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IRIS 



erect and rather crisped standards 

 are dullish lilac and yellow or 

 brownish-yellow. {Bot. Mag. t. 787.) 



There are many forms with a vast 

 range of colour among shades of 

 lavender, blue, violet, bronze-yellow, 

 mauve, primrose, golden-yellow, 

 crimson, etc., as in the germanica, 

 neglecta, and pallida sections, which 

 they somewhat resemble. 



I. Straussi. — A dwarf bearded 

 Persian Iris, about 3 ins. high, with 

 narrow leaves and brown-violet 

 coloured flowers (Gard. 1899, Ivi. 149). 



I. Suslana (Mourning Iris). — A 



Fig. 212. — Iris Susiana. (J.) 



remarkably handsome and singular 

 Cushion Iris, native of the Levant 

 and Asia Minor. It is 12 to 18 ins. 

 high, with pale or yellowish-green, 

 stem-clasping, sword -like leaves about 

 1 in. broad. The large flowers appear 

 in April, having a dark silver-grey 

 appearance, produced by numerous 



veins and dots of blackish-brown or 

 purple with a flush of purple or lilac 

 on a creamy-white ground; the falls 

 have a broad cushion of brownish- 

 black hairs near the base. (Bot. 

 Mag. t. 91.) Muhlendorfiana is a 

 dwarf form with yellow flowers. 



I. Suworowl (/. lineata). — A curious 

 Iris of the Eegelia group, native of 

 Turkestan, with narrow sword-shaped 

 leaves, and greenish flowers veined 

 with bluish-green ; both falls and 

 standards are elliptic lance-shaped 

 ending in a sharp point, the falls 

 being furnished with a blue beard 

 from the base to centre (Bot. Mag. 

 t. 7029). 



I. Swerti. — A handsome Iris of un- 

 known origin, with glaucous sword- 



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Pig. 218.— 7ris Taiiri. (J.) 



shaped leaves, and clusters of fragrant 

 flowers in May and June on stems 

 1 to 1| ft. high. Colour pure white 

 slightly veined with lilac, and edged 

 with purple, the obovate cuneate 

 falls being decorated with a yellow 

 beard, while the much-crisped pure 

 white standards are keeled and edged 

 with purple. (Red. Lil. t. 306.) 

 I. Taurl. — ^A bulbous species, native 



