826 



IKIS 



IRIS 



keel arul purple veins; inner seg-nu-'Uts shorter, straight, 

 oblanceolate: style crests small. Central and S. Europe. 



B.M. ::>8. 



Var. ndtlia, Bieb. [T.haJophfiJhi , Ker. ). J\Jore robust: 

 Ivs. 1 in. broad: ypathes larger: stem 2-1! ft. high. Cau- 

 casus to Kashmir. Int. 1780 by Peter Pallas. B.M. 875. 

 — Hardy. 



SUBGENUS PAEDANTHOPSIS. 



'6\. v6rna, Linn. Dwarf, G in. high: rhizome wide- 

 creeping: sheaths not splitting intt.> hbers: Ivs. linear, 

 slightly glaucous, H-8 iu. long: stem scarcely any, 1- 

 headed: tube slender, IK in. long: limb deep violet ; 

 outer segments \% in. long, obovate, narrowed into a 

 slender yellow, slightly pubf^scent claw; inner seg- 

 ments erect, smaller, violet, ^hade, r)hio, Ky., Va. and 

 south. L.B.C. 19:18.55. 



SUBGEXUS EVANSlA. 



A. Ste}n ver;/ shoH 32. cristata 



AA. S/(.'}ti eqiuiAimi or i\n-ti-i'iin I ihr /ex. 



B. P'dircls /iil<r]( .slnrtiT /hull. ihr 



spathe ;.'.:>. tectorum 



BB. Pfdlcels as lomj as fin- .^pidliv, and 



arficuhite at ihn apex :\\-. Mileaii 



;i5. Japonica 

 '■1'2. cristata, Ait. Plant dwarf : rhizome slender, 

 creeping: Ivs. ensiforni, thin, 4-8 in. long, green: stem 

 1-3 in. high, tiattpued, 1-hcaded, iiearing 2-3 Ivs.: tube 

 slender, l.-''2-2 in. long: linil) blue; outer segments obo- 

 vate, I-IJ2 in. long, ciested; inner segments shorter, 

 naked. Apr., i\lav. Mts. Ky., Va. and Carolinas. B.]\I. 

 412. Gn. 45, p. 127. L. B.C." 14:1366. 



33. tectdrum, Maxim. Fig. 1175. Lvs. 1ft. long, ensiforni. 

 strongly ribbed: stem 1/2 ft., subterete; heads on long 



Ir 



1174. Japanese Iris [' 

 U.e':i'jata, licttt-i- known as /. Kn-mi'i'' 



\o. 1^8. 



large, phiin lilac, short-clawed. Sent to Eu. in 1872 by 

 Dr. Hauce. Cult, in China and Japan. B.M. 6118. P S 



22:2282. Gt. 716. Gn. 50:1086. 



34. Milesii, Baker. Lvs. 7-8 on the stem, 2-3 ft. long 

 nd 2-3 iu. broad : stem 2-3 



ft. high, branched, bearinj^ 

 4-5 heads: fis. bright lilac, 

 lasting only a day; outer 

 segments oblong - cuneate, 

 claret-purple, whitish in the 

 center, spotted and veined 

 with lilac, furnished with a 

 deeply laciniated j'ellow 

 crest ; inner segments ob- 

 long, spreading; style crests 

 deeply toothed. Near I . tec- 

 foruw, but inferior. Hima- 

 layas. B.M. 6889. 



35. Jap6nica, Thunb. (7. 

 f.'hhu'nsis, Curt. /. fUnhri- 

 '//rr, Vent.). Pig. 1176. Lvs. 

 ensiform, 1-1>^ ft. long : 

 st(.qn slender, as long as the 

 lvs., with a raceme of lilac 

 tis.: tube ^4 in. long: outer 

 segments 1-1>2 in. long, 

 with crimped margins, yel- 

 h.iw on the claw, crested; 

 inner segments smaller. 

 Winter. Japan and China. 

 B. M. 373. Gt. 511. Gn. 

 28:503. J. H. III. 31:185. 

 A.G. 12:704. P.R. 2:149.- 

 An evergreen greenhouse 

 plant. 



1175. Ins tectorum 1X^4). 

 No. SS. 



pedunrdes : tube 1 in. long: lin)b hri^bt lihic; outer seij;- 

 merits 2 in. long, obovate; claw half as long as tlie l)iade, 

 streaked with violet, with a wavy (fi]^^^ and a large, la- 

 ciiiiate, white and lilac crest running up the claw and 

 half up Ihe blade; inner segments s[)readiiig, Tiearly as 



SUBGENUS PSEUDEVANSIA. 



36. Albert!, Kegel. Lvs. ensiform, glaucous, lK-2 ft. 

 long: stem exceeding the lvs., bearing 5-6 heads in 

 a loose panicle; outer segments obovate cuneate, 2 in. 

 long, bright lilac, with a rudimentary crest and a dense 

 beard of w^hite, yellow-tipped hairs, veined; inner seg- 

 nients as long and broader than the outer, with convolute 

 claws, lilac. Discovered in Turkestan by Dr. Albert 

 Hegel. Gt. 999. B.M. 7020. 



SUBGENERA POGONIRIS AND EEGELIA. 



A. Divarf: h-s. generally lef>s than 

 9 in. long. 

 B. Pedicel ohsoJetc, or very short. 

 c. Perianth tube 'J in. or more 



in length 37. pumila 



'.IS. pseudo- pumila 

 cc. Perianth fnbe 1 in. or les.s 

 in length. 

 D. Ste ni 6 1)1 . r m ore in 

 length . 

 E, Pis. blue, 2}i.irple, 

 riolet, etc. 

 F. iSpathe valines green 

 or 7\early so. 



«. Lvs. linear 39. gracilis 



GG. Lvs. eyisitorm.. AO. Balkana 

 41. biSlora 

 F. Spathe va Ives en- 

 tirely srarinse . . A'2. Ceng-ialti 



EE. Pis. iielloiv 43. virescen8 



44. lutescens 

 DD. .S' / (■ ni '2 in . or I e s s in 

 length. 



E. P'ls. hhie 4). biflora 



EE, /'7.S'. yelloiv 45. Chamseiris 



BB. Pedicel as long as the ovory. 

 c. Sheaths not sj>litling info 



tihers 46. arenaiia 



re. Sheaths splitting into fibers A~. flavissima 

 A \. Tall: lvs. generalli/ more than 

 1 ft. long. 

 1'.. Sleni S-6'headed. 



c. Fls. yellow 48. variegata 



49. flavescens 



