The Apogon Section 
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Distribution. Asia Minor. 
Mt Ida. near Kareikos, 1883. Sintenis (K) (BM) (E) (B). 
Armenia Turcica (Sipikor Dagh), 1889. Sintenis (K) (B) (V). 
Amasia (Abadsihi Dagh), 1890. Bommuller (K). 
Paphlagonia. Wilajet Kastambuli (Tossia Jiaur Dagh), 1892, Sintenis (O) (K) (BM) (B) 
Akdagh (N. of the Halys), 1902, Gransault (E). 1 
Diagnosis. 
I. Kerncriana Apogon ; /. sfuriae similis sed foliis laxioribus, caul, tenuiore monocephalo. floribus 
luteis differt. Ab /. Sintenisn spatharum valvis rotundatis nec carinatis et segmentorum forma differt. 
Description. 
Rootstock, a slender rhizome, about as thick as a goose’s quill. 
Leaves, ensiform, about 18 in. long by ±— £ in. wide, pale yellowish green, finely ribbed, produced 
in thick clusters. 
Stem, 6—12 in., wholly hidden by sheathing leaves, with a terminal head of two flowers, internodes 
sometimes bare, sometimes concealed. 
Spat he valves, 3 in. long, slightly keeled, somewhat ventricose, pointed, green, scarious at the tip 
and upper edge. 
Pedicel, about an inch long. 
Ovary, as in /. spuria, with three double ridges, £ in. long, with a narrow neck. 
Tube, funnel-shaped, £ in. long, with many ridges. 
Falls. The broadly lanceolate blade has a wavy edge and is separated from the narrow haft by 
an extremely slight constriction. The colour of the blade is a rich yellow with a paler margin ; the haft 
is also of a paler yellow, and the central ridge is very slightly raised. 2£ in. long by J in. broad. 
Standards, linear lanceolate, deeply emarginate, with a wavy edge, tending to twist spirally, yellow. 
Styles, much arched longitudinally and pressing close down on to the haft of the fall. 
Crests, small, triangular, much recurved. 
Stigma, bilobed, with two triangular teeth. 
Filaments , expanding at the base. 
Anthers, 
Pollen, 
Capsule, resembles that of /. spuria, being hexagonal, by reason of the three double ridges. 
Seeds, 
Observations. 
This species is distinguished from the other members of its group by the less rigid leaves, more 
membranous and scarious spathes, and by the lanceolate blade and narrow haft of the falls. 
It probably comes nearest to I. Sintenisii, but, as far as can be seen from dried specimens, the 
spathe valves are not sharply keeled. 
/. SONGARICA 
Schrenk, Enum. PI. nov. 1. p. 3 (1841). 
Maxim, in Bull. Acad. P£t. xxvi. p. 510 (1880). 
M£l. Biol. x. p. 510 (1880). 
Baker in J. L. S. XVI. p. 138 (1877). 
Hdk. Irid. p. 5 (1892). 
Boiss. FI. Or. V. p. 126 (1884). 
Synonym. 
Iris oxygetala, Meyer (fide Klatt, Linn. XXXIV. p. 614, 1866). 
Ioniris songarica, Klatt in BZ. XXX. p. 5 ° 2 (1872). 
Distribution. From Persia to Western China. 
Persia. Kaswin near Kischlak, 1902, Bommiiller (B). 
Kerman; Mt Kuh-i-Dschupar, 1892, Bornmiiller (B) (V) (K) (BM). 
Media ; Echatanensi, 1882, Pichler (Exped. Polak) (V). 
Askabad, 1886, Kye (B). 
Askabad , between Annaja and Gjaurs, 1900, Sintenis (K) (BM) (V) (B) (E). 
Ispahan to Kerman, 1859, Bunge (K). 
Luristan, 1884, Bell (K). 
Turkestan. Bokhara; Kermine, 1887, Regel (B) (V). 
Between Karatschoki and Tschingildy, 1880, Regel (BM) (K) (B) (V). 
Turkestan, 1878, Fetissow (BM) (V). 
Afghanistan. Hari-rud Valley and Kushk River, 1884-85, Aitchison (K) (BM) (B). 
Afghanistan, 1852, Griffith (K). 
Beluchisfan. No locality given, 1851. Stocks (no. 982) (K) (C). 
„ „ 1 89 1, Cleghorn (BM). 
„ 1888, Hance (K). 
Thibet. Batang ; Tonglado, 1904, Souli6 (P). 
Between Batang and Lhasa, 19 — , Prince H. d Orleans (P). 
