. Bulbous irises. n cultivation. Flowers in its native home m April. Hat).—Afghanistan, near Gulran. 26. I. ROSENBACHIANA.—Kegel, Descr. PI. Nov. pt. 35 tab viii. (After General Rosenbach.) , xxv. (1886) pp. 409, 017, t. 1227 ; Foster, 1887, i. P- 00, and 1889, f i. p. 530 ; Baker, Bot. Mag. xlvi.(Sept. 1890), tab. 7135. Fig.—Regel and Baker, as Iabove ; Garden, 1888, tab. 653, I Bg. 2. bulb hasnumerous fleshy roots, whichare, however, short and lanceolate, not verypointed, eight inches or so longand two , five or six to atuft. Fl
. Bulbous irises. n cultivation. Flowers in its native home m April. Hat).—Afghanistan, near Gulran. 26. I. ROSENBACHIANA.—Kegel, Descr. PI. Nov. pt. 35 tab viii. (After General Rosenbach.) , xxv. (1886) pp. 409, 017, t. 1227 ; Foster, 1887, i. P- 00, and 1889, f i. p. 530 ; Baker, Bot. Mag. xlvi.(Sept. 1890), tab. 7135. Fig.—Regel and Baker, as Iabove ; Garden, 1888, tab. 653, I Bg. 2. bulb hasnumerous fleshy roots, whichare, however, short and lanceolate, not verypointed, eight inches or so longand two , five or six to atuft. Flower sessile, appearingsoon after the leaves begin to l,,1(lt ; ,,iie, two, or three to atuft. Tube of perianth fromtwo to six r more inches long. Flower variable in size, but often four or even more inchea ^ „ ^ ,.iiM,N|!Aninxv- acroBB ; variable also m coloui which is often very vivid, the prevailing hues being red- or blue- ,„„.,,!,., and yellow. Fall almost Btrap-shaped, the blade being not. 82 broader, but even narrower, than the claw, with a very conspicuousmedian toothed ridge, which is generally a bright orange ; blade of fallgenerally vividly coloured. Standard horizontal or drooping, narrow,spoon-shaped, small, but relatively larger than in other Junos. Capsuleoval, with numerous reddish-brown, wrinkled, more or less cubicalseeds, each of which bears a conspicuous white strophiole. Time.—Flowers in March or April, sometimes in February. Hab.—Eastern Bokhara. 27. I. FOSTERIANA.—Aitchison and Baker, Trans. Soc. 2nd ser. Bot. iii. 114 ; Bot. Mag. 1892, t. 7215. (After Dr. Foster.) Fig.—Bot. Mag. t. 7215. Charact. — Slender, elongatebulbs, with olive-green tunics ; fleshyroots, thin and inconspicuous. Leaveslinear, not unlike those of I. xipluum,but very striated on the single flower, on a stem about afoot high ; sometimes a second lateralflower. Flower about two inchesacross, with yellow falls and styles, butred-purple standards. Cl
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