830 



IRIS 



IRIS 



throat ; iurif r segments larger and broader : style 

 branches very eonvex; crests large. B.M. 7379. Gn. 

 48, p. 8; 50:1089 and p. 333. 



70 Iberica Hoffm. Dwarf, with a large flower: Ivs. 

 J-b m lon^ iiiuu^ %en fahate: stem 3-i in. long; 

 < liter begijjeni i unded c] o^ ite _ m. broad, pale Jirown, 

 tloseh \eui <1 Liid hU t In d with purple-brown and with 

 i shining dark patch on 

 the throat ; inner seg- 

 ments conniveut, pure 

 white, faintly veined, 

 with a few wim-- - red 

 sp its at base. Caucasus 

 and mountains of Ar- 

 menia and Persia. B.M. 

 jS-tT. Gt. 386 and 723. 

 F S. 19:1963. R.H. 1873: 

 ro Gn. 10:49. I.H. 19: 

 lOf) G.C. II. 11:693. F. 

 lS/:i:25. F. M. 1875: 168. 

 -Hardy. 



"7. Susiana, Linn. 

 M lURNiXG Ikis. Fig. 

 III}. Lvs. very glau- 

 ( ous, 6-9 in. long, nearly 

 1 in. broad : outer seg- 

 ments obovate, 3 in. long, 

 brownish purple, veined 

 and spotted with black- 

 lirown, with a brown 

 l)eard ; inner segments 

 brownish white, spotted 

 with violet - l)rown and 

 lilack. Asia Minor and 

 iv-rsia. B.M. 91. F. S. 

 11:1087,1088. R.H. 1859. 

 p. 322, 323. Gn. 32,p. 193 

 and 39: 800. -The best 

 known of this group. 

 Said to have been in- 

 troduced from Constan- 

 tinople in 1753. Name 

 from a city in Persia. 

 Nut entirely hardy 

 North, but a good pot- 

 plant. Var. major, Hort. 

 Bluish, tinted brown. 



78. Gatesii, Foster. 

 Habit and foliage of J. 

 Susiana: outer seg- 

 ni ents orbicular, 3 in . 

 broad, cream - white, 

 ■ sometimes sky-blue, cov- 

 ered with a network of 

 hue veins, giving them a 

 light gray tint ; inner 

 segments larger, pale 

 purple or yellow. Dry 

 regions, Armenia. Gn. 4-3: 897, and 52, pp. 88 and 279". 

 G.C. HI. H:17. A.G. 13:60. -The largest^fld. of its sub- 

 genus. Fls. about twice as large as in J. Siisia)ia. 

 (^uite hardy. 



79. Nazar6na, Hort. {l. Sdrii, vnr. jVazaj-ena , Fost.). 

 Foliage and stem of f. Snsifnia, and fls. as large: outer 

 segments obovate. straw-colored, netted with red and 

 brown veins and blotched with a patch of black-crimson 

 near the claw; beard dark purple, with a bare streak 

 running down the claw; inner segments cream-white, 

 with thin blue veins. Palestine. — Foster described this 

 plant witliout definitely determining its systematic po- 

 sition. It is related to /. Scrll and to /. Bisinarckiaua, 

 and differs from the other members of this section by 

 its long, creeping, stoloniferous ]-hiznme. See Gn. 43, 

 p. 133. I.H. 42, p! 78. Gt. 42. p. 487 and supp. pi. 



80. lupina, Foster. Lvs. 1 ft. Ion-: stemO in. high, with 

 2 lvs. and I fl.: outer segments (tlK>vate-cune!ite, yel- 

 lowish green, with red-brown veins and a velvir-ty dark 

 brown patch on the throat; claw with a yellowish beard; 

 inner segments orl)icular, with a sinirt claw, colored 

 li]<e tli(^ outer ; style crests lar'gp, t(>othed. Tui'kish 

 vVrnieniii, wIiHT-e it is called ''Wolf's Ear," hence the 

 Kpecitii- nanu-. Gn.4:i;897 and 51, p. 59. 



1179. Type of Oncocyclus Iris- 

 Iris Susiana (X .^^). 

 Type of diffusely bearded flower. 



SUBGENUS XIPHION. 



A. Stem 1 ft. or more in. length. 

 B. Tube obsolete. 



c. Lrs. siibterete 81 



cc. Jufs. linear complicate 82. 



BB. Tube more or letf.s developed. 



c. Ijvs. linear complicate 83, Tingritana 



vc. I/V.'^. slender, terete or sub- 

 terete. 

 D. Pedicel IYq. in. lung . . .84. fiUfolia 



i-tri. Pedicel short 85 



80 

 \.A. Sietn- vcrii short or none. 



B. J^rs. acutely quadrangular, 

 rerij short at tJie flowering 



time 87. reticulata 



BB. Lvs. acutely quadrangular, 



much overtopping the fl...SS 

 89, 

 BBB. Lvs. terete or linear suhtercfe. 

 e. J3ulh tunics canposed of 



parallel fibers 90. 



CO. Bulb tunic f<- reticulated . . .91, 



Xiphium 



xiphioides 



, juncea 

 . Boissieri 



. Histrio 

 Vartani 



Bakeriana 

 Kolpakowskiana 



81. Xiphium, Linn, {T. Hispdnica, Hort. /. spectdbi- 

 lis, Spacb). Spanish Ikis. Fig. 1180. Lvs. about 1 ft. 

 long : stem 1-2 ft. high : pedicel long : tube obsolete: 

 outer segments 2-2^2 in. long, violet-purple, yellow in 

 the center; inner segments as long, but narrower. Late 

 June, Spain and N. Afr, B.M, 686, Gn. 20:308 and 30, 

 p, 385, — Long cult, and well known. Hardy in N. J. in 

 protected situations. Vnr. Lusitanica, Ker. (/. Lvsi- 

 tdniea, Hort.). Fls. yellow. B.M. 67!t. 



1180, Iris Xiphium I \ ^.,1. 'Vy]>v of bulbous Iri.s, 



82. xiphioides, Ehrh. (/. Anglica, Hort.). English 

 Ikis. Lvs. about 1 ft.: stem 1-2 ft.: fls. dark violet- 

 puj'ple ill the typical form: outer segments orbicular. 

 vellow in the center; inner segments shorter, oblong. 

 French and Spanish Pyrenees. B.M. 087. Gn. 30, p- 

 3S4; 31:n86. 



