m i s li ungarica.
Sickle-leaved Hungarian Iris.
Natural Order. I r id e ^ e .
IRIS. Supra fol. 68.
Brown prodr. 302.
I. hungarica, barbata, foliis ensiformibus glabris subfalcatis
subsequantibus scapum multiflorum, spathis inflatis suprema
biflora. Willd. enum. 1. p. 64.
Iris hungarica. Waldst. et Kitaib, hung. 3. t, 226. Hort, sub,
lond, p , 12.
Root la rg e , tu b e r o u s . Leaves e iisifo rm , sm o o th ,
g e n e r a lly fa lc a te , n e r v ed w ith n um e r o u s p rom in en t
n e r v e s , ta p e r -p o in te d , a b o u t e q u a l w ith th e m any -
flow e r e d s c a p e . Spathes in fla ted ; sh e a th s 2 , o p p o s ite ,
a c u t e , k e e le d , in c lo s in g th e p e d u n c le , g e rm en , a n d
tu b e . Peduncle sh o rt a n d th ic k , o b s o le t e ly 3 - s id e d .
Germen b lu n tly 3 - s id e d a n d 3 -fu r row ed , sm o o tli and
g lo s s y . Perianthium 6 -p a r ted , o f a b e au tifu l b lu e pu r p
le ; tu b e an in ch in len g th , b lu n tly 3 -g o iia l, 3 -su lc a te ,
sm o o th a n d g l o s s y ; outer laciniee n a r r ow e s t, r e fle x e d ,
d e n s e ly b e a r d e d from th e b a s e to a b o v e th e m id d le ,
a n d v a r ie g a ted near th e b a s e ; inner ones b r o a d ly o b o v
a te , e r e c t, c o n n iv en t, or c lo s in g e a c h o th e r a t th e
p o in ts , a lso v a r ie g a ted near th e b a s e . Stamens 3 , ins
e r ted in th e b a s e o f th e lacinia;, a b o u t h a lf th e len g th
o f th e s tigm a s ; filaments flat, sm o o t h ; anthers linear,
a tta ch ed to th e tila n ien t a little a b o v e th e b a s e , n e a r ly
a s lo n g a s th e f ilam e n t s ; pollen w h ite . Style sh o rt,
a c u te ly 3 -c o rn e r ed . Stigmas 3 , p e ta l-lik e , k e e le d
u 2