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IRIS 



IRIS 



scarious at flowering-time: fls. bright lemon-yellow; 

 outer segms. obovate-cuneate, 2}.-2 in. long; beard deep 

 yellow; inner segms. obovate, pale yellow. G.C. III. 

 48:95. — Known only in cult. 



24. Alberti, Kegel. Lvs. ensiform, glaucous, lJ^-2 

 ft. long: St. exceeding the lvs., bearing 5-6 heads in 

 a loose panicle : spathe-valves mostly green, very slightly 

 scarious at tips: outer segms. obovate-cuneate, 2 in. 

 long, bright lilac, with a rudimentary crest and a dense 

 beard of white, yel- 

 low-tipped hairs, veined ; 

 inner segms as long 

 and broader than the 

 outer, with convolute 

 claws, lilac. Discovered 

 in Turkestan by Dr. 

 Albert Kegel. Gt. 999. 

 B.M.7020. 



25. florentina, Linn. 

 Rhizome fragrant when 

 dried (orris-root): lvs. 

 1-1 J4 ft. long: St. ex- 

 ceeding the lvs.: fls. 

 white; outer segms. 3)^ 

 in. long, tinged with 

 lavender ; claw yel- 

 lowish veined with 

 purple; inner segms. 

 as large, white. Cent, 

 and S. Eu. B.M. 

 671. On. 16:82; 51, 

 p. 295. G.M. 54:127. 

 — Flowers early, with 

 /. gerrnanica. Hardy. 

 Var. albicans, Lange 

 (/. albicans, Lange. 

 I . floTentina var. alba, 

 Hort.). Pure white. 

 Spain to Cyprus. 

 Madonna, Hort. Fls. 

 spathe-valves flushed 

 purple. 



26. Biliottii, Fost. 

 darker green, more 

 tinctly striated, and 

 rigid than in I. gerrnanica, 

 about 20 in. long, IJ^-IM 

 in. broad: st. several- 

 headed, 2J^-3 ft. long: 

 spathe-valves narrow, 

 acuminate, nearly 2 in. 

 long, ventricose, scarious 

 only at the tips: outer 

 segms. obovate-cuneate, 

 reddish purple, with many 

 dark veins; beard white, 

 tipped with yellow; inner 

 segms. orbicular unguicu- 

 late, 2 in. broad, laright 

 blue - purple. Late June. 

 Trebizond. — Very near /. 

 gerrnanica. 



27. trojana, Kerner. Lvs. very acute, glaucescent: 

 St. over 3 ft. high, much branched and overtopping the 

 lvs.: pedicel none: fls. bright violet-purple; outer 

 segms. obovate; blade longer than the claw; claw 

 white, bordered with yellow and veined with brown- 

 purple; inner segms. elUptic, suddenly narrowed to a 

 claw; style-crests broad, denticulate. Troad, Asia 

 Minor. G.C. ID . 53:170. 



28. JunSnia, Schott & Klotschy. Khizome stout, 

 compact: lvs. 12-14 in. long, 1^ in. wide, glaucous: 

 St. 20-24 in. high, bearing a terminal head of 2 fls. and 

 4 lateral branches, the lowest about 3-4 in. long: 

 spathe 1^ in. long, with pale green valves, scarious 



in the upper half: pedicel none: outer segms. obovate- 

 cuneate, purple-violet, whitish at the throat and on the 

 claw, veined with yellowish brown; inner segms. ob- 

 ovate, abruptly unguiculate, pale violet, veined and 

 spotted with red-brown on the paler claw. Cilician 

 Taurus. — Differs from /. pallida in the spathe-valves, 

 which are only partly scarious at flowering-time. 

 29. cypriana, Foster & Baker. Plants tall, the 



cypriana, 

 branching st. being 



3 ft. 



Lvs 



dis- 

 more 



high, bearing many fls. 

 6-7 in. diam.: outer 

 segms. obovate-cuneate, 

 reddish lilac, with thin, 

 darker veins; claw whit- 

 ish, with greenish brown 

 veins; inner segms. ob- 

 long-unguiculate, lilac, 

 spotted with reddish 

 brown on the claw. 

 June, July. Cyprus. — 

 Very near /. pallida, 

 from which it differs only 

 by the longer navicular 

 spathe-valves, which are 

 not entirely scarious at 

 flowering-time, and the 

 more obovate segms. 



30. germanica, Linn. 

 Fig. 1968. Lvs. 1-1 J^ 

 ft. long: St. 2-3 ft. high, 

 usually with a 2-fld. 

 terminal head and one 

 short and one longer 

 lateral branch, each 

 bearing a single fl.: 

 spathe - valves tinged 

 with purple, scarious in 

 the upper half: outer 

 segms. obovate-cuneate, 

 2-3 in. long; beard yel- 

 low; inner segms. as 

 large, obovate, con- 

 nivent. Cent, and S. Eu. 

 Early May, June. B.M. 

 670."B.R.818. I.H.40: 

 1S2 (var. Gypsea, pure 

 white). Gn. 48:242 

 (dark purple var.). Gn. 

 M. 15:362. Var. reticu- 

 lata superba, Hort. 

 Outer segms. purple, 

 veined ; inner segms. 

 lavender. Var. nepalen- 

 sis, Dykes (/. ncpalen- 

 sis, Wallich. /. germdn- 

 ica var. alropurpiirea, 

 Hort.). Purple King. 

 Fls. red - purple ; outer 

 segms. darker, almost 

 black-purple. 



31. hybrida, Retz. 

 (/. amdna, DC). Dif- 

 ers from /. ncglccta by 



its longer spathe-valves, and its pure white or faintly 

 hlac-tinted outer segms. and style-branches. June. — 

 Known only in cult. 



32. neglecta, Hornm. Lvs. shghtly glaucous, 12-15 

 in. long, ensiform, purple at the base: st. taller, 11-2- 

 2 ft., many-fld. : spathe-valves green below at flow- 

 ering-time, much tinged with purple: outer segms. 

 obovate-cuneate, very obtuse, 2 in. long, violet-blue on 

 the margin, whitish veined with blue in the center; 

 beard yellow; inner segms. erect or eonnivent, oblong, 

 as large as the outer, pale lilac. June. B.M. 2435. — 

 Known only in cult. Probably a hybrid between /. 

 pallida and /. variegala. 



1968. Iris germanica. Typical of many species in which the 

 beard is confined to the midrib. ( X js) 



