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Iris (To the species described on pp)
To the species described on pp. 194-200, Vol. II., the following should now be added:
Sect. I. Irises proper.
I. Alberti (Dr. Albert Regel's). fl. bright lilac; tube less than 1in. long; falls obovate-cuneate, 2in. long, densely bearded, and veined dull brown and lilac on a white ground; standards above 1in. broad, suddenly narrowed to a convolute claw; panicle lax, overtopping the leaves. May. l. ensiform, 1 1/2ft. to 2ft. long, slightly glaucescent. Rootstock stout. Turkestan. (B. M. 7020.) I. arenaria minor (lesser). A dwarf variety, having much smaller flowers than those of the type.
I. Bartoni (Col. Barton's). fl. two or three in a cluster, strongly scented; perianth tube greenish, 1in. long; falls creamy-white, veined greenish-yellow on the face, violet-purple on the claw, the beard white and orange; standards creamy-white, veined purple. June. l. ensiform, pale green, 1 1/2ft. long, 1 1/2in. to 2in. broad, strongly ribbed. Stem usually once-forked. Afghanistan, 1886. (B. M. 6869.) I. Biliotti (Biliotti's). fl. sweet-scented; falls reddish-purple, with fine, blackish veins, bearded, 3 1/2in. long, 1 2in. broad, cuneate-spathulate; standards bluish-purple, with fine blue veins, 3 1/2in. long, 2in. broad, connivent; styles white, ovate, with triangular, reddish-purple crests. Stem 2 1/2ft. to 3ft. high. Siwas, Asia Minor, 1887. Habit as I. germanica. I. cengialti (Monte Cengialto). fl. sky-blue, flushed violet; perianth tube, as well as the segments, short and broad, the beard white, tipped orange, short and dense, with thick, stunted hairs; scape about 1ft. high, usually four-flowered. May and June. l. yellowish-green, 6in. to 9in. long and 1/2in. broad, or more. Monte Cengialto. There are several varieties of this plant. I. Duthieii (Duthie's). fl. solitary, sessile; tube 3in. long or more; falls reddish-lilac with darker veins and blotches above, greenish-yellow beneath, nearly horizontal, lanceolate, bearded; standards paler reddish-lilac, with darker veins, connivent, 1 1/4in. long, oblong-ovate; styles light reddish-lilac, with triangular, crenate crests. l. appearing after the flowers, five or six to a tuft, 2ft. long, 1/2in. broad, yellowish-green. Rhizome knotted. Kumaon, 1887.
I. Eulefeldi (Eulefeld's). fl. two to a stem; perianth tube reddish-purple; falls purple, with a long, white and bluish-purple beard; standards purple and reddish-purple, the claw yellowish. May. l. five or six, 1ft. long or more, more or less falcate, acute, remarkably glaucous. Stem 1ft. high, with a bract or sheathing leaf about half-way up. Eastern Turkestan, 1886. (B. M. 6902; R. G. 954.) I. germanica Siwas (Siwas). fl., falls dark indigo-purple; standards dark bluish-purple. Siwas, Asia Minor, 1887.
I. Hookeriana (Hooker's). fl. two to a stem; tube 1/3in. to 1/2in. long; falls bluish-purple with darker blotches above, green with purple borders beneath, obovate-lanceolate, 1 3/4in. long, 7/8in. broad, reflexed, densely bearded; standards bluish-purple, narrow-obovate, 3/4in. long, 1/2in. broad; styles reddish-purple, narrow-obovate, 3/4in. long, 1/2in. broad; styles reddish-purple, very concave, with triangular, serrated, revolute crests. l. 1ft. long, 3/4in. to 1in. broad, appearing with the flowers. Stem about 5in. long. Lahul, 1887.
