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Hab. Southern United States. The type specimen described by Linnaeus 

 in ' Hortus Cliffortianus ' is at the British Museum. 



47. C. CoMMELYNi Jacq. Hort. Sclioen. t. 202. C. Commelini- 

 anum Herb. C. attenuatum Willd. C. Lindleyanuin Herb. C. revo- 

 lutum Lindl. C. viridifolium Eoemer. — Bulb ovoid, 1^2 in. diam. 

 with copious stolons and a short neck. Leaves ensiform, 2-3 ft. 

 long, an inch broad, firm in texture, bright green, closely veined ; 

 edge slightly scabrous. Peduncle slender, compressed, 1-2 ft. long. 

 Flowers 4-6 in an umbel ; pedicels none or very short ; spathe- 

 valves lanceolate from a broad base, 2-3 in. long. Perianth-tube 

 slender, erect, 4-6 in. long ; segments lanceolate, reflexing, half as 

 long as the tube. Filaments bright red, about 2 in. long ; anthers 

 linear, ^ in. long. Ovules 3-4 in a cell. 



Hab. Guiana and the Amazon Valley, figured by Commelinus from the 

 Amsterdam Garden (tab. 15) in 1706. Scarcely more than a variety of C. 

 erubescens. 



48. C. STRicTUM Herb, in Bot. Mag. t. 2635. C. Herhertianum 

 Koem. et Schultes. — Bulb small, ovoid, without any distinct neck. 

 Leaves lorate, pale green, suberect, 1 ft. long, 2-2^ in. broad; 

 edge entire. Peduncle green, subterete, twice as long as the 

 leaves. Flowers about 4 in an umbel ; pedicels none or very short ; 

 spathe-valves 2-3 in. long. Perianth-tube pale green, suberect, 

 about 5 in. long ; segments lanceolate, white, 3-4 in. long ; -^ in. 

 broad. Filaments red, an inch shorter than the segments ; anthers 

 linear, ^ in. long. 



Hab. Described and figured by Dean Herbert from garden specimens of 

 uncertain origin. It has been attributed to Ceylon, but its nearest affinity is 

 with the American Platyasters. 



49. C. UNDULATUM Hook. Exot. Flora t. 200. — Bulb small, 

 ovoid, with a long neck. Leaves dark green, ensiform, firm in 

 texture, suberect, 1|- ft. long, an inch broad; edge entire. Peduncle 

 green, a foot long. Flowers 4 in an umbel ; pedicels none or 

 very short ; spathe-valves green, linear lanceolate, 3-4 in. long. 

 Perianth-tube greenish, 7-8 in. long, curved before the flower 

 expands; segments lanceolate, undulated, erecto-patent, 3 in. long, 

 not purple outside. Filaments bright red, 2 in. long ; anthers 

 linear. Style overtopping the anthers. 



Hab. North Brazil ; Maranham. Sent alive by Mr. R. Hesketh, about 

 1827, to the Liverpool Botanic Garden. 



50. C. KuNTHiANUM Eoem. Amaryll. 80. C. erubescens H. B. K., 

 non Ait. — Bulb ovoid, 3 in. diam., with a short neck. Leaves 

 about 20 to a bulb, lorate, spreading, bright green, 2-3 in. broad, 

 undulated towards the entire margin. Peduncle a foot long. 

 Flowers 4-5 in an umbel ; pedicels none or very short ; spathe- 

 valves lanceolate, 3 in. long. Perianth-tube 7-8 in. long ; seg- 

 ments white, lanceolate, 2^ in. long. Filaments bright red, under 

 2 in. long; anthers under | in. long. Style overtopping the anthers. 



Yar. NicARAGUENSE Baker. Leaves longer, narrower. Perianth- 

 segments 3 in. long, purple on the outside. 



Hab. The type gathered by Humboldt in New Granada, the variety by Mr. 

 Ralph Tate in 1867, near Greytown, in Nicaragua. 



