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FLORA AND SYLVA 
NEW BULBOUS IRISES— I. WAR- 
LEYENSIS, AND I. BUCHARICA.* 
Mr. Moon's coloured drawing gives a 
good idea of these new plants — that 
with purple flowers /. wa?^Ieye72sis^ the 
other /. l?ucharica. Both were found 
on the banks of the Sureh-ab, a tribu- 
tary of the Amu Darya, in the region of 
Bokhara, and at an elevation of 5,000 to 
6,000 feet. They belong to the yu7io 
group of bulbous Irises, though dis- 
tinguished from other bulbous kinds 
by having small, spreading, and some- 
times reflexed standards, of the char- 
acter shown by /. warleyeiisis in the 
plate, which has one such projecting 
horizontally below the falls on either 
side of the flower. The Jimo Irises 
are either tall — with a stem from i to 
2 feet high, dwarf — measuring 3 to 6 
inches, or even stemless to all appear- 
ance, no stalk showing above ground. 
These two kinds belong to the tall 
group, of which they are the only ones 
bearing falls with wingless claws which 
expand suddenly into a deflexed blade. 
They are closely allied to one another 
and also to /. orchioides (a plant from 
the same region)^ but they differ from 
it in having leaves with a horny margin, 
unknown in that species save in the 
variety coerulea^^N\i\Qk\ comes very near 
/. warleyejisis. 
Culture. — In a broad sense these 
may be classed as varieties of Iris orchi- 
oides^ a plant I have had no difficulty 
in growing in an ordinary bed, or better 
in a narrow border at the foot of a 
south wall. These new species I should 
plant in some such position, and when 
at rest cover them with a glass-light to 
ward ofl" rain. Any good, well-drained 
soil is suitable, especially if containing 
some grit and a little lime. /. warley- 
e/2sislh2ive seen with Sir Michael Foster 
in an open bed, protected by surround- 
ing shrubs. 
/. ivarleycnsis. — To the falls are due the great beauty 
of this flower ; they have a pale-violet strap-shaped claw 
with wavy edges, which broadens suddenly into a nearly 
round blade of rich purple with a white margin and a 
bright orange crest, surrounded by a zone of the same 
colour. In this there is however some variation, the 
white and the orange being sometimes inconspicuous or 
absent. The violet standards are less showy and some- 
what variable in shape, but always pointed, with an ex- 
pansion just beneath. The style-arms are violet on the 
upper surface, paler below ; the crests long and of the 
same colour, with waved and toothed margins. 
/. bucliarica. — A beautiful plant coming very near /. 
orchioides^ but smaller, shorter, and more slender, with 
stems 12 to 18 inches high, and 6 or 7 leaves which are 
shorter, less gradually tapering, and more distinctly 
striated on the under surface. The flowers also are 
sessile or nearly so, instead of being stalked as in orchi- 
oides. The falls have a pure-white strap-shaped claw, and 
a rich golden blade with a long crest occupying the 
hinder two-thirds, and reaching down the claw as an 
inconspicuous ridge. Spreading from the crest or parallel 
with it are sometimes a few dark purple marks, but this 
feature is variable. The standards are pure white, the 
claw channelled, expanding into a flat blade. 
Cambridge. R. IRWIN LYNCH. 
THE ROSEMARY {Rosmarinus). 
The Rosemary forms part of the great family 
of lipped-flowers [Labiatce), and derives its 
Latin name from two words which may be 
freely translated "sea-spray." The Greeks 
called it Libanotisfrom//(^(2«oj- — incense: Pliny 
in book 24, chap. 11, says "The Rosemary 
breathes of incense." Gaspard Bauhin in his 
" Pinax" recalls many names under which the 
plant was known to early botanists: — Rosmari- 
nus Iiortensis, Kosmarinum coronarium, Cneorum, 
Libanotis coronaria. Casta nigra, Hyssopus, and 
Hebraorum. Its present name of Rosmarinus 
officinalis was given by Linnsus. 
Many of the primitive Linnean types cover 
a vast area and exhibit local races or variations 
of which the interest and garden value is little 
understood. The Rosemary is no exception 
to this rule. In Europe it covers Southern 
France, Spain and Portugal, Italy, Dalmatia, 
Greece, Turkey, and many of the adjacent 
islands. In France it loves the rocky hill-sides 
* With a coloured plate from a drawing by the late H. G. Moon. 
