216 
Iris reticulata Soren ws E 
1885, xxiii. 470.) H. A with light 
reddish Pasig falls, ms “reddish llac 
tandards. Kharput, Asia Minor. 
ine  robinsonians. out Cat. 1877, 6; 
1891, xl. 313, t. 825; G. C. 1891, 
= Hi G. and F. 1891, £. 60.) G: 
The gigantic Jris from Lord Howe's 
Island. pao robinsoniana, F. 
t. 7212.] 
slender, about 1 ft. long, bent above 
the mic dle; bracts, 2-4, adpressed. 
owered., lin. 
in diameter ; outer perianth-segments 
with an almost orbicular blade, light 
purple, v with a double white spot sur- 
unded b border; claw 
n 
segments oblan piaig vale: “ia, 
spotted, fuer = than the 
ones. Hong Kong. 
= reson ane ers th t. ae Tris Statelle. C Be A t. 6894.) 
sin 
eon <e small n raa ama 
roots. From the very short stem arise 
3-4 convolute sheaths, forming a false 
stem 4-5 in. high, from which peep 
o 
x H. 
ed to J. lutes =e nsiform, 
ae in. long, glau poet “FL -stem 
1 ft. high, 5 flowered ae apex. F 
see yellow, yes oe with green, and 
with 
w ad 
cahoate - okova revolute m, the 
standards are broadly oblong, obtuse, 
over E the bifid styles. South 
Eur 
iris pia Afad 1894, xlvi. 248.) 
ie tol A gir od ~~ stig rae. H-H. ie orms of this species are 
e a — r purplish with the tips figured h 
segments and stigmas 
blackish vi violet or violet-purple; the | —— Din J, serge Ta. (GŒ. C. 1889, 
inner segments have an elevated yellow 666.) Habit of type, but with very 
ridge down the dle, with violet lene deep purple fi, 
n each side of it. Turkestan 
i Rari- Snipes (B. M. t. 6960.) 
e short, oblique, pa 
Da po ayx oito glaucescent l. Pe- 
duncle I-flowered. Fl. large; falls 
th a 
; ish, 
violet-purple, veined and s ati tted with 
arker colour. Asia Min 
—— Var. Naza (@. M. 1893, 211.) 
H. Of the Danie ye a group, in general 
appearance I. Lortetii. The falls 
are heavily marked fore rows = 
brown - purple spots on a ag 
coloured ground and have aek 
maroon blotch in the centre ; standards 
creamy white with blue veins. Pales 
tine. 
z alee CB. M. t. 7145 ; G. 
r. lilacina. (W. @. 1888, 92, 
t ig 3) A var. with sm aller fi. than 
less pronounced yellow s spits crests 
of stigma very upright. 
Var. marginata. a ERS - 1888, 
93.) A peculiar var. havin the 
violet fl. edged with whit 
Var. pavonia. (W. G. 1888, oe 
A var. with a white radiating area a 
th 
—— Var, FETE ue G. Seri 92, 
i: A var 
the basal part whitis 
with violet-purple ; the stendiadas are 
wnt purple. 
, Ë. 55 ; Gfl. 1890, 394.) Iris Suworowi. i 1886, 397 ; B. 4. 
ou vi species, allied’ to 
na. 
istinguished by its shark 
and 
lilac and purple fi. 
Iris Speculatrix. (B. M.t. 6306.) G. 
t. 7029.) H. orm. Fl.-s 
»-flo wered, as | aru gras 1. Petianth: 
pe ae all elliptic-lanceolaie, cuspi- 
e, hyaline, greenish, with greenish- 
one veins, the thee outer ones bear 
to the middle with blue. Bochara. 
or H. H. Rhizome short, about } in. = tenuis. (G. and F. 1888, 6, f. 3.) 
; i Rhizome 
hort 
thick. L.3 to a tuft, 12 in. ng wh n 
in flowe ; ng 'afterw: ne i 
in. b , green, “Fi. 
slender, creeping. L. 
thin, ensiform, j-} in. broad. Stem 
very slender, 2-3-flowered, 10-12 in. 
