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60. C. Fleischeri Gay in Bull. Ferus. xv. 219 ; Maw, Monogr. 



t. 6G. C. Fleischeiiioius Herb. C. snu/nienfiiii Poecli. — Conn ^-| in. 

 diam. ; tunics a dense mass of regularly-interlacing fine fibres. 

 Basal spatlie absent. Leaves about G to a tuft, as high as the 

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

 spathe diphyllous. Perianth-tube not exserted ; segments 1-1^ in. 

 long, acute, white, the three outer with three slender lilac lines on 

 the back ; throat yellow, glabrous. Anthers small, orange, about 

 as long as the filaments. Style-branches brick-red, dividing into 

 many capillary segments. Seeds rose-red, ripening to brown. 



Hab. Limestone hills of Asia Minor ; flowering in January and February. 



51. C. cANDiDus Clarke, Travels, iii. 185; Maw, Monogr. t. 54. 

 C. Klrkii Maw. — Corm globose, f in. diam. ; tunics of matted 

 parallel fibres. Basal spathe absent. Leaves as high as the 

 flowers, finally |- in. broad, with a very narrow keel and ciliated 

 margin. Proper spathe diphyllous. Perianth-tube little exserted ; 

 segments 1-1|- in. long, white, tinged with yellow towards the 

 glabrous throat, the outer sometimes tinged or feathered with 

 purple on the back. Anthers orange, about as long as the yellow 

 filaments. Style-branches cream-white, slit into many capillary 

 segments. 



Hab. The Troad ; flowering in March. First gathered by Dr. Clarke in 

 1800, and re-discovered by Sir John Kirk in 1856. 



52. C. HYEMALis Boiss. at Blanche, Diag. 2, iv. 93; Maw, 

 Monogr. t. 43. — Coi'm globose, |~f in. diam. ; tunics membranous. 

 Basal spathe absent. Leaves about 4 to a tuft, as high as the 

 flowers, with reflexed edges and a white band. Proper spathe 

 diphyllous. Perianth-tube little exserted ; segments 1-1| in. long, 

 white, with a central long pui-ple line and 3-5 shorter ones ; throat 

 yellow, glabrous. Anthers orange, twice as long as the concolorous 

 filaments. Style-branches red, divided into many long slender 

 segments. 



Hab. Palestine ; common about Jerusalem, and extending northward to 

 the Lebanon range and Damascus. Var. Foxii Maw is a form with nearly 

 black anthers. 



53. C. Gaillardotii Maw, Monogr. t. 40. C. fii/onalis var. 

 Gaillardotii Boiss. et Blanche. C aleppkiis Baker. — Corm ovoid, 

 i-f in. diam. ; tunics formed from the very summit of fine matted 

 parallel fibres. Basal spathe absent. Leaves many to a corm, 

 very narrow, recurved, present with the flowers, with reflexed edges 

 and a white baud. Proper spathe diphyllous. Perianth-tube not 

 exserted ; segments f-1 in. long, white, unstriped, flushed outside 

 with slaty lilac ; throat lilac. Anthers white, rather longer than 

 the yellow filaments. Style-branches orange-red, divided into many 

 capillary branches. 



Hab. Damascus, through Northern Palestine to Aleppo ; flowering in 

 December and January. 



Autuunud. 



54. C. Kakduchokum Kotschy, PI. Cilic.-Kurd. 1859, No. 469 ; 

 Maw, Monogr. t. 5. — Corm globose, h-i in. diam.; tunics pale 



