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IRIS 



be lifted in summer. Var. purpurea, Dykes (7. pur- 

 purea, Siehe). A bright purple variety. Fine. Var. 

 Sieheana, Dykes (/. Sieheana, Lynch. /. Haussknech- 

 tii, Siehe). Similar to var. purpurea, but with larger, 

 silvery gray fls. marked with reddish purple. B.M. 

 8059. G.C. III. 35:251. Var. stenophylla, Dykes (7. 

 stenophylla Hausskn. & Siehe. 7. Heldrelchii, Hort.). 

 Fls. pale blue; outer segms. blackish blue at the tip, 

 with spots of the same shade on the rest of the blade; 

 keel yellow; crests of the style-branches nearly as 

 large as the outer segms., suborbicular, crenate. Cili- 

 cian Taurus. B.M. 7734. G.C. III. 27:171. Gn. 59, 

 p. 225; 76, p. 132. F.S.R. 2:328. Var. Taftri, Dykes 

 (7. Tauri, Siehe). Fls. bright violet-purple veined 

 with white on the lower part of the blade and on the 

 claw of the outer segms.; keel deep orange; inner 

 segms. depressed, 3-lobed. B.M. 7793. G.C. III. 29: 

 191. Gn. 61, p. 93. 



88. Rosenbachiana, Regel. Lvs. 4-5, finally 6-8 in. 

 long and 2 in. broad: st. short, 1-3-headed: outer segms. 

 obovate-cuneate; blade reflexed, white at the tip, deep 

 purple in the middle and creamy below, with a yellow 



1977. Iris orchioides. A good species for pots or the open. ( X M) 



keel and dark lilac veins; inner segms. spreading or 

 reflexed, obovate, pale lilac. The color of the fls. is 

 very variable. Mountains of Turkestan. B.M. 7135. 

 Gt. 35:1227. Gn. 33:558 J.H. III. 28:189. G.C. III. 

 7:577. G.M. 34:171. C.L.A. 5:134;9:410. 



89. alata, Ppir. (7. scorpiatdes, Desf. Xiphium 

 planifblium, Mill.). Lvs. about 6, plane, 6-9 in. long: 

 st. very short, 1-3-fld.: tube 4-6 in. long; outer segms. 

 3-^4 in. long, obovate-cuneate, bright lilac, variegated 

 with white, and having a yellow keel down the claw; 

 inner segms. obovate-unguiculate, spreading from the 

 base of the outer; style-crest large, laciniately toothed. 

 Spain to Sicily and Algeria. B.M. 6352. B.R. 1876. 



Gt. 40:1351 (vars.). Gn. 10, p. 579; 54, p. 102. G.C. 

 111.45:52. G.M. 35:614. G. 1:665; 11:689; 35:55. 

 Gn.W. 20:185. Winter-flowering. Plants very dwarf. 



90. palsestina, Boiss. Lvs. 3-6 in. long: st. very 

 short, 1-3-fld.: tube 2-3 in. long: fls. pale yellow, tinged 

 with lilac; outer segms. oblong, upper one-fourth 

 reflexed; claw auriculate; inner segms. minute, narrowly 

 lanceolate. Mountains of Palestine. Fls. in winter. 

 Very near 7. caucasica, but distinguished by its longer 

 acuminate spath'es and the color of the fls. 



91. Willmottiana, Foster. Lvs. about 8, with a white 

 horny edge, broad, not acutely channelled, deep glis- 

 tening green: st. 6-8 in. high, 4-6-fld.: fls. sessile, 

 lavender or pale purple; tube 2 in. long; outer segms. 

 oblong, with a white patch at the throat, marked with 

 veins and patches of deeper purple, claw with white 

 and purple markings; outer segms. small, depressed, 

 cuspidate; style-crests small, triangular. Mountains 

 of E. Turkestan. Gn. 59, p. 411; 75, p. 128; 66:8. 

 G.C. 47:364; III. 29:271. Resembles 7. caucasica in 

 habit and size but has narrower spathe-valves which 

 are not inflated. 



92. caucasica, Hoffm. Lvs. about 6: st. very short, 

 1-4-fld.: fls. pale or bright yellow; outer segms. with an 

 ovate blade and a very broad rhomboidal claw, with 

 small auricles and a toothed or ciliated crest; inner 

 segms. oblanceolate. Caucasus to Asia Minor, etc. 

 Gt. 1874:800. C.L.A. 9 : 409. Dwarf er habit than 

 7. orchioides. 



93. Fosteriana, Aitch. & Baker. Lvs. 8-10 in. long: 

 st. 6-8 in. long, 9-12 in. long after flowering, hidden by 

 the clasping Ivs., 1-2-fld.: outer segms. yellow, streaked 

 with black, obovate-cuneate; claw not auriculate; 

 inner segms. shorter, obovate, bright purple. March. 

 Afghan and Russian boundary. B.M. 7215. Very 

 different from the allied species 7. orchioides and 7. 

 sindjarensis, and so on, on account of the difference in 

 color of the sepals and petals. 



94. caerftlea, Fedtsch. (7. caucasica var. cseriilea, 

 Regel. 7. orchioides var. cserulea, Hort.). Lvs. about 8: 

 st. about 15 in. high, bearing 3-4 fls. in the axils of the 

 Ivs.: fls. bright lilac; outer segms. with a ligulate claw 

 expanded slightly at the base and an obovate-oblong 

 blade with a conspicuous whitish crest and a yellow 

 blotch on the throat; inner segms. pendent, with a 

 narrow pointed lanceolate blade. Turkestan. 



95. warleyensis, Foster. Lvs. 6-7, 6 in. long, \-\ l A 

 in. broad, with a conspicuous horny margin: st. 1 ft., 

 3-5-fld.: fls. sessile; outer segms. with a strap-shaped 

 claw expanding into an orbicular blade, deep violet 

 with a whitish crest and an orange patch at the throat, 

 claw pale violet with deeper markings; inner segms. 

 narrow, pale blue, purple, or violet, cuspidate. Turk- 

 estan. B.M. 7956. Gn. 61, p. 241; 72, p. 635. G.C. 

 111.31:386. J.H. III. 44:339. F.S.R. 3:344. G.M. 

 46:322. 



96. sindjarensis, Boiss. Lvs. about 8, crowded, 

 distichous, glossy above, conspicuously striated below, 

 8-10 in. long, l}^-2 in. broad: st. 6-9 in. long, 3-6-fld.: 

 fls. slaty lilac; outer segms. with an obovate, reflexed 

 blade narrowed to a claw, with darker lilac lines and 

 a small yellow crest; inner segms. oblong, clawed. Feb. 

 Deserts of Mesopotamia. B.M. 7145. G.C. III. 7:365. 

 J.H. III. 28:227; 48:97. Gn. 69, p. 134. Gn.W. 

 21:260; suppl. pi. Plants J^ft. high. Var. assyriaca, 

 Lynch (7. assyriaca, Hort. or Hausskn.), is a white 

 variety from Mesopotamia. Gn. 69, p. 195. C.L.A. 

 9:409. 



97. fumfisa, Boiss. & Hausskn. Lvs. about 10: st. 

 6 in. long: outer segms. spatulate-oblanceolate, re- 

 curved above the middle, claw with a yellow crest; 

 inner segms. minute, spatulate, toothed. The fls. are 

 greenish yellow, shaded with smoky gray. Dry fields, 

 Syria. Perhaps a variety of 7. sindjarensis. 



