92 HANDBOOK OF 1RIL>E.E. 



brown, membranous. Basal spathe present. Leaves not developed 

 till after the flowers. Proper spathe moiiophyllons. Perianth-tube 

 much exserted ; segments 1-lj in. long, lilac, not striped; throat 

 concolorous, glabrous. Anthers cream-coloured, twice as long as 

 the filaments. Style-branches many, capillary, cream-coloured. 

 Hab. Mountains of Kurdistan, alt. 6000 ft. ; flowering in September. 



55. C. Clusii Gay in Bull. Ferus. xv. 220; Mhw, Monogr. 1. 10. 

 ('. Clusinnus Herb. C. (lutiwnuilis Brotero. — Corui globose, i-^ in. 

 diam. ; tunic of matted parallel fibres. Basal s[)athe present. 

 Leaves 3-5 to a tuft, as high as the flowers, very narrow, with 

 reflcxed edges and a white baud. Proper spathe rnonophyllous. 

 Periauth-tube more or less exserted ; segments 1-1^ m. long, lilac, 

 unstriped ; throat concolorous, pubescent. Anthers yellow, longer 

 than the concolorous filaments. Style-branches dark orange, 

 divided into many capillary segments, overtopping the anthers. 

 Seeds scarlet. 



Hab. Portugal ; abundant about Lisbon, Oporto, &c. ; flowering in October 

 and November. 



56. C. BoRYi Gay in Bull. Ferns, xv. 220 ; Maw, Monogr. t. 47 b. 

 C. Boryamis Herb, in Bot. Keg. 1847, t. 1(5, fig. 10. C. ianiniti 

 Herb. — Corm globose, i-| in. diam. ; tunics of matted p;irallel 

 fibres. Basal spathe absent. Leaves 3-6 to a tuft, as high as tlje 

 flowers, narrow linear, with reflexed edges and a white baud. 

 Proper spathe diphyllous. Perianth-tube shortly exserted ; segments 

 1-1^ in. long, white, with sometimes a few lihic lines towards the 

 base outside ; throat bright yellow, glabrous. Anthers white, a 

 little longer than the orange filaments. St)lo-branches scarlet, 

 overtopping the anthers, divided into many capillary segments. 

 Seeds dark red. 



Var. C. MARATHONisEus Held. — Style-branches less divided, 

 shorter, not overtopping the anthers. 



Var. C. TouRNEFojiTH Gay ; Maw, Monogr. t. 47. C. Tourne- 

 fortianiis Herb. C. Orjiluinidis Hook. hi. in Bol. Miig. t. 5776. C. 

 p/iuh'tfandrus Orphan.- — Flowers bright lilac. 



Hab. Greece, the Cyclades and Ionian Islands ; flowering in November 

 and December. 



57. C. Veneris Tapp. in Poech. Fl. Cyprus, 10 ; Maw, Monogr. 

 t. 8. (\ cretensis Kornickc. — Corm \-l in. diam. ; tunics of matted 

 parallel fibres. Basal spathe not present. Leaves 5-7 to a tuft, 

 as high as the flowers, narrow linear, with reflexed edges and a 

 white band. Proper spathe diphyllous ; perianth -tube little 

 exserted ; segments imder an inch long, white, concolorous or 

 the outer feathered with purple outside ; throat yellow, glabrous. 

 Anthers white, twice as long as the pale yellow filaments. Style- 

 branches orange-yellow, overtopping the anthers, divided into many 

 capillary segments. 



Hab. Mountains of Cyprus and Crete ; flowering in November. Very near 

 ('. Boriji. 



58. C. L^iviGATus Bory et Chaub. Expl. Moree, 21, t. 2, fig. 1 ; 

 Maw, Monogr. t, 49, — Corm ovoid, k-i in. diam; tunics rigid. 



