248 AMARYLLIDACE^E. \ 



Leaves 2 in. wide or less ; umbels 6-12 fld. ; 

 neck of bulb 2-5 in. or less across : 



Bulb, with a fusiform stoloniferous base ; 

 per-tube 2i-3 in. long, equalling the 

 linear lobes, which much exceed thte 

 stamens . . . . s . 2. C. DEFIXUM. 



* Bulb not stoloniferous ; per-tube 3-5-4 

 in. ; lobes lanceolate, about as long as 

 the stamens. 



Leaves obtuse or subacute ; per-lobes 

 3-5-4 in. long, about as long as the 

 tube . . . . . . 3. C. PRATENSE. 



Per-tube curved, declinate ; lobes ascending ; 

 stamens declinate : 



Leaves 3-5 in. wide, margin scabrous, 

 hardly waved ; per-lobes oblong, almost 

 white ; anthers grey . . . . 4. C. LATIFOLIUM, 



Leaves 1-5-2 in. wide ; linear lanceolate, 

 margin smooth, distinctly undulate ; per- 

 lobes lanceolate, pinkish ; anthers 

 brown . . . . . . .0. LATIFOLIUM var, 



ZEYLAKECA. 



Leaves f-1 in. wide ; umbels 6-12-fld. ; 



perianth 2J-3 in. long . . 2 C. defixum. 



Perianth-lobes lanceolate ; leaves 1-2 in. 

 wide ; flowers subsessile ; bracts 2-3 in. 

 long . . . . . . 3 C. pratense. 



Perianth funnel-shaped ; tube curved ; lobes 

 ascending, oblong or lanceolate ; stamens 

 declinate ; style longer than the filaments . 4 C. lotifolium. 



1. C. ASIATICUM, L. ; F. B. I., vi, 280 ; Prain Beng. PL 1061 ; 

 Cooke Fl. Bomb, ii, 749. C. toxicarium, Eoxb. FL 2nd. ii, 134. 

 Cult, within the area of this flora and throughout trop. 

 India. Wild on the Chittagong coast and in the Sundribuns. 



2. C. DEFIXUM, Ker. GawL, F. B. I. vi, 281 ; Prain Beng. PL 

 1061 ; Ccoke L c. 749. C. asiaticum, Eoxb. L c. 127 (not of Linn.). 

 Cultivated within the area of this florrv and in other parts of India. 

 Probably wild in Bengal and in the Central Prov. in swamps 

 and rocky beds of rivers. 



