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entire. Peduncle a foot long, much compressed, moderately stout. 

 Flowers 10-20 in an umbel; spatlie-valves broad, green, 3 in. long; 

 pedicels very short. Periantli-tubo slender, erect, greenish, 2^-3 in. 

 long ; segments linear, spreading, pure white. Filaments bright 

 red, 1^-2 in. long; anthers linear, ^-J in. long. Ovules solitary. 



Hab. Wild in the Seychelles, especially on the sandy beaches of the 

 Avesteru coast of the Island of Mahe, Home ! Introduced from Mauritius long 

 ago to the Calcutta Botanic Garden. 



13. C. "\VELT\'iTscmi Baker in Gard. Chron. 1881, ii. 40. — Leaves 

 linear, 1^-2 ft. long, ^-^ in. broad, moderately firm in texture ; 

 edge slightly scabrous. Perianth-tube curved, 4 in. long ; segments 

 linear, ascending, nearly as long as the tube. Stamens short. 



Hab. Angola, Welwltsch 4016 ! This seems very distinct, but the only 

 specimen I have seen is incomplete. 



14. C. MAURiTiANUM Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. G50. — Leaves ensiform, 

 suberect, about 3 ft. long, apparently not more than 2-2^ in. broad. 

 Peduncle much shorter than the leaves. Flowers 4 in an umbel, 

 sessile. Perianth-tube suberect, 3-4 in. long ; segments linear, 

 rather shorter than the tube, tipped with red. Stamens and style 

 shorter than the segments. 



Hab. Cultivated by Loddiges at Hackney in 1822, and known now only 

 from the much-reduced figure in their 'Botanical Cabinet.' Nothing like has 

 been sent home from Mauritius of late years. 



15. C. LiGULATUM Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xx. 270. — Leaves 

 about 8 in a tuft, lorate, reaching a length of 2-3 ft., 2 in. broad at 

 the middle, moderately firm in texture ; margin entire. Peduncle 

 stout, a foot or more long. Flowers 20-30 in a dense umbel, 

 sessile ; spathe-valves broad, 2-3 in. long. Perianth-tube slender, 

 erect, 3-4 in. long; segments linear, 2-2^ in. long. Stamens 

 rather shorter than the perianth- segments ; anthers linear, I in. 

 long. Style as long as the perianth-segments. 



Hab. Central Madagascar, Baron 1982 ! 3575 ! 4389 ! Br. Parker ! Hilde- 

 hrandt 3716 ! Native name, Kingatsy. Allied to C. asiaticum. 



16. 0. FiRMiFOLiuM Bakcr in Journ. Linn. Soc. xx. 270. — Leaves 

 narrow, lorate, firm in texture, 3 ft. long, 1| in. broad at the middle, 

 tapering gradually to the point ; margin distinct, entire. Peduncle 

 a foot long. Umbel G-8-llowered ; spatlie-valves 1|— 2 in. long : 

 pedicels none : perianth-tube straight, 5-6 in. long ; segments 

 linear, 2-2|- in. long. Stamens about as long as the segments ; 

 anthers linear, f in. long. Style overtopping the anthers. 



Hab. East coast of Madagascar, Baron 1638 ! 4431 ! Gathered by the Rev. 

 R. Baron, who has discovered about a thousand new plants in Madagascar, in 

 1882. 



17. C. LEUCOPHYLLUM Bahcr in Bot. Mag. t. 6783. — Bulb ovoid, 

 5-6 in. diam. Leaves 12-15, distichous, lorate-oblong, fleshy, 

 whitish green, reflexing, thick in texture, l|-2 ft. long, 5-6 in. 

 broad ; margin denticulate. Peduncle stout, much compressed, a 

 foot long. Flowers 80-40 in a dense centripetal umbel ; spathe- 

 valves deltoid, 3 in. long ; pedicels 1-2 in. long. Peria.uth-tube 

 erect, 3 in. long ; limb pale pink ; segments linear, patent, 2-2^ in. 