I. Korolkowi concolor (concolorous). A fine variety, with almost concolorous, bright lilac-purple flowers. (B. M. 7025 B.) I. lineata (lined). fl. yellow and greenish-yellow, striated with fuscous-red; standards 2 1/4in. long, erect, lanceolate, acute; falls narrow-lanceolate, acuminate, recurved; spathe herbaceous, three-leaved; scape two-flowered. l. four to six, ligulate-ensiform, erect, attenuate-acute, about equalling the scape. Caucasus, 1887. (R. G. 1244, f. 1-6.) I. lupina (wolf's). fl. solitary; tube about 2in. long; falls greenish-yellow, veined brownish-red towards the margins, 3in. long, 1 3/4in. broad, broadly lanceolate, reflexed, serrated, bearded; standards the same colours, 3 3/4in. long, 2 1/3in. broad, elliptic, connivent, crenate, bearded; styles yellow, with brownish-red veins and dots, much recurved, with rounded crests. l. 9in. long or more, 1/2in. broad. Stem 6in. high. Kharput, 1887. I. Kingiana (King's). fl. perianth tube greenish, cylindrical, 2in to 2 1/2. long; falls dark lilac, mottled paler lilac, obovate-cuneate, with a white and yellow beard; standards paler lilac, unguiculate, erect; spathes single-flowered; peduncle very short. May. l. five or six in a rosette, three of them elongated, linear, erect, about 6in. long at flowering time. Central Himalayas, 1887. (B. M. 6957.) I. Milesii (Miles'). fl. bright lilac, fugitive, inodorous, three or four in a cluster; perianth tube cylindrical, the limb about 2in. long; falls having darker lilac lines radiating from the yellow keel; standards shorter than the falls. May. l. seven or eight, distichous, ensiform, pale green, 1 1/2ft. to 2ft. long, 1 1/2in. broad, gradually tapering. Stem 3ft. long, bearing three or four clusters of flowers. Temperate Himalayas, 1886. (B. M. 6889.) I. Rosenbachiana (Rosenbach's). fl., outer perianth segments spreading or reflexed, emarginately bilobed at apex; claws of the standards erect, striped with yellow, 1 1/4in. long, the lamina obovate, striped orange, dark purple above; style very long, with three terminal branches, petaloid; spathes two-leaved, one-flowered. l. three to five, linear-lanceolate, acute. Bulb ovate, one to three-flowered. Turkestan, 1886. There are two varieties. I. R. coerulea (blue). fl. pale violet within; standards and style dark violet at apex. (R. G. 1227 a.) I. R. violacea (violet). fl. purplish-violet within; standards and style dark purplish-violet at apex. (R. G. 1227 b.) I. Sari lurida (Sari, lurid). fl., perianth tube 2in. long, the segments 2 1/2in. to 3in. long; falls darker than the standards, with a diffused, brownish-black beard; standards violet-purple, striped and spotted with darker purple; peduncle one-flowered, 6in. long. May. l. about six, ensiform, falcate, glaucescent, 6in. long, 1/2in. broad. Asia Minor, 1887. (B. M. 6960.) I. Statellae (Marquis Statella's). fl. pale yellowish, veined green, bearded yellow on the broadly cuneate-obovate, revolute falls; standards broadly oblong, obtuse, over-arching the bifid styles. l. ensiform, 6in. to 9in. long, glaucous-green. Stem 1ft. high, two-flowered at apex. South Europe, 1886. Allied to I. lutescens. (B. M. 6894.) I. Suworowi (Suworow's). fl. hyaline-greenish, with olivaceous-bluish veins; segments all elliptic-lanceolate, cuspidate, the falls bearded to the middle with blue. l. ensiform. Stem two-flowered, as long as the leaves. Buchara, 1886.
I. vaga (wandering). fl. yellowish, purple, and fuscous-red; standards broadly lanceolate, acute, erect; falls obovate-spathulate, with a bluish-white beard; spathe herbaceous, four-leaved, purplish at apex; scape three-flowered. l. ligulate-ensiform, acute, erect, slender. Rhizome stoloniferous. 1887. (R. G. 1244, f. 7.) I. Van Houttei (Van Houtte's). fl. marked with reticulate veins of a dark brown or black. April. 1882. A handsome and distinct hybrid, said to have been raised between I. susiana and I. iberica, and to be more akin to the former, having more resemblance to it in the markings.
Sect. II. Xiphions.
I. Boissieri (Boissier's). fl. blue-purple and red-purple. This is closely allied to I. filifolia, "but differs in having a very distinct tube above the ovary, in having broader and more obovate inner perianth segments, in the claw of the outer perianth segment being long and narrow, and furnished with a very distinct beard which stretches far on into the lamina" (M. Foster). I. reticulata sophenensis (Sophene). A variety with light reddish-purple falls and reddish-lilac standards. Kharput, 1885.
I. Vartani (Dr. Vartan's). fl., perianth tube nearly white, 2 1/2in. long, the limb pale slaty-lilac; falls oblong-spathulate, 1/2in. broad, copiously veined lilac on a paler ground, with a yellow, carinal crest; standards erect, 1/6in. broad; peduncle very short. October to December. l., produced ones usually two, 8in. to 12in long, dark green. Palestine. (B. M. 6942.)