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Herb. ('. )ii val in Bory et Cliaub. C. thessalus Boiss. et Sprun. — 

 Conn globose, f-in. diam. ; tunics a dense mass of rather strong 

 matted fibres. Basal spathe present. Leaves 4-G to a tuft, as 

 high as the flower, i in. broad at the flowering time, glaucous 

 beneath, bright green above, with a broad white central band. 

 Proper spathe diphyllous. Perianth- tube shortly exserted ; seg- 

 ments 1-1^ in. long, as variable in colour as in. C. renins, -puvple or 

 white ; coucolorous or the three striped and feathered outside ; 

 throat glabrous, yellow. Anthers orange, twice as long as the cou- 

 colorous filaments. Style-branches sub-entire, orange-red. Seeds 

 red. 



Hab. Mountains of Greece, Crete and the Cyclades, ascending to 7000 ft. 

 Flowering from January to May, according to altitude. 



26. C. VELUcHENsis Herb, in Bot. Reg. 1847, tab. 4, fig. 3 ; Maw, 

 Monogr. t. 32. (J. balkuneiisis Janka.— -Corm globose, h in. diara. ; 

 tunics of fine fibres, bristly at the top. Basal spathe present. 

 Leaves about 3 to a tuft, narrow linear, with reflexed edges and a 

 distinct white central baud. Proper spathe diphyllous. Perianth- 

 tube scarcely exserted ; segments oblong, 1^ in. long, coucolorous 

 dark purple ; throat bearded, white inside. Anthers bright orange, 

 longer than the white filaments. Style-branches entire, orange- 

 yellow, overtopping the anthers. 



Hab. Balkans and mountains of Northern Greece, where it flowers in 

 May. Very like C. buuaticus in the corni and flower; differs by its narrow 

 leaves and diphyllous spathe. 



27. C. BiLioTTJi Maw, Monog. t. 566. — Corm ^-^ in. diam ; 

 tunics membranous, fibrous at tlie base. Basal spathe reaching 

 above the ovary. Leaves 3 to a tuft, as high as the flower, yV in. 

 broad, with reflexed edges and a white central band. Proper 

 spathe monophyllous. Perianth-tube little exserted ; segments 

 oblong, an inch long, bright purple with a darker blotch near the 

 throat. Anthers yellow, twice as long as the filaments. Style- 

 branches siibeutire, orange, a little overtopping the anthers. 



Hab. Mountains of Armenia, flowering late in May. Sent to Mr. G. Maw 

 in 1880 by Consul Biliotti. Flowers and leaves of C. aerin-t, from which it 

 diiifers by its tibro-membranous corm-tunics and the presence of a long basal 

 spathe. 



28. C. PAiivu'XORus Baker in Journ. Bot. 1876, 266; Maw, 

 Monogr. t. 67. — Corm ^-^ in. diam. ; tunics of fine stranded inter- 

 lacing fibres. Basal spathe absent. Leaves 3 to a tuft, as high as tlie 

 flower, very narrow, with much reflexed edges and a distinct white 

 central band. Proper spathe diphyllous. Perianth-tube little ex- 

 serted ; segments oblong, ^ in. long, pale, unstriped ; throat cou- 

 colorous, glabrous. Antliers pale orange-yellow, twice as long as 

 the glabrous filaments. Style-branches entire, subulate. 



Hab. Cilician Taurus over Anascha, alt. 4000 ft. Discovered by Mr. and 

 Mrs. Danford in the spring of 1877. 



29. C. .\L.\TAvicus Kegel et Semen. Enum. iii. ; Gartenfl. t. 

 906, fig. 1 ; Maw, Monogr. t. 45. — Corm f-1 in. diam. ; tunics of 

 fine matted parallel fibres. Basal spathe absent. Leaves 6-10 to 



