IRIS 



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IRIS 



variously blotched and striped. {Red. 

 Lil. t. 336.) 



I. iberica. — A strikingly handsome 

 Cushion Iris from the Caucasus, with 

 a compact rhizome, and sickle-shaped 

 leaves 4 to 6 ins. long. Flowers in 

 May, pale lUac, distinctly lined and 

 speckled with purple ; falls roundish, 

 creamy - white with black - purple 



Fig. 203.— /r(s iherica. (J.) 



blotches and a conspicuous deep 

 velvety blackish - purple blotch at 

 the base. {Bot. Mag. t. 5847.) The 

 variety ochracea has rich orange falls 

 tinged with brown, and standards 

 nearly pure white. Belli has dark 

 lilac standards. Van Houttei is a 

 natural hybrid between /. iberica and 

 /. Susiana. 



I. juncea (/. imherbis ; I. mauri- 

 tanica). — A graceful bulbous Iris, 

 native of S. Italy and Spain, and N. 

 Africa, with roundish bulbs and 

 slender rush-like leaves about 1 ft. 

 long, appearing late in autumn. 



Flowers in June and July, very 

 fragrant, rich golden - yellow ; the 

 falls are broadly fiddle-shaped, and 

 much larger than the oblanceolate 

 notched standards. The variety 

 pallida is a soft canary-yellow, and 

 numidica is lemon-coloured. {Bot. 

 Mag. t. 5890.) 



I. Kashmlriana. — A native of 

 Kashmir closely related to /. 

 florentina, with leaves 18 ins. long 

 and 1 in. broad. The large pure 

 white flowers with yellow - tipped 

 beards are borne in clusters late in 

 May on stems about 3 ft. high. 

 {Gard. Chron. 1877, ii. 744.) 



I. Kolpakowdkiana.— A pretty Iris 

 from Turkestan, with round netted 

 bulbs and linear leaves. Flowers in 

 March, fragrant; the oblong lance- 

 shaped falls of rich red-purple and 

 bright golden - yellow with broken 

 purple veins, the oblong standards 

 being pale lilac or purple. (Gard. i. 

 658, f . 4 ; Gartenfl. t. 939.) 



This is a very difBcult Iris to grow, 

 as the imported bulbs mostly die 

 after the first year. 



I. Korolkowi.— A native of Turke- 

 stan, 1 to \\ ft. high, with linear 

 glaucous leaves and large whitish 

 flowers tinged with brown and copi- 

 ously veined with a deeper colour; 

 falls oblong, bearded; standards 

 rather broader, erect {Bot. Mag. t. 

 7025). The variety concolor has 

 bright lilac-purple flowers ; Leicht- 

 liniana has creamy - white flowers 

 marked with a blackish-purple blotch 

 at the base of the falls ; venosa has 

 greyish-lilac flowers distinctly veined 

 with purple; and violacea violet or 

 puce - coloured flowers with darker 

 veins. 



I. kumaonensis (/. Kingiana ; I. 

 longifolia ; I. tigrina).—A native of 

 the Western Himalayas, at an eleva- 

 tion of about 11,500 ft. It has 

 stout, short, creeping root-stocks, and 



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