830 



IRIS 



throat ; inner segments larger and broader : style 

 branches very convex; crests large. B.M. 7^79. Un 

 48, p. 8; 50:1089 and p. 333. 



76. Ib^rica, Hoffm. Dwarf, with a large flower: Ivs. 

 3-6 in. long, narrow, very falcate: stem 3-i in. long: 

 outer segments rounded obovate 2 in broad, pale brown, 

 closely -veined and blotched with purple-brown and with 

 a shining dark patch on 

 the throat ; inner seg- 

 ments connivent, pure 

 white faintly veined, 

 with a few wine - red 

 I ts at base. Caucasus 

 lud mountains of Ar- 

 menia and Persia. B.M. 

 5847 Gt. 386 and 723. 

 F b 19 1963. R.H. 1873: 

 370 Gn. 10:49. I.H. 19: 

 106 G C. II. 1] :693. F. 

 187^ 25 P.M. 1875:168. 

 — Hardy. 



77 Su8i4na, Linn. 

 M iR»JiN(i Iris. Pig. 

 1 1 ) Lvs. very glau- 

 I ous, 6-9 in. long, nearly 

 1 in. broad : outer seg- 

 ments obovate, 3 in. long, 

 brownish purple, veined 

 and spotted with black- 

 brown, with a brown 

 beard ; inner segments 

 brownish white, spotted 

 with violet - brown and 

 black. Asia Minor and 

 Persia. B. M. 91. P. S. 

 11:1087,1088. R.H. 18,59, 

 p. 322, 323. Gn. 32, p. 193 

 and 39: 800. -The best 

 known of this group. 

 Said to have been in- 

 troduced from Constan- 

 tinople in 1753. Name 

 from a city in Persia. 

 Not entirely hardy 

 North, but a good pot- 

 plaut. War. m&jor, Hort. 

 Bluish, tinted brown. 



78. Gateaii, Foster. 

 Habit and foliage of /. 

 iS' II s i a H a : outer seg- 

 ments orbicular, 3 in. 

 broad, cream - white, 

 sometimes sky-blue, cov- 

 ered with a network of 

 fine veins, giving them a 

 light gray tint ; inner 

 segments larger, pale 

 purple or yellow. Dry 

 regions, Armenia. Gn. 43: 897, and 52, pp. 88 and 279. 

 G.C. III. 8:17. A.G. 13:60.-The largest-fld. of its sub- 

 genus. Fls. about twice as large as in /. Siisiana. 

 Quite hardy. 



79. Nazar^na, Hort. (7. Sclrii, vnr. ]Vasarena,Fost.). 

 Foliage and stem of 7. Siislana, and fls. as large: outer 

 segments obovate, straw-colored, netted with red and 

 brown veins and blotched with a patch of black-crimson 

 near the claw; beard dark purple, with a bare streak 

 running down the claw; inner segments cream-white, 

 with thin blue veins. Palestine. — Foster described this 

 plant without definitely determining its systematic po- 

 sition. It is related to 7. Sarii and to 7. BismarckiaHa, 

 and differs from the other members of this section by 

 its long, creeping, .stoloniferous rhizome. See Gn. 43, 

 p. 133. I.H. 42, p. 78. Gt. 42, p. 487 and supp. pi. 



80. lupina, Foster. Lvs. 1 ft. long: stem 6 in. high, with 

 2 lvs. and 1 fl. : outer segments obovate-cuueate. yel- 

 lowish green, with red-brown veins and a velvety dark 

 brown patch on the throat; claw with a yellowish iieard ; 

 inner segments orbicular, with a short claw, colored 

 like the outer ; style cre-sts large, toothed. Turkish 

 Armenia, where it is called "Wolf's Ear," hence the 

 specific name. Gn. 43:897 and 54, p. 59. 



1179. Type of Oncocyclus Iris- 

 Iris Susiana(XM). 

 Type of diffusely bearded flower. 



SUBGENUS XIPHION. 



\. Sfi'iH 1 ft. or more in lemjth. 

 B. Tiihe obsolete. 



c. Lrs. .iiiUerete 81. 



ue. Xi'.s-. linear complicate 82. 



BB. Tube mure or less developed. 



c. Lrs. linear complicate 83. 



cc. Lcs. slender, terete or sub - 

 terete. 

 D. Pedicel 1}4 in. long ...84. 

 DC. Pedicel short 



Xiphium 

 xiphioides 



Tingitana 



\A. ,S7^Mi very short or none. 



B. Lvs. acutely quadrangular, 

 very short at the flowering 



time 87. 



BB. Lvs. acutely quadrangular, 



much overtopping the fl...SS. 

 89. 

 BBB. Lvs. terete or linear subterete. 

 c. Bulb tunics composed of 



parallel fibers 90. 



cc. Bulb tunics reticulated .. .^l. 



filifolia 

 juncea 

 Boissieri 



Histrio 

 Vartani 



Bakeriana 

 Kolpakowskiana 



81. Xiphium, Linn. (7. Hispdnica, Hort. 7. spectdbi- 

 ;is, Spach). Spanish Iiiis. Fig. 1180. Lvs. about 1 ft. 

 long: stem 1-2 ft. high: pedicel long: tube obsolete: 

 outer segments 2-2H in. long, violet-purple, yellow in 

 the center; inner segments as long, but narrower. Late 

 June. Spain and N. Afr. B.M. 686. Gn. 20:308 and 30, 

 p. 385. — Long cult, and well known. Hardy in N. J. in 

 protected situations. Var. Lusitanica, Ker. (7. Lusi- 

 fnisico, Hort. ). Fls. yellow. B.M. 679. 



■^ lilf ? 



mi 



1180. Ir 



: Xiphii 



i(x! 



Type of bulbo 



82. xiphioides, Ehrh. (7. Anglica, Hort.). English 

 Iris. Lvs. about 1 ft.: stem 1-2 ft.: fls. dark violet- 

 purple in the typical form: outer segments orbicular, 

 yellow in the center; inner segments shorter, oblong. 

 French and Spanish Pyrenees. B.M. 687. Gn. 30, p. 

 384; 31:586. 



