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Stove (B R C Herbertianum Herbert's)

(A. B. R. 169.) C. Herbertianum (Herbert's). A synonym of C. zeylanicum. C. Kirkii (Kirk's).* fl. twelve to fifteen in an umbel; perianth tube greenish, 4in. long; limb horizantal, 5in. long; segments acuminate, above 1in. broad, furnished with a bright red stripe down the back; peduncles sometimes more than one to a bulb, 1ft. to 1 1/2ft. long, ancipitous. September. l. lorate, acuminate, 3 1/4ft. to 4ft. long, 4in. to 4 1/2in. broad; margin crisped, white, distinctly ciliated. Bulb globose, 6in. to 8in. in diameter. Zanzibar, 1879. Stove. (B. M. 6512.) C. latifolium (broad-leaved). fl. ten to twenty in an umbel; perianth tube greenish, 3in. to 4in. long; limb horizontal, about as long as the tube; segments oblong-lanceolate, faintly tinged with red in the centre on both sides, reflexing at tip; peduncles 1ft. to 2ft. long. Summer. l. numerous, lorate, 2ft. to 3ft. long, 3in. 4in. broad. Bulb sub-globose. India, 1806.