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The Pogoniris Section 
V. The Pogoniris of Syria and Asia Minor . 
The plants that form this group seem to be closely related to one another, and all with the 
possible exception of /. Junotiia have been found in localities in which they were probably importations 
or escapes from cultivation. Allusion has already been made to the difficulties that surround them 
(see p. 155). All have tall much-branched stems and flower a month or more later than I. gernianica. 
I. Leaves short and not growing to any extent till winter is over. 
II. Leaves much taller and beginning to grow in the autumn. 
(1) Spathes long, narrow and persistently green except at the edge and 
extreme tip. 
(2) Spathes half green, half scarious, flushed with purple at the edge, of a 
distinctly narrow oval shape. 
(3) Spathes broad, somewhat acuminate and membranous ; only scarious in 
the upper third. 
(4) Spathes very navicular, the outer valve almost wholly scarious, the inner 
less so. Stem very long but not always erect The falls wedge- 
shaped with almost straight not rounded sides, so that the extremity 
is the broadest point. Leaves glaucous, narrow, upright. 
/. Junonia (p. 174). 
I. Biliotti (p. 175). 
/. trojana (p. 175). 
I. mesopot arnica (p. 176). 
/. cypriana (p. 177). 
t /. Junonia 
Schott and Kotschy ex Schott in OBZ. (1854) p. 209. 
Distribution. The plant was first discovered on the Cilician Taurus and it was from there that it has 
recently been introduced into cultivation. The statement (Siehe MS.) that it is found on all graves over 
Cilicia, is probably based on a confusion of I. Junonia with /. mcsopotamica. 
Paphlagonia ; Kastambuli, 1892, Sintenis, no. 3926(B). 
Diagnosis. 
/. Junonia Pogoniris ; I. pallidae haud dissimilis sed folia paullo angustiora, breviora, spathae parte 
superiore tantum scariosae ; seniina pyriformia nec compressa. 
Description. 
Rootstock, a compact, stout rhizome. 
Leaves , short in comparison with the stem, 12 — 14 in. by if at the widest point which is about the 
middle, glaucous. 
Stem, about 20 — 24 in., bearing a terminal head of two flowers and four lateral branches, the 
lowest 3^ in. long and the uppermost very short 
Spathe valves , pale-green, scarious in the upper £ or i| in. long. 
Pedicel, none. 
Ovary , trigonal, with concave sides. 
Tube, 1 in. long, green, becoming broader above. 
Falls, obovate cuneate ; the ground of the haft is white, coarsely veined with yellow-brown. The 
blade is of a light blue purple, suffused with a redder shade just beyond the end of the beard, which 
consists of white hairs tipped with orange. 3^ in. by if in. 
Standards, obovate unguiculate with a short, channelled haft spotted with red-brown on white. The 
blade is of a pale lavender blue and the sides are much reflexed laterally. 
Styles, broad, almost white, slightly shaded with blue-purple along the keel. 
Crests, large, triangular, revolute with serrate edge. 
Stigma, entire. 
Filaments, anthers and pollen, all cream-coloured. 
Capsule, 2^ in. long, trigonal with slightly hollow sides, and grooved at the angles. The walls are 
very thick. 
Seeds, large, pyriform, dark brown, wrinkled. 
Observations. 
I owe the specimen of this plant, which has flowered with me and produced seed, to the kindness 
of a friend in the south of France, an enthusiastic and successful grower of Irises. He was fortunate 
enough to obtain a plant from Messrs Haage and Schmidt of Erfurt, who received it from Herr Siehe 
when the latter rediscovered it in its original habitat. I am informed that later importations have not 
turned out to be the true plant but varieties of I. cypriana or of /. mesopotamica. This accounts 
for the fact that when Foster received specimens he recognised their specific identity with his /. cypriana 
and owing to the priority in publication of the name of I. Junonia proposed to change the name of 
I. cypriana to /. Junonia var. cypriana (see p. 177 and Gard. Chron. 1905, July 1st). 
The true plant is very handsome and quite distinct. It seems to be hardier than some of the 
forms of /. cypriana, whose leaves attain some length before the winter. The foliage of I. Junonia 
