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IRIS 



IRIS 



be lifted in summer. Var. purp&rea, Dykes (/. pur- 

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

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

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

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

 8059. G.C. III. 3.5:251. Var. stenophylla, Dykes (/. 

 stenophylla Hausskn. & Siehe. /. Heldreichii, 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., suburbieular, crenate. Cili- 

 cian Taurus. B.M. 7734. G.C. 111. 27:171. On. 59, 

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

 (/. Taiiri, 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, Kegel. 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 H) 



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, Poir. (/. scorpimdes, Desf. Xiphium 

 planifdlium. 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. — Wmter-flowering. Plants very dwarf. 



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

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

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

 reflexed; claw auriculate; inner segms. minute, narrowly 

 lanceolate. Mountains of Palestine. — Fls. in winter. 

 Very near /. caucasica, but distinguished by its longer 

 acuminate spathes and the color of the fls. 



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

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

 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 /. 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 cihated crest; inner 

 segms. oblanceolate. Caucasus to Asia Minor, etc. 

 Gt. 1874:800. C.L.A. 9:409.— Dwarfer habit than 

 /. 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 lvs., 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 /. orchioides and /. 

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

 color of the sepals and petals. 



94. cser&lea, Fedtsch. (/. caucdsica var. cxridea, 

 Kegel. /. orchio\des var. cseridea, Hort.). Lvs. about 8: 

 St. about 15 in. high, bearing 3^4 fls. in the axils of the 

 lvs.: 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 jiointed lanceolate blade. Turkestan. 



95. warleyensis, Foster. Lvs. 6-7, 6 in. long, 1-1 J^ 

 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, IJ2-2 in. broad: st. 6-9 in. long, 3-6-fld.: 

 fls. slaty lilac; outer segms. with an obovate, refle.xed 

 blade narrowed to a claw, with darker hlac lines and 

 a smaU 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 J4ft. high. Var. assyriaca, 

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

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

 9:409. 



97. fumosa, 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 /. sindjarensis. 



