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blue fl. with somewhat apai and connivent, 1} in. long, oblong-ovate 
narrower peri = apen or pale re d-lilac with dark veins. Styles 
other forms see G.C. 1886, XXV. ight red-lilac with So crenate 
586. Monte Baldo North Italy. ests. Kumaon, North India. 
= Cosniæ. (Gard. 1895, sabes init Frig ohia chigonmia. Ef t. 1011) 
dwarf Iris with large ery attrac 
dans clear yellow with ies emn eg SF ah BE the fl. Poe 
arkings, the falls of the same shade usually two-flowered. Segments of 
penilied with purple. the ferianth all narrow, lanceolate 
uminate ; the falls pale blue, with 
Tris cretensis. (B. M. v. 6343.) H. the central part yellowish veined wi 
Dwarf in habit. . linear, 6-9 in. violet ; roe segments erect, lilac. 
Fl. about on a level with 1.; North Chi 
perianth-segments with long claws na EACS Fait i 954; B. M.t 
i ined 
and oblong limb, the three outer vein species, with 
in the lower half with bri yellow, eon Sare Eiee ei an l, and a 
a oblique lilac 1 2-flowered leafless scap 
on a white ground ; tips dark p e in. in ; falls bearded, cun - 
inner segments entirely bright purple obovate, pale violet with darker veins ; 
all beardl Crests of stigmas erect, standards erect, spathulate, oblong ; 
linear, acuminate, serrulate on outer base yellow with darker veins, middle 
margins. Greece; Asia Minor. | pale, apex light violet ; stigmas purple, 
crests bifid. Thian Shan, Central Asia. 
Iris — (G. O: 1888, iv. 182.) 
Allied to Z. pna L. ensiform, = Apne = m M. t, 7216; G.C. 
glaucous, Spathe-valves boat-shaped, 16.) = fine Zris of the 
becoming more or re scarious mee Cas aucasicu tin Sep. and standards 
oe flowering, Falls cuneate-obova shine shaw limb spoon-shaped, 
wae te 23 in. prea, re errar h- Tine, deep violet 
wi r veins, ard with 
“ith e 
orango'tipped hairs: Standards ee Iris Gatesii. (Gard. 1889, xxxv. 523 ; 
n. lo y i Je RoB, i. 5 . H; 
‘ si ta xi. 144.) H. H. Of the 
brown on the claw. Styles ma lilac, susiana. and with 
the crests broadly triangular. Cypru larger fl. Fl. variable in colour, silvery 
istinct li 
l 
Iris Danfordiæ. u C. 1889, vi. 279 ; 
Earl} 
spots of purple 
B. M: t. T140.:)- B y-spring- Armenia a 
flowering species ear : 
juncea. Bulb ovoid, half as broad as | Iris gwermanica sea. 
s: ie g gyp (I 
oper l. all radical, narrow 1893 8 H. f -= 
linear, glabrous, produced after flower- pearly- whine See ee 
ing. Scape 3-4 in. high, 1-flowered ; 
A. orange-yellow ; falls spotted brown, t 
and obscurely bearded, standards. re- rele - Arer ahe mae mt SoS fon 
duced to fine threads. [Syn. Xiphium Ttal: an lieben, Soe 
rig Baker ; Iris Berumnalleri, mé 
ausskn.] Cicilian Tauru | — Sys — (G. C. 1887, i. 739.) 
Àv: dark indigo-purple falls 
Iris Delavayi. n H. paset, 398, f. kavi "light blue-purple claws, 
28-9.) H. tall wing Fü dark blue-purple standards. Fr. very 
nearly allied to Fi sibiric A beau- short, not much longer than broad. 
tiful — resid blotched with: white. Province of Siwas, Asia Minor, 
Yunnan, Chin 
Iris — seg Ae Cat. 1893, 
Iris Eear (G. C. 1887, i. m5 5. 5; M. t. A 
hizome knotty and gnar ik -allied to to T. abiria ome ti er 
appearing after the fl.. 5-6 ap k ai sab i yellow pe karein n a 
2 ft. long, } in. broad, yellowish green. ed with vi Palestin 
FI. solitary, sessile ; tube 3 in. or more Zi 4 
long ; falls nearly horizontal, lanceo- | Iris Haynei. a, Cat. 1893, 5.) 
late, bearded, red-lilac above with H. A species o So erage group 
‘darker veins and blotches, beneath bs upright gla and la 
greenish yellow with the veins and o: ity colour 
blotches showing through; standards dotted with rotted Palestine, 
