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The Pseudoregelia Section 
Srinagar, 1907, Harrison (HortD). 
Kilan Merg, 1877, Aitchison, no. 107 (K). 
Pir Pinjal, 1876, Clarke (K). 
Said Valley, below Battal, 1892, Duthie 11543 (K). 
Durrawah Pass, 1847, Winterbotham (K). 
Gilgit ; Kumu Kolat, 1885, Giles, no. 185 (K). 
Margan Pass, 1905, Meebold, no. 3223 (B). 
And the following specimens obtained by Duthie’s collectors in 1901 : 
Sind Valley, Battal, 21528, 25964, 25965 (K), 25951, 25966, 25957 (E). 
Charwan Pass, 25920 (K). 
Tragbal, 25866 (K). 
Tilail Valley, 25942 (K), 25907 (E). 
Kamri Pass, 25891, 25890 (K), 25892 (E), 25980, 25882 (B). 
Dras Valley, 25840 (B), 25918 (K), 25938, 25914 (E). 
Liddar Valley, 25810, 25973, 25977 (K), 25816, 25802, 25968, 25978 (E), 25981 (B). 
Sonamarg, Sind Valley, 25959 (K), 25982 (B). 
Liddarwat, 25811 (K). 
Gurais Valley, 25934, 25906 (K), 25932, 25886, 25888 (E), 25944 (B). 
Burzil Pass, 25945 (K). 
Astor Valley, 25946 (K), 25895, 25896 (E), 25869 (B). 
Brigola Pass, 25910 (K). 
Chitral. Gujer, 1895, Harriss (K). 
Diagnosis. 
/. Hookeriana Pseudoregelia ; /. kumaonensi haud dissimilis sed folia ensiformia, latiora ; caulis 
productus, 4 — 6 pollicaris ; tubus brevior, | — £ pollicaris ; spathae biflorae. 
Description. 
Rootstock, a somewhat slender rhizome, more compact than those of the Pogoniris group, and 
more largely covered with remnants of dead leaves. 
Leaves , not more than 8 in. by f in. at flowering time, but becoming later £ in. wide by a foot 
or more in length, of a yellowish green. The leaves die away entirely in the late autumn. 
Stem, about five inches long, nearly entirely hidden by the short sheathing leaves. 
Spathes, 2-flowered, valves green, somewhat inflated, and remaining green long after the flowers 
have faded, 3 in. long, sometimes slightly tinged with purple. 
Pedicel, very short. 
Ovary, small, £ in. or less in length, obscurely trigonal or nearly cylindrical. 
Tube, ^ — | in. long, green with purple stripes. 
Falls. The rounded, oblong, blue purple blade is blotched or rather mottled with a deeper shade, 
and narrows gradually to a wedge-shaped haft, which is marked with thick blue purple veins on a 
whitish ground. The beard is of fine white hairs, mostly club-shaped, and more or less conspicuously 
tipped with orange. Towards the front the hairs are slightly tinged with blue. 2 — 2^ in. by £ in. 
(The colour is probably variable, and red-purple forms doubtless occur.) 
Standards. The oblong blade is emarginate, of a bluer colour than the falls, and narrows suddenly 
to a canaliculate haft, which is marked with red-purple veins on a whitish ground. 2 in. by £ in. 
Styles, blue, sharply keeled. 
Crests, triangular, sharply recurved. 
Stigma, entire, with a serrate edge. 
Filaments, bluish, equal in length to the anthers. 
Anthers, cream. 
Pollen, cream. 
Capsule, about 2 in. long, borne on a pedicel 1 in. long, narrowing gradually to a conspicuous 
beak, and opening below the apex, which remains united, with the remains of the tube and flower 
attached to it. 
Seeds, pyriform, with reddish brown wrinkled coats and a yellowish white arillus, resembling those 
of the Oncocyclus section, but flatter and not so prominent. 
Observations. 
This species was described by Foster from specimens that flowered at Shelford. He had received 
them from Max Leichtlin, to whom they were sent from Lahul by Moravian missionaries (MS). 
Specimens are common in herbarium collections, and there is little doubt that it was to this plant 
that Baker referred when he enumerated in his Irideae (p. 25), a caulescent form of I. kumaonensis. 
This may be inferred from his expression 'perianth tube much shorter,” for the few known specimens 
of I. kumaonensis in which a stem has developed all have the 2 — 3 in. tube of the type. In 
/. Hookeriana the tube does not exceed 1 in. in length, and is usually about £ in. long. 
Baker’s /. gilgitensis is apparently only a slender form of /. Hookeriana, for, although the fall 
blades in the type specimens at Kew are undoubtedly small, they are not spread out to their full 
extent. The view that Baker was only describing a weak example of /. Hookeriana is supported by 
