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twice as long as the white filaments. Style branches orange, 

 overtopping the anthers, cut into many slender segments. Seeds 

 pale buff. 



Hab. Pyrenees and other mountains of the South of France and North of 

 Spain, ascending to 6000 ft. ; flowering in September and October. C. f/raim- 

 /fMs/x Maw, from the mountains of New Granada, alt. 4000 — 6500 ft., differs by 

 its larger corm, with more fibrous tunics, and without stolons. 



G2. C. ASTURicus Herb, in Bot. Mag. sub t. 3998 ; Maw, Monogr. 

 t. 7.— Corm globose, ^-f in. diam., not stoloniferous ; tunics of fine 

 matted parallel fibres. Basal spathe present. Leaves about 3, 

 rudimentary at the flowering time, mature in spring. Proper 

 spathe monophyllous. Perianth-tube shortly protruded ; segments 

 lilac, 1^ in. long ; throat concolorous, pubescent. Anthers bright 

 yellow, exceeding the white filaments. Style-branches orange, 

 overtopping the anthers, divided into many capillary segments. 

 Seeds dull bufi'-coloured. 



Hab. Asturias and other mountains of Spain, ascending to 4000 ft. ; 

 flowering in October and November. Intermediate between nudijiorus and 

 serotinus. 



G3. C. sPEciosus M. Bieb. Fl. Taur. Cauc. i. 27 ; Cent. Ross, 

 t. 71 ; Bot. Mag. t. 3861 ; Bot. Eeg. xxv. t. 40 ; Maw, Monogr. 

 t. 61. C. muldfidus Reich. Ic. Crit. fig. 1275, non Ramond. — Corm 

 globose, f-1 in. diam., not stoloniferous; tunics membranous, cut 

 round at the base. Basal spathe absent. Leaves about 3 to a 

 tuft, not developed with the flowers, mature with the fruit in 

 spring, thin, above a foot long, ^ in. broad, with revolute edges and 

 a broad white band. Proper spathe long, diphyllous. Perianth - 

 tube much exserted ; segments l|^-2 in. long, bright lilac, con- 

 spicuously feathered with three darker vertical vein.s. Anthers 

 very large, bright orange, much exceeding the white filaments. 

 Style-branches bright orange, overtopping the anthers, divided into 

 many slender segments. Seeds large, dark red. 



Hab. Austria to the Caucasus, Persia and Afghanistan ; flowering from 

 September to November. 



64. C. PULCHELLus Herb, in Bot. Reg. xxx. t. 3 ; Maw, Monogr. 

 t. 65. — Corm depresso-globose, ^ in. diam. ; tunics rigid, cut round 

 at the base. Basal spathe absent. Leaves not produced till after 

 the flowers, mature in spring with the fruit. Proper spathe short, 

 diphyllous. Perianth-tube much exserted ; segments bright lilac, 

 1-]^ in. long, not distinctly striped; throat bright yellow, glabrous. 

 Anthers white, longer tlian the yellow pubescent filaments. Style- 

 branches orange, cut into many capillary branches. Seeds red. 



Hab. Turkey, Greece and Asia Minor, ascending to 4000 ft. ; flowering 

 from September to December. Called C. constantinopolis by Hertodt, of Jena, 

 in 1670. 



65. C. BYZANTiNus (Parkius.) Ker in Bot. Mag. sub t. 1111 ; 

 Herb, in Bot. Reg. 1847, t. 4, fig. 5 ; Hook. fil. in Bot. Mag. t. 6141. 

 (J. hanaticus Gay, non Heulf. C. speciosus Reich. PI. Crit. figs, 

 1267-8, non M. B. C. indijJonis HeufT. ; Reich. Fl. Germ, 

 figs. 802-3 ; Maw, Monogr. t. 1. C. Ili'iln'itianus Kornicke. Cro- 



