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The Pogoniris Section 
ft I. CHA MAE IRIS 
Bertolini, FI. Ital. III. p. 609 (1837). 
Parlatore, FI. Ital. III. p. 291 (1858). 
Baker in J. L. S. XVI. p. 144 (18 77). 
Hdk. Irid. p. 27 (1892). 
Synonyms. 
/. italica, Pari. Nuov. gen. e spec. p. 37 (1854). 
FI. Ital. III. p. 285 (1858). 
/. pumiln, Linnaeus MS. on specimen (L. S.). 
Vill. Hist. PI. Dauph. II. p. 224 (1787). 
Savi, Bot. Etrusc. II. p. 10 (1815). 
I. lutescens , Lam. Encycl. III. p. 297 (1789). 
/. lutescens, Dclarb. in Red. Lil. V. L 263 (1809). 
/. olbiensis, Hdnon in Ann. Soc. Agr. Lyon VII. p. 462 (1855). 
•Bot. Mag. 6110 (1874). 
/. virescens, Dclarb. in Red. Lil. v. t. 295 (1809). 
I. neglecta, Pari. Nuov. gen. e spec. p. 41 (1854). 
Distribution. The South-East coast of France and the North-West coast of Italy. 
France. Vaucluse : Bonnieux (L^beron), 1864, Mills (K). 
Douches du Rh 6 ne : Aix, 1858, Lortet (K). 
Arles (Mt Majour), 1859, Lortet (K). 
1911, Dykes (HortD). 
1864, Jordan (BM). 
Marseilles, 1877, Porter (K). 
Gard: Nimes, 1857, Boullu (BM). 
Pont du Gard, 18 — (O). 
„ 1836, Munby (K). 
Villeneuve-Les-Avignon, i860, Mill (K). 
Hfrault : Montpellier, 1832 (V). 
„ 1840 (B). 
„ Bois de Lavalette, 1847, Munby (K). 
Balaruc, 1910, Dykes (HortD). 
Beziers, 1854, Martrin (C). 
Var : Hy&res (Domaine du Ceinturon), 1908, Raikes (HortD). 
Mt Coudon, 1909. Raine (HortD). 
Hy&res, 1867, Moggridge (K). 
1872, Mill (K). 
Mt Estlrel, 1911, Brock Hollinshead (HortD). 
Alpes Maritimcs: Villefranche, 1878, Laire (B). 
Nice, 1859, de Coutas (K). 
Italy. Caprazoppa, 18 — , Webb (K). 
Noli, 1867, Joad (K). 
Pisa, 1877, Groves (K), Roberti (B). 
San Giuliano (Pisa), 1880, Groves (K). 
1861, 1878, Groves (E). 
Livorno (Ardenza), 1836, Hort. Pisan. (B). 
[. Switzerland . Sion (Valais), 1871, Favrat (K) (V). 
1885, Wolf (B). 
1890, Petit (B). 
Tourbiilon, 1856-7, Oertel (BM). 
This is I. virescens, Delarb. in Red. l.c. cf. Godr. FI. Fr. III. p. 240. See Observations.] 
Diagnosis. 
/. chantaetris Pogoniris; caulis simplex, 1 — 10 pollicaris ; spathae plerumque uniflorae, valvis sub- 
scariosis, rotundatis ; tubus ovario subaequalis vel duplo longior. 
Description. 
Rootstock, a compact rhizome with crowded shoots. 
Leaves, ensiform, slightly glaucous, 3 — 6 in. by ^ — £ in. at flowering time. 
Stem, 1 — 10 in., bare in the upper part, with one or two reduced leaves attached below the centre; 
one headed. (In very rare cases a lateral 1 -flowered branch may develop.) 
Spathes, 1 — 2 -flowered ; valves green or scarious in the upper third, slightly inflated; one valve 
may be very slightly keeled, i£ — 2 in. long. 
Pedicel, very short. 
Ovary, obscurely trigonal. 
Tube, about 1 in. long. 
Falls. The obovate blade tapers gradually into the wedge-shaped haft, which bears diffuse veins on 
