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Hab. North Australia. Differs from C. asiaticum, with which Mr. 

 Bentham unites it, by the narrow leaves of firmer texture, few-fiowered 

 umbels, lanceolate perianth-segments, and numerous superposed ovules. 



39. C. MODESTUM Baker in Jouru. Linn. See. xxii. 528. — Bulb 

 2 in. diam. ; neck 2 in. long. Leaves 6-8, linear, a foot long, f in. 

 broad low down, tapering to the point, finely ribbed ; edge scabrous. 

 Peduncle slender, a foot long. Flowers 5-6 in an umbel, sessile ; 

 spatbe-valves lanceolate. Perianth-tube slender, erect, 2 in. long ; 

 segments lanceolate, patent, 1|- in, long, ^ in. broad. Stamens 

 rather shorter than the segments ; anthers ^ in. long. 



Hab. Central Madagascar, Baron 48 ! 4223 ! 



40. C. PURPURASCENS Herb. Amaryll. 250; Baker in Bot. Mag. 

 t. 6525. — Bulb ovoid, 2 in. diam., with a short neck and abundant 

 stolons. Leaves 20 or more to a bulb, linear, thin, much un- 

 dulated, 1-3 ft. long, an inch broad, sometimes floating. Peduncle 

 slender, a foot or less long. Flowers 5-9 in an umbel ; pedicels 

 none or very short ; spathe- valves lanceolate, 1|— 2 in. long. 

 Perianth-tube very slender, 5-6 in. long ; segments lanceolate, 

 spreading, half as long as the tube, tinged with red on the outside. 

 Filaments bright red, nearly as long as the segments ; anthers 

 very narrow, -|— f in. long. Style reaching to the tip of the 

 segments. Ovules 3-4 in a cell. 



Hab. Guinea and Fernando Po, in streams and lakes. Described from a 

 plant that flowered at Kew in June, 1877, sent by the Eev. Hugh Goldie. A 

 variety with linear perianth-segments was gathered in 1884, by Kalbreyer. 



41. C. suBCERNUUM Baker in Gard. Chron. 1881, ii. 180. — Bulb 

 large. Leaves lorate. Peduncle stout, compressed, lateral, li-2^ft. 

 long. Flowers 10-15 in an umbel. Spathe-valves broad, reflexing, 

 2-3 in. long ; pedicels sometimes l-l-l in. long. Perianth-tube 

 4-5 in. long, curved before the flower expands ; segments lanceolate, 

 half as long as the tube, -^ in. broad. Filaments bright red, erecto- 

 patent, under 2 in. long ; anthers linear, ^ in. long. Style over- 

 topping the anthers. 



. Hab. Common along the Zambesi from its mouth up to Lake Nyassa. 

 Gathered and sketched by Sir John Kirk in 1861 and 1863. Allied to C. 

 Hildebrandtii. 



42. C. Hildebrandtii Vatke in Monat. Konig. Acad. Wiss. 

 Berlin, 1876, 863 ; Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 6709. — Bulb ovoid, 

 2-3 in. diam. ; neck 4-5 in. long. Leaves about 10 to a bulb, 

 lorate, bright green, moderately firm in texture, 1^-2 ft. long, 

 1^-2 in. broad ; edge entire. Peduncle slender, compressed, a foot 

 long. Flowers 4-8 in an umbel ; spathe-valves very long, lanceo- 

 late ; pedicels very short. Perianth-tube erect, 6-8 in. long ; seg- 

 ments lanceolate, spreading, pure white, 2-3 in. long. Filaments 

 rather shorter than the segments ; anthers linear, ^ in. long. 

 Style reaching the tip of the segments. 



Hab. Mountains of Johanna Island, alt. 3000 ft. ; discovered by the late 

 Dr. Hildebrandt in 1875. Described from a plant sent by Sir John Kirk, that 

 flowered at Kew in Sept., 1882. A variety with more numerous flowers is 

 figured 111. Hort. n.s., t. 615. 



