Protologue Description: IRIS SETOSA Pall., var. CANADENSIS Foster, forma zonalis, n,f., foliis transverse lineatis; lineis albis vel flavido-albis interdum plus minusve rubro-marginatis.-Leaves with transverse white or yellowish white bands; these bands sometimes more or less bordered with red.-Sea-beach near Bay St. George Hotel and moist sand in its vicinity, head of Bay St. George, 12 Aug., 1908: Eames and Godfrey.