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The Apogon Section 
•Reichb. Ic. IX. t 346, f. 373, 374 ( 1 847). 
Koch, Syn. ed. 2, p. 810 (1844). 
Baker, Journ. Linn. Soc. XVI. p. 139 (18 77). 
Handb. Irid. p. 8 (1892). 
Boiss. FI. Or. v. p. 128 (1884). 
•Bot. Tidsskr. 1882, t I. 
Nyman, Consp. p. 702 (1878-82), Suppl. p. 295 (1883-4). 
Richter, PI. Eur. I. p. 256 (1890). 
•Rev. Hort. Belg. 1892, p. 60. 
•Journ. Hort. Soc. XXVIII. f. 130 (2) (1903-4). poor figures. 
•Sturm, Flora, III. i. 
Synonyms. 
I. compressa , Moench, Meth. p. 529 (1794). 
I. sylvatica, Balbis in Rocm and Schult, Sys. Veg. I. 476 (1817). 
I. Adattti, Willd. in Link, Jahrb. I. iii. 72 (1843). 
I. suavis, Salisb. Prod. p. 44 (1796). 
/. graminea latifolia, Spach, Hist. Phan. XIII. 30 (1846). 
Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. XVI. 139 (1877). 
I. bay 0 miens is, Darracq, Not 485 (1846). 
„ in Gren. and Godr. FI. Fr. III. 243 (1855). 
I. laniprophylla , Lange, Bot. Tidsskr. XIII. 17, t. 1 (1882) (=/. nikitensis Lange, ibid.). 
I. inodora, Spach, Hist. Phan. XIII. 31 (1846). 
Baker, Journ. Linn. Soc. XVI. 139 (1877). 
Lynch, Bk. of Iris, p. 74 (1904). 
I. graminea var. pscudocy perns. Beck, Ann. Wien. Hofm. V. 573 [59] (1890). 
I. pseudocypcnis, Schur, Enum. PI. Trans, p. 657 (1866). 
Borbas, BZ. 1877, p. 473. 
Baker, Handb. Irid. p. 9 (1892). 
(/. gseudograminea, Schur in Index Kew., is probably an error arising from confusion of the two words 
pseudocyperus and graminea in Schur’s text.) 
I. graminea silvatica, Richter, PI. Eur. I. p. 256 (1890). 
Lynch, Bk. of Iris, p. 74 (1904). 
Xiphium gramineum, Schrank, Flora, VII. 1824, 2, Beibl. 17. 
Euxiphion gramineum, Alef. BZ. XXI. 1863, p. 296. 
Xyridion gramineum, Klatt, BZ. XXX. 1872, p. 500. 
Distribution. Central and Southern Europe and eastward to the Caucasus. 
Bayonne, 1847, Darracq (K). 
Valine de Labarthe (St Bertrand), 1838, Munby (K). 
St Hilaire (Limoux), 1825, Petit (K), 1829 (BM). 
Pamplona, 1850, Willkomm (V). 
Piedmont (Roasenda), 1862, Malinverni (E). 
Mte Giorgia (Ticino), 1865, Muret et Favrat (K). 
Val Vestino (S. Tyrol), 1869, Porta (BM). 
Lake Como, 1865, Bumat (V). 
Etruria (Florence La Traversa), 1906, Pampanini (K) (E). 
S. Lorenzo near Vittorio, 1898, Pampanini (E). 
Herkulesbad (Hungary), 1907, Schneider (BM) (V). 
Monte Maggiore, Schultz (BM). 
Banat, 1841, Heuffel (K). 
Carinthia (Ebenthal), 1893, Krebs (E). 
Camiola (Reka valley), Paulin (BM). 
Herzegovina, 1858, Zohrab (K). 
Styria (Cilli), i860, Reichardt (V). 
Croatia (Fiume), 1870, Pichler (K). 
Belgrade, Friedrich (V). 
Zajecar, 1896, Adamovic (V). 
Caucasus, Radde (K) (E). 
Sylvatica, Balbis (Hb. Roem) (BM). Bayonnensis, Darracq (K). Nikitensis, Lange (K). 
Boissier (FI. Or. v. 128) records a specimen gathered by Heldreich in Cephalonia, but mentions no other 
instances of the occurrence of the plant in Greece. Indeed, he expressly says that Macedonian and 
Thracian specimens are always /. Sintenisii and not I. graminea. The same applies to the Calabrian 
specimens (1816, Thomas (K), 1839, Gussone (BM)), both of which are I. Sintenisii. 
Diagnosis. 
I. graminea Apogon ; I. spuriae affinis sed canle ancipiti, monocephalo, foliis supra nitidis multo 
breviore, tubo brevissimo, capsula truncata nec rostrata differt. Flos prunum redolet. 
Description. 
Rootstock, a slender, branching rhizome, of the spuria character, forming dense mats. 
Leaves, ensiform, but sometimes so narrow as to be almost linear, thin and hard, with several 
prominent ribs, the upper surface bright green and polished, the under of a paler glaucous green. 
$ — 1 in. by 15—36 in. 
