. Bulbous irises. Wia Iris Sisyrinchiuii.* 57. Fig. 33.—Ikis reticulata. armed with a horny point. Leaves and flowers with separate vaginalsheaths. Flower single, sessile, with long tube. Leaves of some lengthwhen the flower opens. Spathe-valves green. Fall long, narrow,strap-shaped, with hardly any dis-tinction between claw and blade, ofa rich deep violet colour, except thatthe hind part of the blade bears alow, rounded, bright orange medianridge in the middle of a white patchstreaked with violet ; the ridge isreplaced along the claw by a yellowstreak, marked with dots. Themedian region of th
. Bulbous irises. Wia Iris Sisyrinchiuii.* 57. Fig. 33.—Ikis reticulata. armed with a horny point. Leaves and flowers with separate vaginalsheaths. Flower single, sessile, with long tube. Leaves of some lengthwhen the flower opens. Spathe-valves green. Fall long, narrow,strap-shaped, with hardly any dis-tinction between claw and blade, ofa rich deep violet colour, except thatthe hind part of the blade bears alow, rounded, bright orange medianridge in the middle of a white patchstreaked with violet ; the ridge isreplaced along the claw by a yellowstreak, marked with dots. Themedian region of the claw on eachside of the streak is marked by in-distinct veins which are lost at themargin in the uniform violet ground-colour. Ripe capsule long, narrow,pointed at each end, borne up abovethe ground by a peduncle. Veryfragrant, odour of violets. Time.—March, but variable. Hab.—Occurs sparsely in the Caucasus and surrounding regions. I. RETICULATA var. KRELAGEI.—Regel, Gartenfiora,1873, p. 354. (After Krelage, the Dutch horticulturis
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