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The Apogon Section 
Algiers, 1837, Bov6 (B). 
1839, Bov£ (V). 
1832, Schimper (K) (V). 
Bouzariat, 1840, Durien de Maisonneuve (B). 
Constantine; Djebel-el-Ouach, 1856, Choulette (BM) (B). 
Greece. Attica, Mt Pentelicon, 1844, Heldreich (O) (B) (K) (E) (BM). 
Deceleia, 1882, Holzmann (B). 
Athens, 1843-44, Heldreich (E) (V). 
Cephissus, 1844, Heldreich (V). 
Euboea, Karystos and Stura, 1887, Oertzen (B). 
Kumi, 1862, 1864, Wourlisch (B). 
Petalioi Isl., 1883, Munster (B). 
Aetolia, Missolonghi, 1879, Nieder (B). 
Moraea, Navarino, 1837, Hb. Knuth (B). 
Kalamata, 1896, Zahn (B) (K) (BM). 
Mt Voidias (Patras), 1861, Heldreich (B). 
Mt Taygetus, 1875 (B). 
Epidaurus, 1893, Heldreich (B). 
Malevo, 1857, Orphanides (K) (V) (B) (BM). 
Olympia, 1887, Weil (B). 
Argos, 1875 (B). 
Thessaly, Litochori, 1870, Kruger (B). 
Corfu, 1862, J. S. Mill (K). 
Cephalonia, 1907, Metaxa (HortD). 
Rhodes, 1875, Heldreich (C). 
1845, Heldreich (B) (V) (E). 
1854, Hedenburg (V). 
Crete, 1841, Sieber (B) (K) (V). 
Mt Lasithi, 1846, Heldreich (K). 
18 — , Janka (V). 
Mt Cavoutsi, 1846, Heldreich (BM). 
Asia Minor. Lycia, 1841, Forbes (K). 
Caria, 1843, Pinard (V) (BM). 
Smyrna, 1893, Whittal (K). 
Northern Syria. Beilan, 1865, Haussknecht (B) (V). 
1893, Post (BM). 
Alexandretta, 1888, Sintenis (B) (V) (K). 
Diagnosis. 
I. unguicularis Apogon ; rhizoma dense caespitosum ; folia linearia ; canlis raro manifestus ; spathae 
membranaceae, tubo breviores ; tubus filiformis, longissimus ; styli rami umbonibus minutis aureis sparsi ; 
filamenta et antherae stylo leviter adhaerent. 
Description. 
Rootstock , a short compact rhizome with crowded tufts ; the old root fibres become very tough and wiry. 
Leaves , about six to a tuft, bright green, linear, firm, erect or drooping in the upper third, becoming 
18 — 24 inches long or even longer by ^ — £ in. broad. 
Stem, usually undeveloped and very short but two or more flowers are produced in succession 
from the same part of the rhizome and between the same pair of clasping bract-like leaves ; sometimes 
1 — 3 in. long. 
Spathe valves , linear, membranous, 4 — 6 in. long, scarious at the tip only, not reaching the top 
of the tube. The outer valve is usually distinctly keeled, and both shorter and greener than the inner. 
Pedicel , very short, about an inch or less. 
Ovary , about an inch, rounded trigonal or cylindrical. 
Tube , 4 — 9 inches in length, slender, much rounded trigonal. 
Falls. The cuneate haft expands more or less suddenly into a broadly obovate blade, of nearly 
the same length as the haft. At the base the haft is yellowish for about one inch, above which the 
yellow gives place on either side to a white ground with conspicuous purple veins. The yellow central 
band with three parallel veins is continued on to the blade, where it is flanked by patches of white 
or cream ground colour with conspicuous purple veins ; beyond this area the blade becomes a uniform 
lavender purple with fine inconspicuous deeper veins. The white-flowered varieties have a central 
band of greenish yellow on the haft, which becomes orange on the blade. 
Standards. For nearly an inch the haft is very canaliculate and then suddenly opens out and 
is of a reddish-brown colour or thickly veined with reddish brown on a yellowish ground. This 
colouration continues for an inch and the haft then suddenly expands into a broadly obovate blade 
of lavender or lilac. 
Styles. The pale purplish styles are covered with curious processes which give them the appearance 
of being covered with gold dust. (See Observations.) 
Crests , long, narrow, more or less deeply laciniated. 
Stigma, small, oblong. 
