The Juno Section 
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t/. ALATA 
(Plate XL) 
Poir, Voy. Barb. II. p. 86 (1789). 
•Bot. Reg. XXII. t. 1876 (1856). 
•Gartenflora, t. 1351 (1891). 
•Foster, Bulbous Irises, pp. 46 etc., 82, figs. 28, 57 (1892). 
Revue Hort. 1902, p. 393. 
Synonyms. 
I. scorpioides, •Desfont. FI. Atl. I. p. 40, t 6 (1798). 
•Red. Lil. t. 211 (1808). 
I. transtagana, Brot. FI. lusit I. p. 5 2 (1804). 
I. microptera, Vahl, Enum. II. p. 142 (1806). 
I. trialata , *Brot. Phyt. II. p. 44 . t. 95 (1816). 
/. plamfolia , Fiori e Paoletti, FI. ital. I. p. 2 27 (1896). 
Asch. und Gr. Syn. III. p. 511 (1906). 
Xiphiutn planifolium, Mill. Gard. Diet. Ed, 8, no. 3 (1768). 
Baker, J. L. S. XVI. p. 1 23 (1877). 
•Bot. Mag. t. 6352 (1878). 
• Juno scorpioides , Tratt. Ausw. I, no. 83 (1821). 
Tlulysia grandiflora, Salis. Trans. Hort. Soc. V. 303 (1824). 
Thelysia alata, Pari. FI. It. ill. 3*7 (1858). 
Costia scorpioides , Willk. in BZ. XVIII. (i860) 131. 
Neubcckia scorpioides, Alef. in BZ. XXI. (1863) 297. 
Juno planifolia , Aschers. in BZ. XXII. (1864) 112. 
Coresantha alata , Klatt in Linnaea, XXXI v. 575 (1866). 
Xiphion alatum. Baker in Journ. Bot (1871) 108. 
Distribution. Spain, Sardinia, Sicily and the north coast of Africa. 
Spain. Cadiz, 1838, Webb (K). 
1896, Higgins (E). 
Seville, 1847, Willkomm (K) (B). 
1844, Willkomm (BM). 
184-, Welwitch (V). 
Badajos and Elvas, 18 — , Hb. Link (B). 
Cordova, 1909 (HortD). 
Alhama, 1864, Del Campo (BM). 
Sardinia. Cagliari, 1834, Gaudin (K). 
1863, Aschereon und Reinhardt (B). 
1828, Muller (C) (E) (V). 
No locality; flore albo, 1834. Thomas (BM). 
Sicily. Palermo, 1840, Todaro (B) (BM) (C) (V). 
1840, Parlatore (B). 
1847, Tineo (K). 
1853, Ball (K). 
1855, H. du Parillon (V). 
1869, Gansauge (B). 
1870, Tacono (BM). 
1890, Ross (V). 
1899, Ross (E). 
Leontini, 18—, Hb. Swainson (C). 
Syracuse, 1871, Schweinfurth (B). 
Aderno, 1830, Philippi (B). 
Etna, 1907, Hort (HortD). 
North Africa. Algeria ; Oran, 1842, D. de Maisonneuve (B). 
1882, Debeaux (B). 
Stauli, 1832, Schimper (K) (B) (V). 
Constantine, 1838, Bov£ (K). 
1857, Choulette (K) (B). 
1865, Tribout (K). 
1876, Reboud (K). 
18 — , Dukerley (B). 
Mostaganem, 1851, Balansa (V). 
Koliah, 1861, Lefebvre (V). 
Tripoli. No locality, 1869, Rohlfs (B). 
Tripoli, 3* km. S.W. from, 1882, Krause (B). 
Benghasi, 1882, Ruhmer (B). 
Diagnosis. 
I. alata J uno ; acaulis, segmenta extenora alata, 
minutis horridum, semina globosa vel pyriformia. 
in medio tuberculis cylindricis instructa, pollen spinis 
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