gilgit, alt. 12,000 ft., Giles. 



Stems tufted, 46 in., basal sheaths entire. Leaves flaccid, 6-9 by f-i in. 

 Spathe l-g2 in., valves lanceolate green, margins pale. Perianth-tube less than 1 in., 

 limb 1^ in., bright lilac ; blade of sepals ^ in. broad j petals clawed ; style branches 

 f in., crests small, deltoid. Differs from I. kumaonensis by the small blade of the 

 sepals. A single specimen only seen. 



9. I- kumaonensis, Wall. Cat. 5052 ; dwarf, leaves linear, flower- 

 head solitary, spathes 1-fld., pedicels very short, perianth-tube very long, 

 blade of sepals spreading cuneate obovate as long as the bearded claw, 

 petals erect, blade oblong, capsule ellipsoid or subglobose beaked. Don in 

 Trans. Linn. Soc. xviii. 311 ; Royle III. 372 ; Baker in Gard. Ghron. 1876, 

 ii. 709. I. Kingiana, M. Foster in Gard. Chron. 1887, i. 611 ; Baker in 

 Bot. Mag. t. 6957. I. tigrina, Jacquem. mss. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA ; from Kashmir to Kumaou, alt. 8-12,OCO ft. 



Stems 2-12 in., crowded; outer basal sheaths fibrous. Leaves 12-14 by ^ in. 

 Spathes 2-3 in., valves lanceolate, ventricose. Perianth-tube 2-2$ in. ; limb 1^-2 in., 

 bright lilac ; blade of sepals f in. broad, blotched with darker lilac, beard of claw of 

 yellow-tipped hairs on a white crest, blade of petals ^ in. broad ; style-arms f in. 

 long, crests deltoid acute. Capsule 1-2 in., narrowed at both ends, trigonous, 

 angles obtuse. Don describes the sepals us blood-red with black-purple spots. 



10. I. g-oniocarpa, 'Baker in Gard. Chron. 1876, ii. 710 ; in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. xvi. 145 ; dwarf, slender, leaves narrow linear, flower-heads 

 solitary, spathes 1-2-fld., flowers subsessile, perianth-tube long, sepals 

 cuneately-oblong, keel strongly bearded, petals erect, blade oblong, capsule 

 trigonous with broad flat sides and a long slender beak. 



SIKKIM HIMALAYA, alt. 10-13,000 ft., J. D. H. 



Stem 6 in., 1-leaved, sheaths fibrous. Leaves 6-8 by y 1 ^ in. Spathes 1 in. long, 

 valves lanceolate persistent. Perianth-tube f in. ; blade of lilac ? sepals in. broad ; 



