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The Evansia Section 
Observations. 
This Iris was named by Foster after Frank Miles, who introduced it into cultivation about 1880 
from seeds collected by his cousin in Kulu. Some of these seeds were sent to Max Leichtlin and it 
was from him that Foster obtained the plants which he eventually described in the Gardeners' Chronicle. 
A later manuscript note makes it quite clear that the Manipur plant seemed to Foster to be merely 
/. Milesii and this is supported by the type of Baker's I. Waltii (K), which is obviously I. Milesii. 
Baker’s description of his species exactly fits the latter except for the apparent absence of crest, which 
is not easy to distinguish even in very carefully dried specimens. 
From the decorative point of view this is distinctly a disappointing Iris. The foliage is bolder and 
more vigorous than that of nearly any other species and the much branched stem excites the curiosity 
of those who have not seen the flowers. These however are somewhat insignificant, for they are small, 
fugitive, and of a colour that is not altogether pleasing. It would seem to have possibilities for the 
hybridiser but, unfortunately, though self-fertilised flowers set abundant seed, pollen of other species 
seems hitherto to have had no effect. If the flowers of I. tectorum could be combined with the habit 
of I. Milesii , the result would be really valuable. 
There is said to be a variety superba with much finer flowers than the type but I have never so 
far met with a specimen worthy of the name. Seedlings have shown very little, if any, variation. 
I. Milesii is in many respects intermediate between I. tectorum and I. japonica. In the branching 
stem, the small fugitive flowers and the ring-like scars on the greenish rhizome, it closely resembles 
I. japonica , from which however it differs, in common with /. tectorum , in not being stoloniferous and in 
the deciduous character of the leaves. Autumn frosts that leave the foliage of I. japonica untouched, soon 
destroy that of I. Milesii. 
Cultivation is comparatively easy and the directions apply that are given under the Observations 
on I. tectorum. 
t XI. TECTORUM 
(Plate XXIV) 
Maximowicz in Bull. Acad. P^tersb. xv. p. 380 (1871). 
M<H. Biol. VII. p. 563 (1870). 
x. p. 736 (1880). 
•Regel, Gartenflora XXI. p. 65, t. 716 (1872). 
•Bot. Mag. t. 6118 (1874). 
Baker in Gard. Chron. 1876, II. p. 37, fig. 11. 
Hdk. Irid. p. 23 (1892). 
Franch. et Savat. Enum. PI. Jap. II. p. 41 (1879). 
Franch. Plant. David. I. p. 297 (1884). 
■Flore des Serres, t. 2282 (1877). 
Synonyms. 
I. chinensis, Bunge, Enum. PI. Chin. Bor. p. 64 (1834), non Curt. [cf. Maxim. M£l. Biol. X. 736]. 
[N.B. I have been unable to satisfy myself that Maximowicz was right in this determination.] 
I. crislata, Miq. in Ann. Mus. Lug. Bat. III. p. 141 (1867). 
Miq. Prol. FI. Jap. p. 305 (1867), non Soland [cf. specimen (K)]. 
I. fimbriata, Klatt in Linnaea xxxiv. p. 619 (1866). 
[quoad syn. /. chinensis, Bunge ; see also I. chinensis, supra.] 
I. tomiolopha , Hance in Journ. Bot. X. p. 229 (1872). 
I. Rosthornii, Diels in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. XXIX. p. 261 (1901). 
[cf. specimen (B).] 
I. germanica , *Somoku Zusetsu, II. no. 2 (Japon. ichi-hatsu). 
DISTRIBUTION. Central and South-Western China and possibly also in Northern Burma. 
[N.B. This Iris has probably been cultivated in China for centuries and it is impossible to say 
whether it is only an introduction into Japan and Burma. Specimens from this latter locality 
were obtained by the Calcutta Botanical Garden a few years ago and distributed under the 
name of /. ncpalensis Don. Those that I received proved to be identical with I. tectorum as 
also did those that were grown at Kew.] 
Chekiang. Tientai, 1891, Faber (B). 
Shensi. 1895-97, Giraldi, nos. 6678, 6687 — 6690 (B). 
Hupeh. Ichang, 1885-88, Henry, no. 3781 (B) (K), no. 3970 (BM) (K). 
Changlo, 1 888, Henry, no. 6330 (K). 
South Wushan, 1900, Wilson, no. 640 (B). 
Nanto, 1900, Wilson, no. 486 (B). 
Yunnan. 18 — , Henry, no. 11821 A (E). 
Yunnansen, 1906, Maire (E). 
N. W. Yunnan; Lang-Kung, Hoching and Lichiang Valleys, 1906, Forrest, no. 2094 (K). 
Mengtze, 18—, Henry, no. 9117 (K). 
Szechuan. Nanch’uan, 1891, Rosthom, no. 2403 (B). [This is the type of Diels’ I. Rosthornii.'] 
