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the inner siiberecfc; margin narrow, entire. Peduncle 2-3 ft. long, 

 ancipitous. Flowers 20-30 in an umbel, very fragrant ; spatlie- 

 valves lanceolate-deltoid, tinged red, 4-5^in. long ; pedicels -|-1 in. 

 long. Periantli-tnbe erect, cylindrical, bright red, 3-4 in. long; 

 segments 4-5 in. long, |— i in. broad, red on the outside. Ovules 

 few in a cell. Stamens an inch shorter than the segments. 



Hab. Sumatra, introduced into cultivation at the beginning of the century 

 by Dr. Campbell and Sir Stamford Baffles. Described from a plant that flowered 

 at Kew in tlie winter of 1871. An allied plant with much smaller flowers, col- 

 lected by Kurz in the Andaman Isles, requires further study. 



4. C. DEFixuM Ker in Journ. Sc. iii. 105; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 362; 

 Herb, in Bot. Mag. t. 2208. C. asiaiiciuii Linn, ex parte ; Eoxb. ; 

 C. Roxhnr(jliii Dalz. & Gibs. Awari/Uis vin'para Lam. — Bulb ovoid, 

 2-3 in. diam. ; neck long, cylindrical. Leaves 6-8 to a bulb, 

 linear, 2-3 ft. long, f-1 in. broad, deeply channelled down the face, 

 tapering to the point ; margin entire. Peduncle moderately stout, 

 li-2 ft. long. Umbel G-15-fiowered ; spathe-valves ovate-lanceolate, 

 1^-2 in. long; pedicels short. Perianth-tube slender, erect, 2^-3 in. 

 long ; segments linear, nearly as long as the tube. Filaments bright 

 red, an inch shorter than the segments ; anthers linear, ^ in. long. 

 Capsule subglobose, 2 in. diam. ; seeds 1-2 in a cell. 



Var. C. ENsiFOLiuM Eoxb. ; Herb, in Bot. Mag. t. 2301. — Leaves 

 more acute. Perianth-tube 4 in. long; segments as long as the 

 tube, tinged red on the outside. — Pegu. 



Hab. Muddy and swampy banks of rivers about Calcutta and through 

 Peninsular India. Flowers in October. Figured by Eheede in 1692. 



5. C. Wattii Baher. — Bulb ovoid, 2 in. diam. ; neck very short. 

 Leaves ensiform, thin, flaccid, tapering gradually to the point, 

 1-|- ft. long, 1-1:^ in. broad ; margin entire. Peduncle mederately 

 stout, 1| ft. long. Umbel G-8-flowered ; spathe-valves lanceolate- 

 deltoid, 1^ in. long ; pedicels very short. Buds tinged with purple. 

 Perianth-tube slender, erect, 3 in. long ; segments linear, half as 

 long as the tube. Stamens as long as the segments ; anthers linear, 

 i in. long. 



Hab. Manipur; Myang Khong Valley, alt. 4000 ft., in grassy places, Dr. 

 G. Watt 7148 1 Allied to C. defixmn. 



6. C. STENOPHYLLUM Baker in Gard. Chron. 1881, 786. — Leaves 

 thin, flaccid, linear, 3 ft. long, \-^ in. broad. Peduncle slender, 

 ancipitous, about a foot long. Umbel 4 -flowered ; spathe-valves 

 lanceolate-acuminate, 2 in. long; pedicels ^ in. Perianth-tube 

 slender, erect, 3-4 in. long ; segments linear, spreading, half as 

 long as the tube. Stamens shorter than the segments. 



Hab. Tavoy, collected bj/ Gomez in October, 1827, WalUcli Herb. Ind. 8970 ! 

 Nearest C. dejlxnm. 



7. C. SERRULATUM Balvcr in Gard. Chron. 1881, 786. — Bulb 

 ovoid, 2 in. diam. ; tunics thick, dull brown ; neck short. Leaves 

 10-12, suberect, linear, firm in texture, under a foot long, l-^ in. 

 broad, tapering gradually to the point, distinctly serrulate on the 

 margin. Peduncle slender, about a foot long. Umbel few-flowered; 

 spathe-valves lanceolate, an inch long; pedicels very short. Perianth- 



