− | Iris tectorum, Maxim. (I. chinensis, Bunge. I. cristata, Miq. I. fimbriata, Klatt). Fig. 1965. Lvs. 1 ft. long, ensiform, thin, strongly ribbed: st. 1 ½ ft., subterete: heads on long peduncles; tube 1 in. long; limb bright lilac; outer segms. 2 in. long, obovate; claw half as long as the blade, streaked with violet, with a wavy edge and a large, laciniate, white and lilac crest running up the claw and half up the blade; inner segms. spreading, nearly as large, plain lilac, short-clawed. Sent to Eu. in 1872 by Dr. Hance. Cult, in China and Japan. B.M.6118. F.S.22:2282. Gt.716. Gn. 50:272. G.C. III. 35:355; 44:142. J.H. III. 44:146. G.L. 17:348. Vnr. filba, Dykes (7. tectdrum var. Candida, Hort.). Fls. pure white, with few faint yellow veins at the base of the segms. Comes true from seed. Gt. 57:1571. Gn. 70, p. 15. G.C. III. 40:216. G.W. 10:525. | + | '''''Iris tectorum''''' Maxim. (''I. chinensis'', Bunge. ''I. cristata'', Miq. ''I. fimbriata'', Klatt). Leaves 1 foot long, ensiform, thin, strongly ribbed: stem 1 ½ feet, subterete: heads on long peduncles; tube 1 inch long; limb bright lilac; outer segments 2 inches long, obovate; claw half as long as the blade, streaked with violet, with a wavy edge and a large, laciniate, white and lilac crest running up the claw and half up the blade; inner segments spreading, nearly as large, plain lilac, short-clawed. Sent to Europe in 1872 by Dr. Hance. Cult, in China and Japan. |