. Bulbous irises. istence of a perianth tube above the ovaryset ins a valid specific character. Though seedlings of J. xiphvwm and/ riphioides have been raised generation after generation, none fthem, as far as I have hitherto seen, possess such a tube. Hab.—Algiers. 14. I. JUNCEA.—Desfontaines, /?/. Atiamt. i. 39, t. 4. (FromjuncuBf rush Like leai 72 Syn.—I. imberbis (Poiret, Voijag. ii. p. 86). I. mauritanica ofClusius, and also of Gawler (Ker), Bot. Mag. sub tab. 986. —Bot. Mag. t. 5890 ; Desfontaines, as above ; Garden. Charact.—Bulb globose, with thick, woody, rigid, reddish-brown,ri
. Bulbous irises. istence of a perianth tube above the ovaryset ins a valid specific character. Though seedlings of J. xiphvwm and/ riphioides have been raised generation after generation, none fthem, as far as I have hitherto seen, possess such a tube. Hab.—Algiers. 14. I. JUNCEA.—Desfontaines, /?/. Atiamt. i. 39, t. 4. (FromjuncuBf rush Like leai 72 Syn.—I. imberbis (Poiret, Voijag. ii. p. 86). I. mauritanica ofClusius, and also of Gawler (Ker), Bot. Mag. sub tab. 986. —Bot. Mag. t. 5890 ; Desfontaines, as above ; Garden. Charact.—Bulb globose, with thick, woody, rigid, reddish-brown,ribbed outer coats, a number of which surround an old bulb and splitup into stiff fibres. Leaves very slender, rush-like ; they shoot in lateautumn. Stem bears one or, when in good condition, two long, lanceolate. Perianth tube one or two incheslong, slender. Blade of fall round, or nearly so, much broader thanthe short, nearly triangular claw, which is curved sideway into a. Fig. 47.—Ibis ji rcEA. canal. Standard oblanceolate, shorter than fall. Style triangular,with large quadrate crests raised above the claw of the fall. Coloura rich yellow, a very low ridge on the blade of fall being of a deeper,more orange yellow. Capsule very long, narrow, rounded, trigonal,with deeply grooved sides. Seeds numerous, small, wedge-shaped orcubical. Time.—dune or .Inly, Later than /. xvphvwm. Hab.—Algicr I . Morocco, Sicily, Italy (Riviera). 15. I. BOISSIERI.—Henriquez, Bolet. da Soc. Brot, iii. p. 183,wi111 fig. (After Boissier, Swiss botanist.) Pig.—Willkomm, III. PI. Hisp. t. 118; Bot. Mag. ; Hen-riquez, as above. 73 Charact.—Bulb small, with stiff membranous coats. Leaf linear,very channelled, ribbed on outside. Stem about a foot high, almostentirely hidden, except at the top, by three or four clasping leaves,which, filiform and pointed above, are dilated at the base, where theyclasp the stem. Flower single, from two to three inches across.
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