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tunics of fine reticulated fibres, produced about an inch above its 

 neck. Basal spathe overtopping the ovary. Leaves Hke those of 

 C. sativus. Proper spathe diphyllous. Perianth-tube little ex- 

 serted ; segments pure white, li in, long, with a pubescent base. 

 Anthers bright orange, more than twice the length of the white or 

 purple filaments. Style- branches entire, bright red, overtopping 

 the anthers. 



Var. Saundeksianus Herb. — Throat of the perianth bright 

 purple. — Albania. 



Var. cHRYsoBELKNious Herb. — Segments with reddish lines to- 

 wards the base and a yellow throat. 



Var. C. PELOPONNKsiAcus Orph. — Leaves not produced till after 

 the flowers. — Murea. 



Hab. Ionian islands, Greece and Albania, flowering from the end of Sep- 

 tember tiirougli October, a little earlier than C. saticus, to which it is closely 

 allied. 



36. C. Cambessedesii Gay in Bull. Ferus. xv. 220 ; Maw, 

 Monogr. t. 13. C. Cainfu'ssedesuinus Herb, in Bot. Reg. xxxi. t. 37, 

 fig. 4. C. iiiai/ontanas Rodr. — Corm ovoid, ^ in. diam. ; tunics 

 brown, membranous. Basal spathe present. Leaves 3—4 to a tuft, 

 as high as the flower, very narrow, with reflexed edges and a white 

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

 segments oblong, under an inch long, varying from lilac to white, 

 the outer bufi" outside, with three feathered dark purple lines ; 

 throat glabrous, concolorous. Anthers yellow, shorter than the 

 white filaments. Style-brcinches subentire, orange-scarlet. Seeds 

 buff. 



Hab. Majorca and Minorca, flowering in October and November. Flower 

 like that of C. ininiiaus. 



37. C. zonatus Gay in Bal. PI. Orient. 1855, No. 823 ; Maw, 

 Monogr. t. 4. — Corm depresso-globose, -l-f in. diam. ; tunics 

 brown, very thin, membranous. Basal spathe present. Leaves 

 not developed till after the flowers, narrow linear. Proper spathe 

 diphyllous. Perianth-tube exserted 2-3 in. ; segments 1-2 in. 

 long, rosy lilac, concolorous, veined internally with 5-7 purple 

 lines and bearing at the base two semicircular orange spots ; throat 

 yellow, pubescent. Anthers white, 2-3-times the length of the 

 yellow filaments, toothed at the tip. Style-branches short, yellow, 

 subentire, overtopping the anthers. Seeds whitish. 



Hab. High mountains of Cilicia, flowering in September and October. 



88. C. ScHARojANi Ruprecht in Regel Gartenfl. t. 578 ; Maw, 

 Monogr. t. 3. — Corm very small, globose ; tunics membranous. 

 Basal spathe present. Leaves developed in spring, remaining till 

 the flower appears. Proper spathe raonophyllous. Perianth-tube 

 much exserted; segments bright yellow, concolorous, li-lij in. 

 long ; throat concolorous. Anthers pale yellow. Style-branches 

 subentire, orange-red, shorter than the stamens. Seeds dull bufi". 



Hab. North-west Caucasus and Armenia, alt. 7000 ft. Flowering at the 

 end of July and in August. The only yullow-flowcred specie.s of the group. 



