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The Pogoniris Section 
Var. sicula, Baker in J. L. S. XVI. p. 146 (1877)- 
Synonym. 
I. siatla, Tod. Nuov. gen. e Spe. p. 7 (1858). 
An extract from a letter from Todaro in Foster’s MSS. says that this Iris is very common in 
Sicily but is found also in Pantellaria, Trapani, Lescara and Sardinia, and that it is distinguished 
from I. germanica and I. fiorentina by the fact that it loses its leaves when these retain them. This 
fact, combined with Todaro's statement in his original description that the spathes are only scarious 
at the apex and margin, points to a hybrid origin of the plant. 
1 XI. Cengialti 
Ambrosi, FI. Tirol. Merid. I. p. 643 (1854). 
Foster in Gard. Chron. 1886, I. p. 555. 
Synonyms. 
Var. illyrica. 
/. illyrica , Tommasini, Veg. Veglia in Cubich, Nat. e storia Veglia, pp. 63, 81 (1875). 
Visiani, FI. dalm. Suppl. alt. p. 53 (1877). 
Fiori e Paoletti, FI. anal. Ital. I. p. 224 (1896). 
I. pallida, Lam. var. dalmatica, Pampanini in Bull. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1908, p. 137. 
[This seems to be the same as the var. illyrica to judge by the locality in which it was found and 
by the small, globose capsule on which Pampanini insists. It is not the Iris pallida dalmatica 
of our gardens, which is a large pallida with pale lilac flowers of much substance closely set 
on a stout stem.] 
DISTRIBUTION. From the neighbourhood of the Lago di Garda to the north-eastern shores of the Adriatic. 
Monte Cengialti near Roveredo, 1867, Porta (BM). 
1871, Porta (B) (K). 
1872, Porta (V). 
1894, Porta (B) (BM). 
1906, Porta (K) (E). 
Gargnano, 1872, Porta (K) (V). 
Monte Baldo (near the lake of Loppio), 1884, Foster (HortD). 
Monte Brione, 1881, Porta (B). 
Val Lagarino, 1869, Porta (B) (BM). 
Lippiza (Trieste), 1837, Hb. Bentham (K). 
Karst, 1839. Tommasini (K) (C) (V). 
Carniolia; Reka Valley, Mt Vremscica, 19—, Paulin, no. 607 (BM). 
Isl. Veglia (Quamero). 1869, Smith (K). 
Croatia; Zengg, 1911, Rothschild (HortD). 
Veljun, 1911, Dobiasch (HortD). 
Diagnosis. 
1. Cengialti Pogoniris ; I. pallidae similis sed nana ; semina ovalia vel pyriformia nec compressa. 
Description. 
Rootstock , a compact somewhat slender rhizome. 
Leaves, ensiform, acuminate, of a somewhat dark only slightly glaucous green ; the outer leaves of 
a tuft are usually somewhat falcate. 
Stem, about 12 in. high, the inflorescence being that of I. germanica (Fig. 21, p. 163). 
Spat/ie valves, distinctly scarious while the plant is still in bud, but not silvery white like those of 
/. pallida. They are distinctly brown scarious as in the case of I. germanica. At the base there is 
often a purple transverse line. 1 — 1£ long. 
Pedicel, none or only ^ in. 
Ovary, about equal to the tube in length, bright green, very distinctly six-grooved. 
Tube, about $ in., mottled and marked with purplish stripes on a brownish-green ground. 
Falls , broadly obovate cuneate of a uniform blue-purple colour, the blade being much longer than 
the haft, which is veined with brown purple on a grey-white ground. The broad beard is composed 
of short thick white hairs tipped with orange, always at the base and usually in front also. 
Standards, obovate with a short canaliculate haft. The blade is of a fine blue purple, of a slightly 
lighter shade than the falls. The haft is veined with red purple on white. The presence or absence 
of hairs on the haft does not appear to be constant. 
Styles, lighter than the rest of the flower, keeled. 
Crests, very finely dentate, the teeth being so fine as to be hardly visible, small. 
Stigma, with a nearly straight horizontal edge. 
Filaments, nearly twice as long as the anthers. 
Anthers, small cream. 
Pollen, cream. 
