ee Var. 
unvarying absence of the conspicuous bracte within the 
spathe, which seems constant in the latter, and the absence 
of purple stripes on the immature capsule, and the stigmas 
are small and truncate, exceeding their anthers by their 
whole length, whereas those of Imperatonwus are usually 
more ragged, and scarcely exceeding them, ‘The mner 
vaginaceous coat is reticulated upwards, parallel-fibred be- 
low and attached near the base, the outer foliaceous coat 
attached on the brow above the middle of the corm, as It 1s 
in C. Imperatonius. W. H. 
Fig. 1. The neck of the Bulb, the two-flowered Involucre, and one of the 
Spathes cut open, showing the Germen and Tube. 2. Outside of a Sepal. 
3. Inside of a Petal. 4. Style and Stamens. 
8. Lageneflorus. Nobis 3869. Flore verno. 
9. Campestris ; Pallas MSS. Herb. Lambert,—* Serotinus!” perperam 
Ker in Synon. Bot. Mag. 1267. C. hybernus, Fridwalski, MSS. 
in herbariis ; in Roumelid lectus. Flore autummali, sero; cormo 
modico unigemmato 1- rarits 2-floro, tunic vaginacea interlore 
conferté subparallelo-fibros’ prope basim affix ; foliaceis fibris ten- 
uiter reticulatis superne setosis exteriore infra med. proxima paul- 
16 supra affixa, scapo brevi (}-unc.), spatha bracteata, bractea (ni 
fallor) tubat& (certé tubum amplex4), tubo vaginas extrafoliaceas 
unc. plis minus superante, limbo pallidé (in sicco) griseo-violaceo, 
interdum albo, sepalis petala longitudine et latitudime superantibus, 
stigmatibus simplicibus sensim majoribus truncatis antheras paullo 
superantibus, foliis 6—10 angustis hysteranthiis vere excrescenti- 
bus rariis apice synanthio. Hab. Tauriam et Roumeliam. Vivum 
non vidi. 
§§. 4. Reticulati; tunica precipua reticulata. 
10. Cancellatus ; Herbert. Flore autumnali vel estivo; cormo unl- 
gemmato 1—2-floro tunicis laté reticulatis demum cribrosis, folia- 
ceis superne setosis, scapo (ni fallor in sicco) nudo, spatha (ni 
fallor) bracteata bracted tubaté, tubo superne nudo flavescente, 
limbo purpureo ad basim extus saturatiis stricta, stigmatibus me- 
qualibus subsimplicibus antheras subequantibus saturate auran- 
Var. 1. Kotschianus ; minor limbo circ, 1}-unc. In Syrié legit @s- 
tate Th. Kotschy, Herb. Bentham ; in Taurid, Herb. Hooker. 
2. Naupliensis ; major limbo circ. 13-unc. Spec. Octobri 
_ Naupliam lect. perperam C. nudiflorus, Herb. Bentham. V2vos 
2 : ll. Reticulatus ; 
Vide infra ad calcem 3865. 
