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Peduncle 3-12 in. long ; spatlie green, with a hyaline edge. Outer 

 perianth-segments oblong, ^-1 in. long ; inner half as long, obovate- 

 cuneate, deeply emarginate, with only a green patch round the 

 sinus. Anthers lanceolate, ^ in. long, gradually acuminate. G. 

 rejiexus Herb., from Mount Gargarus, has flowers much smaller 

 than in the type, and inner segments reflexed at the apex. Var. 

 luteHcem Hort. has a yellowish ovary, and inner segments tipped 

 with yellow instead of green. Var. iwculiformis Hort. has the 

 inner segments plain white, and nearly as long as the outer. 

 6r. Hcharloki Caspary has two long herbaceous spathe-valves, some- 

 times two flowers, and a green spot at the tip of each outer 

 segment. G. curcijyensis [prcEcox) Hort., from Corfu, flowers in 

 December. G. octohrends Hort., brought by Lord Walsingham to 

 the late Kev. Harpur Crewe, from Albania, flowers in England at 

 the end of October. 



Subsp. G. Imperati Bertol. Fl. Ital. iv. 5. G. ylicatus Tenore, 

 non M. B. G. Clusii Fiscli. — Leaves broader than in the type, 

 and flowers larger. Outer segments 1-1 i in. long, more spathulate 

 and narrower at the base than in the type. — Naples and Genoa. 

 Figured by Matthiolus in 1575, and received by Clusius from 

 Byzantium in 1582. Var. Melvillei Hort. scarcely differs. 



Subsp. G. cAucAsicus Baker in Gard. Chron. 1887, i. 312. — 

 Leaves broader than in the type, finally 8-9 in. long, f in. broad. 

 Petals usually f-1 in. long, oblong-spathulate, with a very narrow 

 claw. — Caucasus only. Flowers later than the type. Includes G. 

 nivalis, vars. Redontei, major, and casjnus of Kuprecht. Often con- 

 founded with G. jjlicatiis, but the edge of the leaf is not recurved. 

 Var. virescens Hort. is apparently a form of this, with the outer 

 segments flushed with green on the outside. 



Hab. Extends through Southern and Central Europe from the Pyrenees to 

 the Caucasus. Flowers in February and March. 



2. G. GRiEcus Orph. ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, v. 145. — Very near G. 

 Elwesii, but the flower smaller, with narrower outer segments, and 

 the apical lobes of the inner segments not spreading nor crisped. 



Hab. Isle of Chios, on Mount Pellinos, alt. 3800 ft., flowering in April, 

 Orphanides. 



3. G. Elwesii Hook. fil. in Bot. Mag. t. 6166. — Bulb larger 

 than in nivalis ; sheath 1-3 in. long. Leaves very glaucous, broader 

 than in nivalis, simply channelled down the face. Flower more 

 globose than in nivalis ; outer segments oblong-spathulate, f-l^ in. 

 long, i-| in. broad ; inner dark green in the lower half and also 

 round the sinus ; lobes square, rather spreading and crisped. 

 Anthers ^ in. long, narrowed gradually from the base to the apex. 

 Capsule rather tarbinate. 



Hab. Mountains of Asia Minor, 2000 — 5000 ft., flowering with us in 

 February. Gathered by Ba'ansa in 1854, but first individualised by Mr. Elwes 

 in 1875. G. filobosu.-i W'lks in Garden, 1887, i. 31)3, with woodcut, from Smyrna, 

 is a form with very broad outer segments, globose perianth-limb, and frequently 

 two flowers. 



4. G. LATiFOLius Piuprecht in Kegel Gartenfl. 1868, 130, t. 578, 

 fig. 1 ; Gard. Chron. 1879, fig. 32 c ; 1881, 404, fig. 80. — Bulb 



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