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Stamens inserted near the throat of the tube ; filaments J-^ in. 

 long. Style overtopping the stamens ; stigma tricuspidate. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; Province of Uitenhage, Burchell ! Zeyher 347 1 Flowers 

 in November. 



7. C. coLLiNus Burchell ; Gawl. in Bot. Reg. t. 162. Monella 

 glauca Herb. M. collina Salisb. — Bulb ovoid, 1-|- in. diam. Leaves 

 about 3, produced with the flowers, linear, weak, not twisted, 

 6-9 in. long. Peduncle slender, terete, a foot long. Umbel 6-10- 

 flowered ; spathe- valves 2, lanceolate ; pedicels slender, suberect, 

 -|-1 in. long. Perianth bright red, If -2 in. long; tube narrowly 

 funnel-shaped, very slender in the lower half, ^ in. diam. at the 

 throat ; segments oblong, \ in. long. Stamens almost uniseriate, 

 inserted near the throat of the tube ; filaments very short. Style 

 reaching halfway up the limb ; stigma tricuspid'ete. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; Uitenhage, Burchell 7783 ! Zuur-berg, Cooper 3223 ! 

 Flowers in August. 



8. C. RECTiFLORUs Baker. — Bulb ovoid, 1| in. diam. Leaves 

 2, contemporary with the flowers, linear, straight, green. Peduncle 

 slender, 1-1^ ft. long. Umbel 8-10-flowered ; spathe-valves 2, 

 lanceolate; pedicels f-1 in. long. Perianth straight, red, erect, 

 about an inch long ; tube narrowly funnel-shaped, ^ in. diam. at 

 at the throat ; segments oblong, half as long as the tube. Stamens 

 biseriate ; filaments very short ; upper three anthers J in. above 

 the others. Style reaching to the tip of the segments ; stigma 

 obscurely tricuspidate. 



Hab. British Kaffraria ; Perie Bush. Discovered by Mr. Tidmarsh, Curator 

 of the Grahamstown Botanic Garden. 



9. C. PALLiDus Sims in Bot. Mag. t. 2471. — Bulb ovoid, 1|- in. 

 diam. Leaves 4-5, produced after the flowers, linear, green, not 

 twisted. Peduncles subterete, purplish, i ft. long. Umbel 4-5 

 flowered ; spathe-valves 2, lanceolate ; pedicels f-1 in. long. Perianth 

 pale red, 1| in. long ; tube narrowly funnel-shaped, \ in. diam. 

 at the throat : segments oblong, f in long. Stamens and style a 

 little exserted from the tube. 



Hab. Cape Colony. Known to me only by the figure cited, which was 

 drawn from a garden plant introduced by Villet in 1822. 



10. C. Macowani Baker in Gard. Chron. 1875, 95; Eegel 

 Gartenfl. t. 960. — Bulb ovoid, 1 in diam. Leaves 1-3, contem- 

 porary with the flowers, linear, green, not twisted, f-1 ft. long. 

 Peduncle slender, terete, a foot long. Umbel 6-8 flowered ; spathe- 

 valves 2, lanceolate, 1-lf in. long; pedicels f-f in. Perianth 

 bright scarlet, l^-lf in. long; tube curved, narrowly funnel- 

 shaped, f in. diam. at the throat ; segments ovate, cuspidate, f-i in. 

 long. Stamens biseriate ; filaments very short. Style just ex- 

 serted from the perianth-tube : stigma tricuspidate. 



Hab. Eastern provinces of Cape Colony, ascending to 5000 ft. on the 

 Boschberg. Introduced into cultivation by Prof. Macowan in 1875. 



11. C. ODORus Gawl. in Bot. Keg. t. 503. — Monella odora Herb. 

 Eusipho odora Salisb. — Bulb ovoid, If in. diam. Leaves 2-3, 



