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twisted, 1^ ft. long. Peduncle subterete, glaucous, a foot or more 

 long. Flowers 8-10 in an umbel, very cernuous, bright red, 

 2-2| in. long ; pedicels short ; spathe-valves 3-4, lanceolate ; tube 

 twice as long as the oblong segments, |- in. diam. at the throat. 

 Stamens inserted in the tube ; filaments an inch long. Style 

 reaching to the tip of the segments ; stigma capitate. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; Southern provinces, Drege ! Thom ! Macowan 2G19 1 

 Closely allied to C obliquus. 



3. C. HuTTONi Baker. — Leaves lorate, contemporary with the 

 flowers, a foot long, f-f in. broad. Peduncle moderately stout, 

 above a foot long. Umbel 6-8-flowered ; spathe-valves 2, oblong- 

 lanceolate, 1-1 in. long; pedicels erect, -|— 1 in. long. Perianth pale 

 red, about an inch long including the ovary ; tube curved, narrowly 

 funnel-shaped, ^-^ in. diam. at the throat, twice as long as the 

 oblong segments. Stamens biseriate ; filaments very short. Style 

 reaching halfway up the limb ; stigma tricuspidate. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; Province of Albany, Hutton ! Described from a plant 

 that flowered at Kew in May, 1864. 



Subgenus Monella (Herb.). 



4. C. BRACHYscYPHus Baker. — Bulb ovoid. Leaves about 3, 

 contemporary with the flowers, linear, 9-10 in. long. Scape 

 slender, terete, glaucous, as long as the leaves. Umbel 6-8- 

 flowered ; spathe-valves 2, lanceolate, an inch long ; pedicels 

 ■|~| in. long. Flowers pale red; tube narrowly funnel-shaped, 

 I in. diam. at the throat, a little longer than the oblong-lanceolate 

 segments. Stamens inserted near the throat of the tube ; filaments 

 ^ in. long. Style overto^Dping the anthers. 



Hab. Port Grosvenor, Pondo-land. Described from a specimen sent by 

 Mr. Tillett, of Sprowston, near Norwich, in July, 1886. 



5. C. WELwiTScnn Hiern ; Baker in Journ. Bot. 1878, 197. — 

 Bulb ovoid, 1 in. diam. Leaves about 4, contemporary with the 

 flowers, linear, glaucous, 1-lf ft. long, |— ^ in. broad. Peduncle 

 slender, as long as the leaves. Umbel 3-8-flowered ; spathe-valves 

 2, lanceolate, 1^-2 in. long ; pedicels slender, erect, l-lf in. long. 

 Perianth red, erect, IJ-li in. long; tube funnel-shaped, ^-^ in. 

 diam. at the throat, rather longer than the oblong-lanceolate 

 segments. Stamens biseriate ; filaments short ; anthers oblong. 

 Style reachmg halfway up the limb ; stigma tricuspidate. Capsule- 

 valves oblong, I in. long. 



Hab. Mountains of Angola, subtemperate region, Welivitschl H. H. 

 Jokmton ! 



6. C. SPIRALIS Burchell ; Gawl. in Bot. Eeg. t. 167. Monella 

 spiralis Herb. — Bulb ovoid. If in. diam. Leaves 2-3, produced 

 after the flowers, linear, weak, spirally-twisted, glaucous, 6-9 in. 

 long. Peduncle slender, glaucous, a foot long. Umbel 4-6- 

 flowered ; spathe-valves 2, lanceolate, an inch long ; pedicels 

 ascending, i-l in. Flowers bright red, inodorous, 1^-2 in. long; 

 tube curved, ^ in. diam. at the throat; segments oblong, -|in. long. 



