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Subgenus Stenaster. 



1. C. AsiATicuM Liun. Sp. PI. 419, ex parte ; Gawl. in Bot. Mag. 

 t. 1073. C. toxicarium Koxb. C. asiaticum var. toxicarium Herb. ; 

 Wight, Ic. t. 2021-2022. —Bulb 4-5 in. diam. ; neck 6-9 in. long. 

 Leaves 20-30, lorate, multifarious, thin, bright green, 3-4 ft. long, 

 3-4 in. broad, naiTowed gradually to an acute point. Peduncle 

 ancipitous, 1^-2 ft. long, an inch thick. Flowers 20-50 in an 

 umbel ; spathe-valves 3-4 in. long ; pedicels |— 1 in. long. Perianth 

 white ; tube erect, tinged with green, 3-4 in. long ; segments linear, 

 2^-3 in. long. Stamens tinged with red, 2 in. long ; anthers -|-f in. 

 long. Ovules solitary. Fruit subgiobose, lf-2 in. diam., generally 

 1-seeded. 



Var. C. DECLiNATUM Herb, in Bot. Mag. t. 2281 ; Bury, Hexand. 

 t. 43. — Peduncle assurgent and plicate. Bud slightly ccrnuous ; 

 tube and limb longer than in the type, the latter tinged w^ith red. — 

 Sillet. 



Var. 0. siNicuM Eoxb. — Leaves 5 in. broad, with a very undu- 

 lated edge. Peduncle 3 ft. long. Tube and segments longer than 

 in the type. — China. 



Var. C. PRocERUM Carey; Herb, in Bot. Mag. t. 2684. — Leaves 

 5 ft. long, half a foot broad. Perianth-tube and limb each 5 in. 

 long, the latter tinged red on the outside. — Ban goon. 



Var. C. ANOMALUM Herb. C. iMcatum Livingstone ; Hook, in 

 Bot. Mag. t. 2908. — Leaves expanded suddenly at some distance 

 above the base into a broad membranous plicate variegated wing. — 

 China. 



Var. jAPONicuM Baker. — Leaves firmer in texture, 2-2|- in. broad. 

 Pedicels longer. Perianth-tube 2-2|- in. long, and limb a little 

 shorter. — Shores of Japan. 



Hab. Widely spread in Tropical Asia. Figured by Eumpliius in 1750. 

 There is a specimen at the British Museum sent from Tranquebar by the 

 Moravian brethren in 1784. The synonyms cited under asiaticum by Linnteus 

 include eruhesceils, longifoUuni, and dejixum. It appears to extend east^Yard to 

 the Aru Islands. 



2. C. suMATRANUM Eoxb. Hort. Beng. 23 ; Lindl. in Bot. Eeg. 

 t. 1049. C. rigidum Herb. — Bulb ovoid, as large as in asiaticum^ 

 but the neck shorter. Leaves ensiform, suberect, 3-4 in. broad, 

 narrowed gradually to the point, firm in texture, dark dull green ; 

 edge distinctly serrulate. Peduncle much shorter than the leaves. 

 Umbel 10-20 flowered ; spathe-valves lanceolate-deltoid, 3 in. long; 

 pedicels very short. Perianth-tube erect, greenish, 3-4 in. long ; 

 segments linear, as long as the tube, not tinged with red outside. 

 Filaments bright red, much shorter than the segments ; anthers 

 linear, f in. long. Fruit as large as a man's fist, 1-3-seeded. 



Hab. Sumatra, Introduced by Dr. Charles Campbell to the Calcutta Botanic 

 Garden in 1801. C. macrocarpinn Carey, from Eangoon, is probably a near 

 ally, but it is known only from a brief diagnosis. 



3. C. AMABiLE Bonn, Hort. Cantab, ed. vi. 83; Ker in Bot. Mag. 

 t. 1605. C. superhum Koxb. — Bulb small, but with a neck a foot or 

 more long. Leaves 25-30, lorate, 3-4 ft. long, 3-4 in. broad, 

 bright green, tapering gradually to the point, the outer spreading, 



