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Unidentified Specific Names 
I. picta. Miller, Gard. Diet ed. VIII. no. 16 (1768). 
I. propendeus , Lange in Bot. Tidsskr. xix. p. 255 (1895). 
I. pseudopulclurrima , E. Berg in Flora XVIII. p. 570 (1835). 
A dwarf Pogoniris, probably of hybrid origin. 
I. pseudosibirica, Schur, Enum. PI. Transs. p. 657 (1866). 
I. pseudovariegata, Leichtlin in The Garden LX. p. 418 (1899). 
I. pulcherrima , E. Berg in Flora XVI. 1. Beibl. p. 34 (1833). 
A dwarf Pogoniris, probably of hybrid origin. 
/. pionila, Savi, Bot. Etrusc. II. p. 10 (1815). 
I. fnirpurascens, E. Berg in Flora XVlll. p. 569 (1835). 
A dwarf Pogoniris, probably of hybrid origin. 
I. pyrenaica, Linn. Cent. Plant. I. p. 4 (1755). 
If this was really a Pogoniris, it was probably /. chamaeiris. 
I. repanda, E. Berg in Flora XVlll. p. 565 (1835). 
Probably a hybrid garden form of I. gernianica. 
I. rubescetis, Rafin. FI. Ludov. p. 20 (1817). 
/. nipestris, Salisb. Prod. p. 43 (1796). 
I. sabina, N. Terrac. in Atti Instit. Incorag. Napoli V. vol. I. no. 5, p. 7 (1899). 
Found on Monte Gennaro in the Sabine Hills. It appears to be a variety of I. aphylla, but in 
that case it is probably not indigenous there. 
/. salsa, Pallas Reise, II. p. 461 (1772). This is probably a yellow flowered I. spuria var. halophila. 
I. saliva, Miller, Gard. Diet. ed. vill. no. 15 (1768). Possibly a synonym for I. pseudacorus, see p. 77. 
I. sibirica, Hook, and Arnott, Bot Beech. Voy. p. 1 17 (1830-41). 
This has been identified with I. setosa. 
I. sicu/a, Tod. Nuov. Gen. e Spec. I. p. 7 (1856). 
This appears to be an oriental ally of I. germanica, possibly synonymous with I. trojana or /. cypriana. 
I. sordida, Retzius, Fasc. Obs. Bot. VI. (1774). 
I. sordida, Solander ex Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. I. p. 303 (1812) = /. xiphium var. lusitanica. 
I. sordida, Willd. Enum. Hort. Berol. Suppl. p. 4 (1813). 
I. spathacea, Jaume St Hil. 19, t 27, ex Roem. et Schult. Syst. 1. p. 468 (1817). 
I. spathulata, Cav. Desc. p. 298 (1827). 
I. speciosa, N. Terrac. in Atti Instit Incorag. Napoli v. vol. I. no. 5, p. 4 (1899). 
This is probably a synonym of I. pseudopumila. The type was collected near Benevento at S. Maria 
a Tuoro. 
I. spectabilis, Spach in Ann. Sc. Nat S£r. III. V. p. 93 (1846). 
This is a form of I. xiphium, possibly the variety known in gardens as Thunderbolt with brown 
and yellow falls and purplish standards. 
I. spuria, Pallas, Iter III. p. 713 = ?/. ensata. 
1 . squalcns, Petagna, Inst. Bot. II. p. 88 (1787). 
I. squalcns, Georgi, Beschr. Russ. Reich. III. p. 668 (1789). This is probably a synonym of I. variegata. 
I. suaveolens, A. Terrac. in Nuov. Giom. bot ital. ser. II. i. p. 182 (1894). 
Cf. N. Terrac. in Atti Instit Incorag. Napoli v. vol. I. no. 5, p. 10 (1899). 
This Iris from the Campanian Hills is probably a form or hybrid of I. germanica. 
I. suaveolens, Boiss. et Reut. Diagn. Ser. I. XIII. p. 15 (1853). 
This plant was found at Kustendje in Bulgaria and was probably a form either of I. pumila or of 
I. Reichenbachii. 
I. superba, E. Berg in Flora XVIII. p. 567 (1835). 
Probably a hybrid garden Pogoniris. 
I. tangerica, Hort Chels. ex G. Don in Loud. Hort. Brit ed. II. p. 19 (1832). 
I. tardiflora , E. Berg in Flora XVIII. p. 566 (1835). 
Probably a hybrid garden Pogoniris. 
I. Tenor ii, Pari. FI. Ital. III. p. 278 (1858). 
This is possibly a synonym of I. aphylla. 
I. Tinaei, Tod. Nuov. Gen. e Spec. III. p. 46 (1861). 
I. torta, Tausch in Flora XVII. p. 523 (1834). 
I. venus ta, Booth ex E. Berg in Flora XVI. 1. Beibl. p. 31 (1833). 
A garden Pogoniris, probably one of the numerous sambucina or squalens hybrids of I. vanegata 
and I. pallida. 
/. verna, Pall. Reise III. p. 213 (1773). This is probably a synonym of I. rut/unica. 
I. vernalis, Salisb. Prod. p. 44 (1796). Possibly a synonym of 1 . verna. 
I. versicolor, Thunb. FI. Jap. p. 34 (1784). The Japanese name is given as Ayame, which, however, properly 
belongs to I. orientalis. It may have been I. setosa, for which the Japanese is Hiogi-ayame. 
I. violacea, Klatt in Linnaea XXXV. (1867-68), p. 384. 
I. virgata, Rafin. New FI. Amer. II. p. 92 (1836). 
I. Wittmanniana, Hort. ex Baker in Gard. Chron. 1876, II. p. 583. 
This is probably a synonym of I. spuria var. halophila. 
I. xiphia , St Lag in Ann. Soc. Bot Lyon VII. p. 128 (1880). 
This is a synonym of I. xiphium and is quoted as an example of a proposed new system of 
nomenclature. 
I. xiphium, Georgi, Reise I. 196. 
I. yedofnsis , Franch. et Savat. Enum. PI. Jap. II. p. 522 (1879). This appears to have been merely 
I. setosa, a supposition confirmed by the fragmentary specimen, Yedo, 1871, Savatier, no. 1223 (P). 
