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base ; main veins 12-15 on each side of midrib ; basal lobes 

 involute. Peduncle terete, 1-1^ ft. long. Flowers 20-30 in a 

 dense umbel, shortly pedicellate ; spathe-valves lanceolate. Perianth 

 2-21 ii2, long ; segments oblanceolate-oblong, as long as the tube. 

 Appendages to filaments \-^ in. long, connate only at the very 

 base, furnished with a tooth on each side of the free apex of the 

 filament, which is ^ in. long. 



Hab. Malay rcninsula and Philippines to North Australia. Flowers in 

 August and September. Tigured by Commelinus and Rumphius at the 

 beginning of the 17th century. 



2. E. CuNNiNGHAMi Aiton ; Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 150G ; A. Cun- 

 ningham in Bot. Mag. t. 3399. — Bulb 1^ in. diam. Leaf thin, with 

 an oblong acute blade 4-9 in. long, not cordate at the base and a 

 long petiole. Peduncle slender, a foot long. Flowers 10-15 in an 

 nmbel ; pedicels 1-1^- in. long ; spathe-valves small, lanceolate, 

 Perianth l^-l-i- in. long ; segments much longer than the tube. 

 Staminal cup funnel-shaped, half as long as the segments, with 

 two large teeth between the free part of each filament, which is 

 ^ in. long. 



Hab. Queensland and New Sonth Wales ; discovered by Allan Cunningham 

 in 1824. Described from a plant that flowered with Messrs. Veitch in the 

 summer of 1874. 



50. Calostemma B. Br. 



Perianth-iwhe narrowly funnel-shaped ; segments oblanceolate- 

 oblong, equal, ascending. Stauinis inserted at the throat of the 

 perianth-tube ; filaments miited in a cup in the lower half; anthers 

 small, oblong, versatile. Ovary by abortion l-celled; ovules 2-3, 

 medial, collateral; style filiform; stigma capitate. Friiit inde- 

 hiscent, oblique. Seed solitary, globose. — Uootstock a tunicated 

 bulb. Leaves typically sessile, linear, produced after the flowers. 

 Flowers many in an umbel, Avliite, yellow or red. 



Leaves sessile, linear .... Sp. 1-2. 

 Leaves thin, oblong, petioled . . • Sp. 3. 



1. C. PURPUKEUM, Pi. Br. Prodr. 298; Sims in Bot. Mag. t. 

 2100; Bot. Beg. t. 422; Flore des Serres, t. 1135.— Bulb globose, 

 2 in. diam. Leaves linear, sessile, ^-\ in. broad, produced after 

 the flowers. Peduncle slender, compressed, 1-2 ft. long. Flowers 

 10-20 in an nmbel ; pedicels ^-1 in. long ; spathe-valves large, 

 lanceolate, membranous. Perianth dark purple, ^-^ in. long ; 

 tube rather shorter than segments. Staminal cup entire or toothed 

 between the free tips of the filaments. Style reaching to the tip 

 of the segments. Seed I- in. diam. 



Var. C. CARNEUM Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1840, t. 2G. — Flowers 

 rather larger, pale purple or white. Tubo as long as the limb. 

 Hab. South Australia and New South Wales. 



2. C. LUTEUM Sims in Bot. Mag. t. 2101 ; Ker in Bot. Reg. t. 

 421; Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1840, t. 19 ; Flore des Serres, t. 1135. 



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