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Its foliage is stiffer and more rigid than that of most of the other species and the spathes 
are much inflated. , . 
The typical plant from the Caucasus is small and bears only one or two flowers, but th ® r ® are 
taller and more luxuriant forms further south in Asia Minor. Cf. Fosters var. Kharput in Bulbous 
InSe Th P ere 78 is considerable doubt whether the plant that Foster called caucasica var. major (turkestanica) 
/ibid DO 16 76 and Fig. 52) really came from Turkestan, for no such specimens apparently exist 
in herbarium collections, and reference to an article in the Gard. Chron. 1889, 1. p. 582 shows that 
Foster only “understood (the specimens) were gathered in Turkestan." 
The lateral expansions of the haft of the fall are sometimes not much developed. lbs was 
the distinguishing mark of Foster’s caucasica var. Bamumensis (see Gard. Chron., l.c.) which he 
afterwards renamed var. Kharput (see Bulbous Irises, l.c.). 
/. Stocks 1 1 
Boissier, FI. Or. V. p. 123 (1884). 
Baker, Hdk. Irid. p. 46 (1892). 
Synonym. 
Xiphion Stocksii, Baker in Gard. Chron. 1876, p. 723. 
Distribution. Beluchistan and Afghanistan. 
Beluchistan. Quetta, 18—, Stocks (K). 
1850, Hooker (K). 
1889, Duthie, no. 8714 (K). 
Narai Kotal, 1890, Lace (K). 
Afghanistan. No locality. 18 — , Griffith, no. 5903 (K). 
Cabul, 1880, Collett (K). 
Kuram valley, 1879, Aitchison (K). 
Diagnosis. 
I Stocksii ]uno; /. caucasieae valde similis sed flores purpurei. 
N.B. This diagnosis is unsatisfactory, but as the plant has never been in cultivation, it 
impossible to determine exactly its relationship to the other species. 
Description. 
Rootstock , a slender bulb of the ordinary Juno character. 
Leaves, 6 in., acuminate, falcate, } in. wide, with distinct white edge. 
Stem, short, producing about three flowers. 
Spathes, one-flowered, 1^ — 2 in. long. 
Pedicel, 
Ovary, 
‘The oblong^ blade is shorter than the broadly winged haft. The colour appears to be 
WaC in Ut loHg. L U n n :r;"haft broadens into an obovate blade to which a long narrow 
point is attached. 
Styles, 
Crests, 
Stigma, 
Filaments, 
Anthers, 
Pollen, 
KUisryJSt. — w* -*■- — ,p “"' “• 
description of seeds collected at Quetta by Duthie). 
Observations. . r „ltivation must be very nearly allied 
7 i ,L™ w “aS. 7i art - " — • * •• - *• 
UnCe VlLe C t U L 0 "eco 1 d th tharFTer succeeded in raising any plants from the seeds that Duthie 
sent him from Quetta (MS.). 
1 1. Fosteriana 
Aitchison and Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. H. part HI. p. H 4 «W)- 
•Bot. Mag. t. 7215 (1892). 
Baker, Hdk. Irid. p. 4 6 (1892). - 
•Foster, Bulb. Irises, pp. 44 and 82, figs. 26, 27, 5 &- 
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