Piate XCII. 
*(A) ROMULEA ramirtora, Ten.; (B) R. RAMIFLORA a@ CONTORTA, 
Moggridge. 
Natural Order IripacEea. 
Gen. Cuar.—See description of Plate XCIII. below. 
(A.) Spec, Coar.—Scape elongate, 2-3 flowered. Upper valve of spathe 
herbaceous, with very narrow membranous margins. Pertanth rather 
small, yellow in throat ; outer segments oblong-lanceolate, yellowish out- 
side and deep or pale lilac in upper part; inside inner segments lanceolate, 
purple in upper part, inside and out [I have seen specimens gathered at 
Fréjus in which the flowers were white with yellow throat]. Style slightly 
shorter than the stamens. Leaves 6-12 inches in length, stout, straight 
or recurved (the two outer leaves are represented as being bent back- 
wards in order to bring them within the limits of the plate). Bulb simple. 
Lomulea ramiflora, Ten., Append. ad indic. sem. H. R. N. (1827); 
Woods, Tour, Fl. p. 857 ; Ardoino, Fl. Alp. Mar. p. 363. 
(B.) Spec. Cuar.—Scape long, 3-4 flowered. Peduncles curiously con- 
torted. Upper valve of spathe almost entirely membranous. Perianth rather 
small, yellow in throat; segments lanceolate acute. Style slightly longer 
than the stamens. Leaves shorter and more recurved than in A. Bulb 
enclosing one or more leaf-bearing bulbils in the outer coats. Romulea 
ramiflora a contorta, Moggridge. 
Hasitats.—(A.) Carnolés, Mentone, where I gathered the specimens 
figured, March 16th, 1870. (B.) Cap Croisette, Cannes; collected and 
communicated to me by Mr. Strickland, March 23rd, 1870. 
Remarks.—The variety of Romulea ramiflora, Ten., which I have named 
contorta, appears to be of extreme rarity, having as yet been found only 
in one spot, in small quantities, on the Cap Croisette. J have received 
and collected large numbers of specimens of R. ramiflora from Mentone, 
Cannes, Fréjus, and Hyéres, but have never before observed any marked 
deviation from the typical characters. Four bulbs of the variety contorta 
were placed in my garden and flowered last spring: one of these pro- 
duced flowers twice as large as those represented in the figure, and the 
upper valve of the spathe was herbaceous with a narrow scarious edge 
suddenly enlarged below; two of the others resembled that just described, 
but had an even, wide, scarious margin, and the herbaceous nerves were 
separated by lines of membranous tissue. The fourth plant closely re- 
produced the characters of the individual represented in the plate (B). 
R. ramiflora, Ten., is found in southern Spain, Sicily, central and 
southern Italy, at Mentone, Cannes (on the Croisette and at St. Cassien), 
Fréjus, (where a white-flowered variety has been discovered by Mr, 
