The Juno Section 
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Description. 
Rootstock, a somewhat slender bulb, with persistent fleshy roots. 
Leaves , 6 — 7, about 6 in. long by 1 — 1| broad, with distinct horny margin but no setae, deeply 
channelled, with shiny upper surface, faintly striated beneath. 
Stem, about a foot high, bearing 3 — 5 flowers in the axils of the leaves. 
Spatke valves, somewhat inflated, thin, acuminate, pale green, reaching to the top of the tube, 
2 — 2^ in. long. 
Pedicel, none, either at flowering time or later. 
Ovary, cylindrical, thin walls, ribbed. 
Tube , 1^ — 2 inches, slender at the base but becoming broader above, rounded, trigonal. 
Falls. The long pale violet strap-shaped haft expands suddenly into an almost orbicular blade. 
Along the haft run 4 parallel, deeper veins, flanking a low white median ridge, which becomes a 
crenate whitish crest on the deep violet blade, which is more or less conspicuously edged with white. 
Around the end of the crest there is a triangular orange signal patch of varying size. In rare cases 
this orange patch does not occur. 
Standards , narrow, of a pale blue purple or violet, with a sharp, projecting point. 
Styles , pale violet, with a more deeply coloured keel and irregularly notched edges. 
Crests, oblong, over £ in. long. 
Stigma, very large, quadrate, white. 
Filaments, shorter than anthers, pale bluish. 
Anthers, cream coloured. 
Pollen, spherical, with pentagonal or hexagonal bosses, about 2 in the diameter or 8 — 9 on the 
whole surface. 
Capsule, cylindrical, almost white, with thin walls, through which the seeds bulge. 
Seeds, deep buff or pale red-brown, irregularly cubical. 
Observations. 
This plant was introduced from Bokkara in 1901 by Mr C. G. Van Tubergen, Junr., of Haarlem. 
It comes nearest perhaps to I. coerulea, from which however it differs considerably in colour, in the 
abrupt expansion of the narrow haft of the fall into the almost orbicular blade, and in its less sturdy 
growth. If the suggestion that /. coerulea is a hybrid is correct, then it is probably the result of a 
cross between /. Warleyensis and /. orchioides. It is noticeable that the conspicuous white horny 
edge to the leaves, which separates I. coerulea from I. orchioides and its varieties, is also found in 
/. Warleyensis. 
The cultivation is that of the other members of the Juno group, see p. 187. 
+ /. COERULEA 
B. Fedtschenko in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ser. II. iv. p. 917 (1904). 
Synonyms. 
/. caucasica var. coerulea , Rgl. Descr. PI. Nov. IX. p. 37 (1884). 
I. orchioides var. coerulea , Hort. ex Baker, Hdk. Irid. p. 46 (1892). 
DISTRIBUTION. The Alatau region of the Western Tian-schan Range to the north-west of Tashkent in 
Turkestan. (Regel’s type came from the valley of the river Pskem near Sjemessas.) 
Alatau, 1881, Regel (K). 
Between Uratupe and Saamin 4 — 5000 ft. 1880, Regel (SP). 
Dschisak, 1882, Regel (K) (BM) (E) (V) (B). 
Ili, 1886, Krassnow (K) (E). 
Diagnosis. 
/. coerulea Juno; /. Warleyensi similis sed major, floribus pallidioribus ; segmenlorum exteriorum 
lamina gradatim in unguem contracta. 
Description. 
Rootstock, a bulb with persistent fleshy roots like those of /. orchioides. 
Leaves, about eight in number, with a more conspicuous white edge than in /. orchioides. 
Stem, about 1 5 in. high, bearing 3 — 5 flowers in the axils of the leaves. 
Spathes, 2\ — 3 in. long, green, with a slightly scarious tip, the outer valve is obscurely keeled. 
Pedicel, none. 
Ovary, J in., rounded, trigonal, slender. 
Tube, 2^ in. long, slender. 
Falls. The narrow strap-shaped haft widens out slightly towards the base, and then contracts 
suddenly at the top of the tube. The haft expands gradually into the obovate oblong blade. The 
almost white, crinkled and indented crest is conspicuous on the blade, but sinks to a mere ridge along 
