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as indicated in the Flora Dalmatica : it probably varies in that 

 respect. The golden variety of Angora is very distinct from the 

 cloth of gold, having in one specimen at SpofForth a purple tube, 

 but in none that I have seen any stripes or suffusion on the sepals. 

 The segments of the limb are broader, blunter, and of a lighter 

 yellow. Its sepals sometimes become a little revolute. 



Sp. 33. C. Gargaricus. Herbert, Bot. Mag. 1841, 3860, 

 ad calcem; Bot. Reg. 1843, Misc. p. 30; lb. p. 83 ; 

 lb. 1845, Misc., p. 6 ; lb. 1847, 16, f. 1. 



C. c. depresse complanato tun. foliacea exteriore fibris superne subtiliter 

 reticularis inferne parallelis prope basim affixa dudum persistente de- 

 muui (annis iu Asia quatuor) cribrosa, interioribus ipso vertice parvis 

 inconspicuis, tunicse vaginacere basi nou aut vix persistente, flore verno 

 aureo subaureo vel citrino laciniis liinbi late subovatis obtusis, fila- 

 mentis sub lente vix rninutissime pubescentibus, stylo pallido, lobis bre- 

 vibus erectis breviter plus minus incisis, foliis laevibus canaliculatis 

 angustis synanthiis v. parum tardioribus, capsula subacuta nuda ob- 

 scure purpurea, seminibus subrotundis subpallide brunneo-badiis non 

 rugosis, chalaza circulari plana obscuriore, rapbe et bilo inconspicuis. 



Var. I. Panchrijsus, limbo aureo. C. aureus, Clarke's Travels, 1812. 



Var. 2. Citrinus. limbo citrino. 



A native of Mount Gar gar us. 



The first knowledge of this plant was derived from Dr. 

 Clarke's dried specimens from Mount Gargarus, called by him, 

 erroneously, C. aureus. The greater part of his specimens are 

 of a pale citron colour. I am indebted for bulbs of the species, 

 collected by himself in the same place, to the late J. Lander, 

 Esq., British Vice-Consul at the Dardanelles ; but those which 

 have flowered are deep golden yellow. It is a very ornamental, 

 small species, flowering earlier than the lageturfiori, and pro- 

 duces seed at SpofForth. 



Sect. 2. Parallelo-Fibrosi. Bulb-coats with parallel 

 fibres. 



Sp. 34. C. lagenafiorus. Salisb. Parad. Lond. 1805. 



C. c. tun. vag. interiore fibris parallelis prope basim affixa, exterioribus tenui- 

 bus membranaceis basi tantum persistentibus, foliacea. exteriore mem- 

 branacea circiter medium c. (ssepe oblique) interioribus summo affixis, 

 spatha laxa lorato-bracteata (bractea in cultis saepe obsoleta) perianthio 

 aureo lutescente vel candido, ad basim sepalorum saepe extus 3-striato, 

 filainentis pubescentibus, antheris aureis apice attenuate divaricante, 

 stylo inodoro antheras vix aequante lobis brevibus plus minus iucisis 

 ssepe pallidis, foliis margine reflexo et costa dorsali ciliatis canaliculis 

 dorsalibus vix nervatis, capsula oblonga apice purpurascente, spatha. 

 marcida persistenter obvoluja, seminibus pallide purpureo-brunneis 

 (lusu interdum albidis), raphe et chalaza pallidioribus couspicuis. 



Var. 1. Aureus; Smith, Prod. Fl. Graec 1, 24; perianthio aureo concolore 

 spatha in cultis saepe ebracteata. Bot. Mag., 2980, var. y. Parad. Lond. 

 106. Bot. Reg., 2986. Engl. Bot., 2646. 

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