By Joseph Sabine, Esq. 



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48. C -parvulus. 



49. C trilineatus. 



50. C. obsoletus. 



51. C. albus major. 



52. C. albus minor. 



46. C. vermis crassus. Flowers moderate in number and 

 come late in the middle season. Leaves abundant, broad, 

 grow very long and upright. The flowers large and obovate ; 

 the spathe higher than the tube ; tube short, dark purple 

 running into the petals ; the outer petals white, with a short 

 purple spot at the base terminated with points ; the rest of 

 the outer petals white, with faint lines inside; the inner 

 petals have a large spot on the base at their outside, from 

 which lines run up the petal, the same is less conspicuously 

 marked on their inside ; the petals broad, obtuse, of thin sub- 

 stance, concave. The stigmas bright orange, very large, much 

 shorter than the anthers. 



47- C. vermis Andersonii. (See Plate XI. Fig. 16.) The 

 C. vernus giganteus of Mr. George Anderson. Flowers 

 abundantly in the middle season, but not early. Leaves 

 numerous, narrow and short. The flowers are obovate, very 

 grand, standing well above the ground ; the top of the tube 

 purple, with white intervals ; the purple running up into, and 

 forming large pointed spots at the base of the petals ; which 

 are otherwise all white, obovate, and concave. The stigmas 

 are elevated above the anthers, and are large and yellow. 



48. C. vernus parvulus. Produces its flowers rather late. 

 Leaves few, broadish, short and spreading. The flowers are 

 fusiform, small, and not very numerous ; the tube striped with 

 lilac lines which rise into the base of the petals. The outer 

 petals at their base marked with three lilac lines ; the rest 



