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The Juno Section 
(6) f Var. Sie Juana. 
I. Sie Juana, Lynch in Gard. Chron. 1904, I. p. 28Z 
Lynch, Bk. of Ir. p. 184 (1904). 
•Bot. Mag. t 8059 (1906). 
Synonyms. 
/. Haussknechtii, Siehe in Gard. Chron. 1901, I. p. 313 non Bornmiiller. 
I. persica magna, Hort 
?/. persica var. mardincnsis, Hort. Lynch, Bk. of Iris, p. '182 (1904). 
Distribution. This is said by Siehe to grow in forests of Pinus Bruttia on the lower slopes of the Cilician 
Taurus but to be only common locally. Siehe also says that it occurs in Southern Cappadocia with slight 
variations. 
Cilicia; Hagiraki, 1896, Siehe (E) (BM) (B) (O). 
Description. 
This variety is very similar to the var. purpurea, but the flower is slightly larger. It is not of a 
uniform purple, but marked with reddish brown-purple on a silvery grey or greenish yellow ground. 
The leaves have a distinct, ciliate, white horny margin. 
(7) f Var. stenophylla. 
Synonyms. 
I. stenophylla, Haussknecht und Siehe ex Baker in Gard. Chron. 1900, I. p. 170. 
•Bot. Mag. t. 7734 (1900). 
I. Heldreichi, Hort. ex Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. t. 7734 (1900). 
Siehe in ABZ. 1905, p. 114. 
?/. persica var. azurea, Lynch in Bk. of Iris, p. 182 (1904). 
DISTRIBUTION. This plant is also stated by Siehe to be very local in its distribution on the Cilician Taurus 
at a height of 1200 to 4000 ft., where it flowers from January to March. 
Cilicia; Gysel Dere, 1896, Siehe, no. 2 (B) (K) (E). 
Description. 
This beautiful Iris has flowers consisting of two shades of blue. The groundwork is a pale grey 
blue, overlaid on the blade by a blotch or blotches of a dark velvety blue black. In some cases the 
blotches are small and scattered, while in others the whole blade is of a uniform dark colour. 
Other characteristic features of the plant are the very large style crests and the large wings on 
the haft of the falls, which encircle the style branches and hold them close down on to the falls. 
The central ridge is of a dull brownish white colour flecked at intervals with dark purple brown. 
Strong bulbs are certainly capable of producing more than one flower, in spite of Siehe’s statement 
to the contrary. 
The leaves are minutely ciliate but have no conspicuous white edge. 
Observation. 
The joint authors of the name, I. stenobhylla, wished to change it to I. Heldreichi, but in the 
meantime it had been already published by Baker in the Gardeners’ Chronicle. 
(8) I Var. Tauri. 
Synonym. 
/. Tauri, Siehe; ‘Mallet in Gard. Chron. XXIX. p. 191, fig. 74 and p. 313 (1901). 
•Bot. Mag. t. 7793 (1901). 
Siehe in ABZ. 1905, p. 114. 
Distribution. This Iris is said by Siehe to be very local in its distribution and to be found on both slopes 
of the Cilician Taurus growing in forests of Juniperus excelsa at a height of from 4500 to 6500 ft, where 
it was discovered by him in 1898. In England it usually flowers in February or early March but in 
Asia Minor its flowering period extends from March to May. 
Description. 
The flowers are of a dark violet purple, veined with white along the haft and around the end of 
the central ridge on the blade of the falls. This ridge is of a deep orange, dotted along the haft with 
minute purple spots and distinctly pubescent. The small standards are either horizontal or depressed 
and usually trilobed. The style crests are large and subquadrate, often broader at the extremity than 
at the base. The tube is of a deep violet colour. The edges of the leaves are very slightly ciliate 
and not conspicuously white and horny. 
Observations. 
This variety appears to be one of the easiest to grow and does well in a fairly rich well-drained 
soil in a sheltered corner. If the bulbs are well ripened in summer, it is difficult to prevent the bulbs 
from flowering, and I have even known one to bloom in January, which had been lifted in September 
and left inadvertently lying exposed on the surface of the ground. 
