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The Apogon Section 
Distribution. France, always near the sea. 
Lamarck's specimen (P) is labelled maritivia but no locality is given. 
Balaruc (litang de Thau). 1817 (K). 
Perpignan, 1825, Petit (K) (BM). 
Portiragnes (H^rault), 1878, Neyra (K). 
La Rochelle, 1850, Lloyd (C). 
Lu$on (Vendee), i860. Letourneux (C) (BM). 
Fouras (Rochefort), 1850, Hubert (K) (V). 
lie Madame (Rochefort), 1878, Guillon (K). 
Montpellier, 1852, Godron (K). 
1837, Heldreich (V). 
Hyeres, 1861 Huet et Jacquin (K) (V) (C) (BM) (B). 
1911, Dykes (HortD). 
Corsica, 1868, Dieck (K). 
Diagnosis. 
I. spuna Apogon ; folia lineari-ensiformia, foetida ; cau/is foliis subaequalis, foliosus, ramis erectis 
nec patentibus ; segmcnta exteriora panduriformia ; capsula rostrata, triquetra, costis angularibus duplicatis ; 
semina cortice chartaceo. 
Description. 
Rootstock , a somewhat slender, hard rhizome, which remains clothed with the bases of old leaves, 
which, however, do not split readily into fibres. 
Leaves , upright, stiff, ribbed, dark-green, subglaucescent, linear-ensiform, tapering gradually to an 
acute point, £ — fin. by 12 in. at flowering time, but growing longer subsequently. 
Stem, about 10 — 12 in., round, sheathed in 3 or 4 reduced leaves, which entirely hide the internodes 
and bearing a terminal head of two flowers and sometimes one or two lateral spicate heads, each of a 
single flower. 
Spathe valves, firm, green, somewhat inflated, lanceolate, remaining green long after the flowers are 
over, the outer valve alone being slightly keeled. £ in. by 2^ in. 
Pedicel, about 1 in. in length. 
Ovary, £ — £ in. long, with 6 ribs arranged in 3 pairs, and a tapering neck, which is similarly ribbed. 
Tube, broad, under £ in. Jong. 
Falls. The lanceolate haft is separated by a distinct constriction from the almost orbicular blade, 
which is about half as long as the haft. At the base the colour is due to red purple veins on a white 
ground ; on the blade these veins become a deep blue purple, and the ground-work is of a slightly paler 
shade of the same colour. The central ridge is greenish yellow with faint purple dots. 
Standards, slightly shorter than the falls, oblanceolate-unguiculate, of a deep violet-blue colour, slightly 
edged with yellow in the lower part. 
Styles, narrow oblong. 
Crests, small, triangular or subquadrate. 
Stigma, bifid, with two distinct points. 
Filaments, broad, dark purple. 
Anthers, purple, edged with yellow. 
Pollen, orange. 
Capsule, oblong, beaked, with a double ridge at each angle, 1 — 2 in. long. 
Seeds, brown, smooth, more or less cubical, enveloped in a loose, dark, papery covering. 
I a. I. spuria var. hispattica. 
This only differs from typical I. maritivia in that the stem-leaves are about equal in length to or slightly shorter 
than the internodes of the stem. The specimens, already mentioned, from Vias near Agde (Hdrault), seem to agree 
more closely with the Spanish plants than with the Hy&res plant. 
Foster, apparently (MS), had a creamy white flowered variety together with the usual purple form from Vicalbaro 
near Madrid. 
Distribution. Spain and South Western France. 
Madrid (Cienpozuelos), 1855, Graells (K) (BM) (C). 
Pamplona, 1850, Willkomm (K) (BM). 
Albacete near Balazote and La Venta del Jardin, 1890, Porta et Rigo (K). 
Vias (near Agde). 1910, Denis (HortD). 
I /9. I. spuria var. Reichenbachiana. 
Synonym. 
/. Reichenbachiana, Klatt in Linnaea, XXXIV. p. 613 (1866). 
This appears to be intermediate between the varieties maritivia and subbarbata. It is of stronger growth than 
the former but, although, in some specimens, the stem-leaves are shortened and leave much of the internodes exposed, 
yet they are much longer than those of the Austrian subbarbata. It is possible that the varieties hispanica and 
Reithenbachiana would prove to be identical, if specimens could be obtained and cultivated side by side, and the 
arrangement of names here put forward is admittedly provisional. 
