﻿JULY 
  1 
  TO 
  SEPTEMBER 
  30, 
  1910. 
  61 
  

  

  28833 
  to 
  28874 
  — 
  Continued. 
  

  

  28860. 
  Iris 
  sibirica 
  L. 
  

  

  "Compact, 
  tufted; 
  leaves 
  green, 
  not 
  rigid, 
  1 
  to 
  2 
  feet 
  long; 
  stem 
  slender, 
  

   terete, 
  fistulous, 
  much 
  overtopping 
  the 
  leaves, 
  simple 
  or 
  forked, 
  bearing 
  several 
  

   clusters 
  of 
  flowers; 
  limb 
  bright 
  lilac 
  blue; 
  outer 
  segments 
  1| 
  to 
  2 
  inches 
  long, 
  

   with 
  orbicular 
  blade 
  gradually 
  narrowed 
  to 
  a 
  slender 
  claw, 
  veined 
  with 
  bright 
  

   violet, 
  whitish 
  toward 
  the 
  claw; 
  inner 
  segments 
  shorter, 
  erect. 
  The 
  plants 
  

   form 
  large 
  compact 
  clumps 
  producing 
  many 
  long 
  flowering 
  stems 
  from 
  the 
  

   center," 
  {Bailey.) 
  

  

  See 
  Nos. 
  9104 
  and 
  13232 
  for 
  previous 
  introductions. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Throughout 
  central 
  and 
  southern 
  Europe 
  and 
  eastward 
  to 
  

   eastern 
  Siberia. 
  

  

  28861. 
  Iris 
  missouriensis 
  Nutt. 
  (?) 
  

  

  28862. 
  Iris 
  chamaeiris 
  olbiensis 
  (Henon) 
  Baker. 
  

  

  Same 
  as 
  No. 
  28858 
  except 
  "flowers 
  are 
  bright 
  yellow." 
  (Bailey.) 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  Northern 
  Italy 
  and 
  southern 
  France 
  and 
  eastward 
  through 
  

   Dalmatia. 
  

  

  28863. 
  Iris 
  orientalis 
  Miller. 
  

   Variety 
  gigantea. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Asia 
  Minor 
  and 
  Syria, 
  and 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  Samoa. 
  

  

  28864. 
  Iris 
  paradoxa 
  Stev. 
  

  

  "Plants 
  dwarf; 
  leaves 
  linear; 
  flowers 
  large, 
  outer 
  segments 
  reduced 
  to 
  a 
  

   mere 
  claw, 
  dark, 
  covered 
  with 
  pile; 
  inner 
  segments 
  2 
  inches 
  long, 
  orbicular, 
  

   lilac 
  to 
  white. 
  A 
  flower 
  with 
  singular 
  combinations 
  of 
  color. 
  Grows 
  in 
  dry 
  

   situations, 
  but 
  requires 
  shelter 
  in 
  winter." 
  (Bailey.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Dry 
  sandy 
  places 
  in 
  the 
  Transcaucasian 
  region 
  of 
  southern 
  

   Russia 
  and 
  in 
  northern 
  Persia. 
  

  

  28865. 
  Iris 
  prismatica 
  Pursh 
  (?). 
  

  

  28866. 
  Iris 
  ruthenica 
  Dryand. 
  

  

  "Leaves 
  5 
  to 
  12 
  inches 
  long, 
  in 
  crowded 
  tufts; 
  stem 
  slender, 
  3 
  to 
  6 
  inches 
  

   long, 
  but 
  often 
  obsolete; 
  tube 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  ovary; 
  outer 
  segments 
  with 
  

   an 
  oblong 
  blade 
  rather 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  claw, 
  lilac, 
  violet 
  scented. 
  Blooms 
  in 
  

   April 
  and 
  May." 
  (Bailey.) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Eastern 
  Europe 
  and 
  central 
  Asia, 
  extending 
  from 
  Austria 
  

   eastward 
  through 
  Russia 
  and 
  Siberia 
  to 
  eastern 
  China 
  and 
  Mongolia. 
  

  

  28867. 
  Iris 
  setosa 
  Pall. 
  (?) 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Eastern 
  Siberia, 
  Japan, 
  and 
  in 
  northwestern 
  North 
  America. 
  

  

  28868. 
  Iris 
  halophila 
  sogdiana 
  (Bunge) 
  Skeels. 
  

  

  (Iris 
  sogdiana 
  Bunge, 
  Academie 
  de 
  St. 
  Petersbourg, 
  Memoires 
  des 
  

  

  Savants 
  Etrangers, 
  vol. 
  7, 
  p. 
  507, 
  1850-54.) 
  

   (Iris 
  gueldenstaedtiana 
  sogdiana 
  Baker, 
  Irideae, 
  p. 
  14, 
  1892.) 
  

   The 
  name 
  Iris 
  gueldenstaedtiana 
  was 
  published 
  by 
  Lepechin 
  (Acta 
  Academiae 
  

   Petropolitaniae 
  for 
  1781, 
  pt. 
  1, 
  p. 
  292, 
  pi. 
  8) 
  in 
  1784. 
  But 
  Pallas 
  in 
  1773 
  (Reise 
  

   durch 
  Verschiedene 
  Provinzen 
  des 
  Russischen 
  Reichs, 
  vol. 
  2, 
  p. 
  733) 
  had 
  pub- 
  

   lished 
  the 
  name 
  Iris 
  halophila 
  for 
  the 
  same 
  species. 
  The 
  earlier 
  name 
  should 
  

   be 
  used 
  for 
  the 
  species, 
  which 
  necessitates 
  transferring 
  the 
  subspecies 
  published 
  

   by 
  Baker 
  to 
  I. 
  halophila. 
  

  

  Same 
  as 
  No. 
  28857 
  but 
  "with 
  gray-lilac 
  flowers 
  (Bailey)." 
  

   Distribution. 
  — 
  Throughout 
  Asia, 
  from 
  Asia 
  Minor 
  and 
  the 
  Caucasus 
  region 
  

   eastward 
  to 
  Kashmir 
  and 
  Mongolia. 
  

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