826 



IKIS 



keel auii purple veins; inner segments shorter, straight, 

 oblanceolate : si vli- i-n-sts small. Central and S. Europe. 

 B.M. 58. 



Var. ndtha. I'.icl.. i /./'.;/. i/A//??n, Ker.). Morerobust: 

 Ivs. 1 in. broad: spaih. s l:u-ir: stem 2-A ft. high. Cau- 

 casus to Kashmir, int. 176U by Peter Pallas. B.M. 875. 

 -Hardy. 



SUBGENUS PAEDANTHOPSIS. 



31. vfirna, Linn. Dwarf, 6 in. high: rhizome wide- 

 creeping: sheaths not splitting into tibers: ivs. linear, 

 slightly glaucous, 3-8 in. long: stem scarcely any, 1- 

 headed: tube slender, IH in. long: limb deep violet ; 

 outer segments 1% in. long, obovate, narrowed into a 

 slender yellow, slightly pubescent claw; inner seg- 

 ments erect, smaller, violet. Shade, Ohio, Ky., V&. and 

 south. L.B.C. 19:1855. 



SUBGENUS EVANSiA. 



A. Stem very short 32. cristata 



AA. litem equaling or exceeding the Ivs. 



B. Pedicels much shorter than the 



spcithe 33. tectorum 



BB. Pedicels as long as the spathe, and 



articulate at the apex 34. Milesii 



35. Japonica 



32. cristata. Ait. Plant dwarf : rhizome slender, 

 creepiuf,': Ivs. insiform, thin, 4-8 in. long, green: stem 

 1-3 in. liii;!), ri.ittni.'il. 1-headed, bearing 2-3 Ivs.: tube 

 slender. 1 '...-_ in. iniig: limb blue; outer segments obo- 

 vate, l-l'.j ill. liiiji,'. oiested; inner segments shorter, 

 naked. Apr.. Mnv. Jits. Ky., Va. and Carolinas. B.M. 

 412. Gu. 45, p. 127. L.B.C. 14:1366. 



33. teotdrum, Maxim. Fig. 1175. Lvs.lft.long.ensiform, 

 strongly ribbed: stem 1^2 ft., subterete; heads on long 



1174 Japanese Ins (XJ^). 

 Iris lan-igata better known as / Ecempfen. No. 28. 



peduncles: tube 1 in. long: limb bright lilac; outer seg- 

 ments 2 in. long, obovate; claw half as long as the blade, 

 streaked with violet, with a wavy edge and a large, la- 

 ciniate, white and lilac crest running up the claw and 

 half up the blade; inner segments spreading, nearly as 



IRIS 



large plain lilac short tlawed "^ent to Eu in 1872 bi 

 Dr Hance Cult in Chini and Jap iii BM blls Fs 

 22 2282 &t 71b Ltn 50 1080 



34 Ullesu, Baker Lvs 7-8 on the stem "-3 ft 1 nf 

 and 2-3 in broad stem 2-3 



ft high branched bearing 

 4-5 heads fls bright lilac '' 



lasting onU a daj outer 

 segments oblong cuneate 

 claret purple whitish in the 

 center spotted and veined 

 with lilac furnished with a 

 deeplj laciniated yellow 

 crest iiiiK r e^nunts d 

 long s] 1 hi t I 1 I 



deeph ill "^ ! / 



tn}iim I II I II I II I 

 la} as i M I 1 



35 Japfinica Thunt (/ 

 Chmfnsis Curt / fiml 

 ita Vent ) Fig 1170 L\ 

 ensiform 1-lH ft lon„ 

 stem slender as long as the 

 Ivs , with a raceme of lilac 

 fls tube % in long outer 

 segments l-l^^ m long 

 with crimi ! „ r u ^ 1 



inner i 



■ft inter i 



B M 1 II 1 I 



28 503 1 H III 1 IS 



A & 12 704 F R 2 Ut - 



An evergreen ^reenhi u l 



plant 



«l.B&ENLS PSELDE^ANSIA. 



3b Alberti, Kegel Lvs ensiform, glaucous, 1)^-2 ft. 

 1 111.; sti 111 i\it<iliii_' tlie l\s bearing 5-6 heads in 



1 I 1 I 1 I III I'liovate cuneate, 2 in. 



I 1 I I I I liny crest and a dense 



III I 11- veined; inner seg- 



I II I I I 1 i I I il I ilu outer, with convolute 

 .K«s III,, 1)1-. ^.^l,l 111 luikestan bv Dr. Albert 

 Kegel bt 'jyi B M 7020 



SUBGENERA POGOMEIS AND REGELIA. 



i Dnaif: lis generally less than 

 9 iH long. 

 B Pedicel obsolete, or veiy shoit 

 c. Perianth tube 2 m.o-i moie 



xn length 37 pumila 



38 pseudo-pumila 

 cc. Perianth tube 1 >n. oi lest, 

 in length 

 D Stem 6 in n, moie m 

 Il iH/th 

 E I-ls hlui, ptiiple, 



F. Spathe valves green 

 or nearly so. 



G. Ia)S. linear 39. gracilis 



GG. Lvs. ensiform.. AQ. Ealkana 

 41. biflora 

 F. Spathe valves en- 

 tirely scariose... 42. Cengialti 



EE. Ji'ls. yellow 43. virescens 



44. lutescens 

 DD. Stem S in. or less in 

 length . 



E. Fls. blue 41. biJlora 



EE. Fls. yellnir 4.j. Chamaeiris 



BB. Pedicel as Inm, ax the ovarii. 

 c. Shealhx „,:/ .y,li//i,„i i,,l„ 



fibers 41'.. arenaria 



cc. Sheaths sjiii/tlH<i iiti., fiiui-xAl. flavissima 

 V. Tall; lvs. geuvnilh/ «,../-. thni, 

 1 ft. long. 

 B. Stem S-6-headed. 



0. Fls. yellow 48. variegata 



49. Slavescens 



