Iris sikkimensis

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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Iris sikkimensis, Dykes. Lvs. 4-8 in. long at flowering-time, later 12-18 in. long, ½ - ¾ in. wide, pale green, ensiform: st. 4-6 in. long, bearing a single head of 2-3 6s.: spathes 2-3 in. long, lanceolate; valves scarious in the upper one-third and along the edges, keeled: tube l ½ -2 in. long; outer segms. obovate. contracted to a cuneate claw, 2 ½ in. long, 1 in. broad, dark lilac, mottled with a deeper shade; beard of white orange- tipped hairs; inner segms. spreading, with an oblong, deeply emarginate blade suddenly contracted into a canaliculate claw, pale lilac- faintly mottled with a deeper shade at the base; style-crests triangular, revolute. Probably from Sikkim.


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