Iris.] CLi. iRiDEiB. (J. D. Hooker.) 273 



Kashmir, alt. 6000 ft., Clarke. — Disibib. Westward to Russia. 



Stem 2-3 ft., sheathed. Leaves ^-li in. broad. Spathes 2-3 in., linear-oblong, 

 firm, green. Flowers 2-3 in. diam., bright lilac ; sepals i in. broad, claw keeled ; 

 petals ^-J in. broad; style-arms 1 in. long, crests small, deltoid. Capsule 1-2 in., 

 6-ribbed, long-beaked. — A very common Oriental plant. Baker refers the Kashmir 

 specimens to I. JTotfta as a variety with very stout stems, broad leaves, and large 

 flowers. 



4. X. aureai lAndl. in Bot. Reg. xxxiii. t. 59 ; tall, stout, leaves 

 ensiform, spathes 2-3-fid., flowers long-pedicelled yellow, ovary as long as 

 the perianth-tube, blade of crisped and orenulate sepals oblong as long as 

 the claw, petals shorter oblanoeolate, style-arms with entire broad incurved 

 lobes. Baker in Gard. Ghron. 1876, ii. 584. I. crocea, Jaeqwem. mss. 

 Xyridiori aureum, Klatt in Bot. Zeit. 1872, 501. 



Westebn Himalaya. ; Kashmir, Soyle, Jacquemoni. 



Stem 3-34 ft., stout, terete, with leafy sheaths. Leaves 1^-2 ft. by J-1 in. 

 Spathes 3-4 in. ; valves lanceolate, green. Flowers bright yellow ; sepals 2^3^ in., 

 blade 1 in. broad ; style-arms IJ-li in- long, crests deltoid. Capsule IJ in. long, 

 oblong, 6-angled, beaked.— Differs from I. spuria, chiefly in the yellow flowers. 



6. X. IVattii, Baker mss. ; tall, stont, leaves broadly ensiform, flower- 

 heads racemose on stont long pedtinoles, spathes 2-3-fld., perianth-tube 

 short infundibular, sepals obovate-spathulate, blade as long as the claw, 

 petals rather shorter obovate- oblong, style-arms with 2-fid laciniate tips. 



MUNNIPOBE ; summit of Kongui, alt. 6000 ft., Watt. 



Stem with 5-6 flower-heads on erecto-patent peduncles. Leaves thin, 18 by 

 1^2 in., as long as the stem. Spathes with the outer valve 1-li in., lanceolate, 

 thin, green; inner much shorter, oblong, obtuse; pedicels short, jointed with the 

 ovary. Flowers pale lavender blue, tube ^ in. ; blade of sepals J in. broad, striped 

 and spotted with purple, throat yellow ; petals J in. broad ; style-arms J in. long, 

 crest deltoid laciniate. Capsule small, oblong, obtusely trigonous. — Baker, from 

 whose description much of the above Is taken, says of the sepals, " apparently not 

 crested."— :-Bhotan specimens from Grifiith of this or an allied species have stout com- 

 pressed grooved stems and firmer spathe-valves. 



§§ Sepals crested. 



6. X. niilesii, M. Foster in Gard. Chron. 1883, i. 231 ; tall, stout, 

 leaves very broadly ensiform, flower-heads branched, spathes many-fld., 

 perianth-tube rather short, sepals spreading, blade as long as the claw 

 obovate, crests sharply toothed, petals as large spreading oblong undulate, 

 style-arms with a large fimbriate crest. Baker in Bot. Mag. t . 6889. 



Wbstbbn Himalaya ; Kullu and Parbutta valleys, alt. 4000 ft., Brandis. 



Stem 3 ft., as thick as the little finger, leafy upwards ; sheaths at the forks 

 4-6 in. Leaves 1^-2 ft. by 1-2 in. broad, pale green, firm, strongly curved. 

 Spathes 1-li in., valves oblong, obtuse ; pedicels short, jointed at the tip ; 

 flowers 2-4 in. diam., large ; ovary clavate ; perianth-tube ^ in. ; blade of sepals 

 l|-2 in., disk whitish with dark radiating purple blotches, margins purple, crest 

 yellow; style-arms 1 ii)., blue-purple, crest square.' — Possibly this is the tall Iris 

 mentioned by Stewart (Panjab Plants, 241) as found in the Beas valley, alt. 

 5-12,000 ft., and used for thatching. 



7. X. nepalensis, Bon Prod/r. 64 (not of Wall.) ; stem slender, leaves 

 linear, spathes 1-3-fld., flowers shortly pedicelled, perianth-tube slender, 

 blade of sepals oblong as long as the claw, crests narrow, petals oblong, 



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