212 
Iria baikan (G: Cz 1878, a 260) || high, bearing one. larg the 
fted dwarf species about 1 ft. falls are ash-gre n darkor ` veins 
oh i re o a stem, glaucescent, and a black spo yF ;_ the 
ensiform, acute. Scape 2-flowered; _ Heres are ay Ha aiy ‘plackis h 
fl, gr claret-lilac ; the falls with a Leban 
| ite Bloudowii. (Gf. t. 1020, 7.2.) H. 
Iris Barnume (G@. C. 1888, iv. 182 ; dwarf species with narrow ensiform 
5 , 
B.M.t.7 es H. Hts slender, 3 ezee yellow the three outer 
=n L. 5-6 in a tuft, 6 in. long rianth- “segments ‘bearded. Altai. 
y. 
linear, acute, slightly. Bii Scape ; gn E 
“14-54 in. long, l-flowered. Falls | Iris Susa LS C. 1887, ii. 38; 
i i Wi M, 
cuneate-obovate, 2 in ng, in. A han dsome 
‘oad, exed at apex, dark red- ‘species, Pome allied to Z. 
purple w dar ins, the beard filifolia, but differi ving a 
, the hairs yellow with purple di t ve the ovary, broader 
_ tips. Standards indish - ate, more obovai =o ai a 
connivent, crenate, red-purple, with long narrow claw uter seg- 
darker veins and very few hairs on ments, which mi isinctly bearded. 
very spreading, Fl. purple. Port 
with purple crests. | Iris Bornmuelleri. (17. G. 1889, 404.) 
Armenia, (1, Danfordie, Boiss, | 
Iris Bartoni. (@. C. 1883, xix. 275; on Ppa Se and a 1888, 43.) 
t 6869.) H. Int the w way of Z. | distinct r peculiar 
florentina, h it res its | ia Rhizom ee. L. soli- 
x eand l. Falls 3}-4in.long,1} | tary, rigid, 1-2 ft. long, } in r 
in. broad, ulate, creamy white, | less, striate, one side n, the oth 
with greenish-yellow veins and shad- | glaucous. Stem angled, shorter than 
ings on the limb, purplish-violet on | l., cover th imbricating pur- 
the claw; beard white, tip with | plish sheathing bracts, 2-flo 
orange yellow on Reed Standards . large, nearly pure yellow, veined 
spathulate, emargi wavy,coloured | on the oblong-oblanceolate sep. iso 
liket the falls, but whites Affghanistan. | bluish purple. et. erect, narr 
lanceolate. Styles oa anid 
Iris benacensis. (Yer. Zool Bot, Ges, | With long crests. Oreg 
Wien, 1887, 649.) 12-15 in. high. | 
L. ensiform. Fi. distr Ta ese the Iris caroliniana. (G. and F. 1893 
lowest placed about the middle of the 334, £51.) HH. A species nearly allied 
stem, the rest crowded at the apex. | to Z. versicolor, North Car 
Falls elongate-obovate, dark violet, | 
Vi | 
wii arker veins ; the claw whitish, | iris caucasica cæœrulea. 
} | 889, v. 588.) H. 
veined with coppery violet; the beard : esembling J. cau- 
Ww. t ; yellow above | Tep in l but colour of fl. ; fl. p 
Standards br oblong, submargi ined with violet, ion a yéllow 
nate, violet. Crests of sti trian- fate on the fall. Canc 
gular, violaceous. Ovary oblong- 
cylindric. Tyrol. | 
— culata. (G. C. 1889, v. 
Iris Biliotti. (&. C. 1887, i. 738.) H. | 588.) "Similar to type, bene fl. . yellow 
handsome — sweet-scented asin | with biue markings. Cau 
pee mbling J. germanica inhabit. Fl.- — 
stem 24-3 ft. s gh. Falls 3} in. long, | Iris Seo CG. C. 1886, xxv. 554, 
1} in. broad, haaleaa late, red- 555.) H uch resembling 7. pallida, 
dish purple, ‘with fine blackish veins, | but with aiem fl. and the 1. dyin 
beard tandards 34 in. long,2in, | down in wi L, 6-9 in. 1 3 
road, connivent, blue-pu wit | in. or more broad, yellowish-green 
fine blue veins, St bovate, white, Scape ab hi -flowered. 
wi gular reddish urpl | Fl, like thosə of 7. pallida but soida, 
Province of Siwas, Asia Mino | sky-blue flushed with violet. Mon 
Cengialto, Tyrol. 
Iris bismarckiana. (JIV. G. 1892, 355, | 
353, f. EN H. A fne plant, With |. Wee Loppio. (4G. C. 1886, xxv. 
sword-sha; | 554-5.) H. This differs from the type 
bluish-green, and peduncles about 16 | in having bluish-green 1., and rich dark 
