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culate. Peduncle stout, l-|-2 ft. long. Flowers 12-15 in an 

 umbel ; spatbe-valves lanceolate, 2|-3 in. long ; pedicels -|~1 in. 

 Periantli-tube slender, 3-3|- in. long, straigbt or slightly curved 

 when the flower is fully expanded ; segments lanceolate, spreading, 

 2-2|- in. long, i— | in. broad. Filaments nearly as long as the 

 perianth-segments; anthers linear, ^ in. long. Style a little 

 longer than the segments. 



Hab. Kumaon, in gardens, Strachey (& Winterbottom ! 



32. C. Balfourii Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 6570.— Bulb globose, 

 3 in. diam. ; neck short. Leaves 10-12 to a bulb, lorate, spread- 

 ing, under a foot long, the outer 2-2|- in. broad, firm ; edge entire. 

 Peduncle compressed, longer than the leaves. Flowers 10-12 in a 

 centripetal umbel, very fragrant ; spathe-valves lanceolate, 2 in. 

 long; pedicels short, stout. Perianth tube greenish, 2 in. long; 

 segments pure white, lanceolate, as long as the tube, f in. broad. 

 Filaments rather shorter than the segments ; anthers small, linear- 

 oblong. Style red, declinate, as long as the stamens. 



Hab. Island of Socotra, discovered by Professor Bayley Balfour. Described 

 from a plant that flowered at Kew in the autumn of 1880. 



33. C. PRATENSE Herb. Amaryll. 256. C. longifolium Eoxb. 

 Hort. Beng. 23, non Thunb. — Bulb ovoid, 4-5 in diam. ; neck 

 short. Leaves 6-8 to a bulb, linear, suberect, li-2 ft. long, 

 lf-2 in. broad, narrowed to the point, channelled down the face ; 

 margin entire. Peduncle lateral, compressed, a foot or more long, 

 about ^ in. diam. Flowers 6-12 in an umbel; spathe-valves 

 lanceolate -deltoid, 2-3 in. long ; pedicels none or very short. 

 Perianth-tube greenish, 3-4 in. long, at first curved ; segments 

 lanceolate, white, nearly or quite as long as the tube, ^ in. broad. 

 Filaments bright red, rather shorter than the segments. Ovules 

 3-4 in each cell. 



Var. C. LORiFOLiuM Eoxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 131. — Leaves weak, 

 decumbent, 4-5 ft. long. Pegu. 



Var. C. ELEGANs Carey; Bot. Mag. t. 2592. — Bulb with a 

 longer neck. Peduncle decumbent. Perianth-tube an inch shorter 

 than the segments. Pegu. 



Var. C. VENusTUM Carey. — Flowers about 30 in an umbel. 

 Silhet. 



Hab. Plains of India, in low ground liable to inundation. Described from 

 a living plant flowered by Mr. W. Bull in July, 1872. 



34. C. NoRTHiANUM Baker in Gard. Chron. 1882, i. 671. — 

 Leaves lorate, resembling those of C. asiaticum, 3-4 in. broad, 

 much overtopping the flowers. Peduncle stout, an inch thick. 

 Flowers 30-40 in a dense centripetal umbel ; spathe-valves large, 

 ovate, reflexing. Perianth-tube greenish, 3-4 in. long ; segments 

 lanceolate, white, as long as the tube, ^ in. broad. Filaments 

 bright red, an inch shorter than the segments; anthers linear. 

 Style shorter than the stamens. 



Hab. Borneo ; common on the edge of streams near Sarawak. Described 

 from a drawing of Miss North's (424). No specimens have yet reached 

 England, so far as I am aware. 



