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Spec. Cuar. Bulbous: leaves radical, short petioled, round 
cordate, very obtusely crenated, with a bristle on each crenature, 
and shaggy hairs on the nerves above, beneath glabrous: scape 
much longer than the leaves, 2-3-flowered at the apex: pedicels 
short: bracts ovate-oblong: lateral sepals small, ovate, upper sepal 
vaulted over the staminal column, margin crenated: lower sepal 
with a short obtuse spur, lower of compound petals deeply 2-lobed, 
a dense tuft of hairs on the inner surface of the petals: capsule 
glabrous, tapering at both ends: flowers white, with the tuft of 
hairs blue. 
On rocks, Annamullay Hills. i 
(47) I.axxa. (Bedd.) 
Ident. Madr. Journ. IV. p. 69. 
Spec. Cuar. Bulbous: leaves radical, orbicular-reniform, with 
cordate base, distinctly crenated: petioles longer than the leaves: 
scapes very long, 5-6-flowered at the apex: bracts boat-shaped : 
lateral sepals small, ovate, upper ones vaulted over the stamina: 
lateral of compound petals large spreading, lower deeply 2-lobed, 
hairy on their inner surface: lower sepal boat-shaped with a small 
knot-like spur: capsule oblong, shining: flowers pure white, large. 
On rocks on the Annamullay Hills. 
(48) I. tenuis. (Bedd.) 
Ident. Madr. Journ. IV. p. 69. 
Spec. Cuar. Bulbous: leaves radical, long-petioled, cordate- 
ovate, deeply lobed at the base, bluntly crenated, long weak hairs 
on the nerves above, pale and glabrous beneath: scapes much 
longer than the leaves, 5-6-flowered : bracts ovate: upper sepals 
vaulted over the stamina: petals hairy on their inner surface, lower 
one deeply 2-lobed: spur short, blunt and slightly bent back; 
capsule glabrous: flowers small, pink. 
Annamullay Hills in rocky places. 
(49) I. cracizis. (Bedd.) 
Ident. Madr. Journ. TV. p. 69. 
Spec. Cuar. Bulbous, with numerous shoots bearing minute 
leaves: leaves radical, oval to suborbicular with cordate base, 7- 
nerved, glabrous, pale beneath, with very small bristly serratures : 
petioles very long: scape much longer than leaves: flowers nume- 
rous, long pedicelied: bracts ovate, acuminated: upper sepals 
vaulted over the stamina, lateral ones small: lower of compound 
petals broad-cuneate, larger than the lateral one, entire; spur 
curved, tapering, nearly twice the length of the flower: flowers 
large, pale-lilac. 
In streams on the Annamullay Hills, 
