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(2) Stem 4 — 8 in. long, bearing sheathing leaves or short bracts ; tube 
1} — 2 in. long; spathes 1 i — 3^ in. long, navicular. 1 . subbtflora (p. 145), 
(3) Stem 4 — 8 in. long, bearing sheathing leaves ; tube as in I. pumila but 
spathes rather broader and yet not navicular. I. pseudoputnila (p. 
N.B. This is probably to be considered as synonymous with I. subbiflora, see p. 141. 
(4) Stem 2 — 10 in. long, always visible for part of its length ; tube not 
much more than twice as long as the ovary; spathes shorter than in the pre- 
ceding species. I. chamaeiris (p. 148). 
II. Spathes acutely keeled. 
(1) Tube 2 in. or more long; spathes 2 — 3 in. long, narrow, tapering to 
a point above. /. mellita (p. 149). 
(2) Tube 1 — 14 in. long; spathes 1$ — 2 in. long, navicular. I. Reichenbachii (p. 151). 
it I. PUMILA 
(Plate XXXII) 
Linn. Spec. PI. ed. 1. p. 38 (1753). 
•Jacquin, FI. Austr. I. t. 1 (1773). 
•Bot Mag. t 9 (1787), t. 1209 (1809), t. 1261 (1810). 
•Red. Lil. v. t 261, 262 (1809). 
Host, FI. Austr. I. p. 46 (1827). 
•Reichb. Icon. CCCXXVII. figs. 752, 753, and CCCXXVIII. figs. 754, 755 (1847). 
•Trans. Russ. Hort. Soc. t. 103, fig. 2 (1862). 
Baker in J. L. S. XVI. p. 143 (1877). 
Hdk. Irid. p. 26 (1892). 
Boiss. FI. Or. V. p. 133 (1884). 
•Revue Horticole, 1903, p. 132. 
Synonyms. 
•/. violacca. Sweet, Hort. Brit. ed. I. p. 393 (1826). 
•/. taurica , Lodd. Bot. Cat no. 1506 (1829). 
•/. Clusiana, Reichb. Icon. CCCXXVIII. fig. 754 (1847). 
[This is stated in the text to be wrongly named ; the figure represents I. tristis Reichb.] 
/. coerulea, Spach, Hist. Wg. Phan. XIII. p. 50 (1846). 
•/. tristis, Reichb. Icon. IX. p. 3 (1847). 
/. attica, Boiss. et Held, in Boiss. Diagn. pi. Or. ser. 2, IV. p. 91 (1859). 
•Regel, Gartenfl. p. 343. t. 377, fig. 2 (1862). 
I. stenoloba, A. DC. ex Baker in J. L. S. XVI. p. 143 (1877). 
/. aequiloba, Ledeb. FI. Ross. IV. p. 104 (1853), from Ledeb. Ind. Sem. Hort Dorpat, 1823, p. 4. 
/. transsilvanica, Schur in Verh. Siebenb. Ver. Naturwiss IV. Anhang, p. 73 (1853). 
Distribution. 
Austria. Modling, 1804, Gebhard (B). 
18—, Leithner (V) (BM). 
Geisberg, 1838, Kovdts (B). 
1910, Wagner (HortD). 
Bisamberg, 1890. Richter (B) (V). 
1900, Krebs (E). 
Kreuzberg (Vienna), 1878, Braun (V). 
Hundskogel and Sattelkogel, near Giesshiibel, 1897, Dorfler (E) (BM). 
Sattelkogel, 1895, Krebs (E). 
Nikolsburg (Pollauer Gebirge), 1907, Petrak (E). 
1868, Niesch (V). 
Sokolnitz, 18 — , Hb. Auerswald (BM). 
Hungary. Ofen and Blocksberg (Budapest), 1872 and 1875, Richter (V) (K) (O) (BM) (B). 
Wolfsthal (near Ofen), 1881, Steinitz (B). 
Mt Melcghegy (S.E. from Budapest), 1871, Tauscher (V). 
Pest, 1879, Tauscher (V). 
Hermannsdorf, 18 — , Schur (V). 
1851, Andra (B). 
Miihlbach, 1872, Csato (B). 
Langenthal, 1881, Barth (V). 
1903, Barth (B). 
Nagy-enyed, 1885, Csato (B). 
1878, Csato (V). 
Klausenberg, 18—, Wolff (V). 
Dobrudja. Tulscha, 1872. Sintenis (B). 
Malkody, 1872, Sintenis (K). 
