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Hab. Macedonia, Thrace, Roumelia and Asia Minor, from sea-level to 

 3000 — 4000 ft. ; flowering from January to March. The Servian C. hyhridus 

 Petr. differs by having the flowers conspicuously striped with black outside. 



8. C. Danfordi^ Maw, Monogr. t. 63. — Conn like that of C. 

 chnjsnnthus ; tunics rigid, cut round at the base. Basal spathe 

 none. Leaves very narrow, with reflexed edges and a distinct white 

 central band, 2-3 in. long at the flowering time. Proper spathe 

 diphyllous, shorter than the tube. Limb f in. long, pale sulphur- 

 yellow, unstriped, faintly tinged with grey outside ; throat glabrous. 

 Anthers yellow, ^ in. long. Style-branches short, entire, orange- 

 yellow, much shorter than the anthers. 



Hab. CiHcian Taurus and Anti-Taurus, alt. 4000 — 0000 ft.; discovered by 

 Mrs. Danford in 1879. Flowers in February and March. 



9. C. LAzicus Boiss. in Balans. PI. Orient. 1866, No. 1533; 

 Maw, Monogr. 1. 12. — Corm very small ; tunics brown, membranous. 

 Basal spathe elongated. Leaves 3 to a tuft, as high as the flower, 

 very narrow, with reflexed edges and a white band. Proper spathe 

 monophyllous. Perianth-tube much exserted ; segments oblong, 

 orange-yellow, unstriped, l^-l-j in. long ; throat concolorous, 

 glabrous. Anthers orange, half as long as the yellow filaments. 

 Style-branches short, orange-yellow, usually entire. 



Hab. Asia Minor ; mountains of Lazistan, alt. 8000 — 8500 ft. ; flowering 

 in August. 



10. C. BiFLORus Miller in Gard. Diet. edit. 7, No. 4; Bot. Mag. 

 t. 845 ; Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 362 ; Red. Lil. t. 294 ; Reich. Exot. 

 t. 34 ; Ic. Crit. t. 935-936 ; Maw, Monogr. t. 59. C. circtwiscisstis 

 Haw. C. annuiotus Herb. — Corm globose, ^-f in. diam., the 

 coriaceous tunics cut round at the base and breaking into small 

 pieces. Basal spathe absent. Leaves 4-6 to a tuft, overtopping 

 the flowers, very narrow, with reflexed edges and a distinct white 

 central band. Proper spathe diphyllous. Perianth-tube exserted ; 

 segments l^-l J in. long, more or less tinged with purple, the outer 

 with three distinct stripes of purple down the back ; throat faintly 

 bearded, tinged with yellow. Anthers orange, exceeding the papillose 

 orange filaments. Style-branches entire, orange-red. Never pro- 

 duces seed. Very variable, the following being the principal wild 

 types. 



Var. C. ARGENTEus Sabine in Trans. Hort. Soc. vii. t. 11, fig. 5. 

 C. minimus Bot. Mag. t- 2991, non DC. C. pracox Haw.; E. B. S. 

 t. 2645. C. Hneatus Jan.; Reich. Ic. Crit. fig. 1259; Ic. Germ, 

 figs. 788-789. — Less robust, with only 3-4 leaves to a tuft and 

 smaller flowers, more tinged with purple, the outer segments striped 

 with dark purple outside. Seeds bright buff.— Italy. 



Var. C. pusiLLus Tenore, Mem. 8, t. 2 ; Sweet, Flow. Gard. 

 t. ]06; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1454.— Flower still smaller than in the 

 last, paler, the three outer segments either striped with dark purple 

 down the back or in var. estriatus Herb. Bot. Reg. t. 1987, con- 

 colorous pale purple. — Italy. 



Var. C. Weldeni Hoppe in Bot. Zeit. 1840, 208 ; Bot. Mag. 

 t. 6211. — Limb a concolorous slaty purple. — Dalmatia and Trieste. 



