description, Perianthium rubro-coccineum cornu viridi. 
Another of his drawings represents Bomarea dispar, which 
enables me to add to its description, Sepala rubro-purpurea, 
petala viridia margine punctato, anthere lilacine, caulis 
subpurpurascens. W. H. 
4. Sibthorpianus. Flore verno? (nisi sit revera var. C. Tournefortu 
autumnalis, Gay). Cormi tunicis tenuiter membranaceis nitidis 
demum inferne laceré circumscissis, scapis 1—2 vagina interlore 
unciam circiter brevioribus, spath4 lati-bracteata tubum subequan- 
te, limbo (albo et purpureo?) fauce levi (lutescente !) stylo trifido 
tenui antheras vix aut non equante. ‘“C. vernus, 7; orientalis 
flore subc@ruleo seu violaceo externe spadiceo rubente. Tourn. 
Cor, 25.” Smith, Prod. perperam C. vernus. Specimina ex sum- 
mis Crete et Cypri jugis, Sibthorp. Oxon. Cormum integrum non 
vidi. ‘ 
Var. 1. Jatifolius ; foliis medio latioribus. : inti 
Var. 2. angustifolius ; foliis angustioribus linearibus ; limbo mimore * 
5. Tournefortianus; Gay, Bull. Ferus. 25. 220. “ Flore autumnali 
_,  tunicis tenuissimis basi demum in fibras capillares liberas solutis 
. foliaceis continuis levissimis e superiore hemispherio ortis, brac- 
tea dimidiata (7. e. lorata) stigmatibus profundé multifidis levibus ; 
flores ceerulescentes violaceistriati; autumnalis. Habitat in Cycla- 
dibus insulis.” Gay ex sicco citat. Certé Sibthorpiano affinis. 
_ §§. 2. Squammati; tunici squammata. 
6. Levigatus ; Bory, V. du Mor, cum icone. Spec. Sibth. Oxon. 
Perperam C. vernus, Smith. Flore verno; cormi tunicis duris le- 
vibus enervibus infra squameeformiter laceris, scapis 4, germime fere 
exserto, spatha bracteique erosis tubum circiter uncialem superne 
luteum subequantibus, fauce perianthii levi saturaté aurantiaca, 
stylo tenui filamenta subequante petalis subalbidis sepalis purpura 
trilineatis, foliis angustis linea alba. Jn Erymantho nive Just 
statim exortus. Sp. Sibthorp. ex Creté aut Cypro certé est Levi- 
gati var. : 
§§. 3. Parallelo-fibrosi; tunicarum fibris parallelis. 
7. Boryanus ; flore autumnali, germine vaginas subeequante, folus an- 
is, spatha. bracteaque ssesetalstoan cei perianthii tubo et fauce 
uteis, limbo lacteo, stigmatibus exasperatis antheras superantibus. 
Var. 1. Cephalonensis ; C. Boryi, Gay, Bull. Ferus. 25. 220. Bory, 
V. du Mor. cum icone. Tunicis foliaceis levissimis petiolis (?. ¢ 
basi) liberis exteriore infra med. affixi in fibras complanatas de- 
mum solutis, bractea lorata, stigmatibus profundé multifidis exas- 
peratis ; flores lactei autumnales. Jn Peloponeso et Cep 
Gay ; prope Modon et Navarino, Bory ; in monte Nero Cephalo- 
nie, unio tter. Octobr. 
Var.2. Caspius. C. Caspius; Fischer MSS. Lenzovan. Herb. 
_ Hook, ; tubo longiore vix diversus, 
| 8. Lageneflorus. 
Vide infra ad calcem 3864. 
