Cyrtanthus. | CXXXVII. AMARYLLIDEZ (BAKER). 385 
broad. Peduncle as long as the leaves. Flowers 3-8 in an umbel, 
erect; spathe-valves 2, lanceolate; pedicels slender, 1-14 in. long. 
Perianth red, 14-1} in. long; tube narrowly funnel-shaped ; segments 
oblong-lanceolate, rather shorter than the tube. Stamens biseriate ; 
filaments short; anthers oblong, exserted from the tube. Style exserted 
from the perianth-tube; stigma 3-lobed. Capsule oblong, 3 in. long. 
Seeds flat, black, oblong, 4 in. long.—Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 55. ` 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Cunene River, Johnston ! Huilla ; in damp places of the 
subtemperate region, 3800-5500 ft., Welwitsch, 4028! 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland ; Mount Mlanje, Whyte ! 
McClounie, 41! Tutshila (Mtuchila R,?), MeClownie, 12! Mount Malosa, 4000- 
6000 ft., Whyte ! and without precise locality, Buchanan, 993! 
Nearly allied to C. angustifolius, Ait. of South Africa. 
2. C. sanguineus, Hook. f. in Bot. Mag. t. 5218. Bulb ovoid, 2 
in. diam.; tunics brown, membranous. Leaves 3—4, contemporary with 
the flowers, distinctly petioled, lanceolate, acute, bright green, 1 ft. 
long, 4—3 in. broad. Peduncle 1-3-flowered, slender, terete, pale green, 
6-9 in. long ; pedicels 4—2 in. long ; spathe-valves 2-4, lanceolate, green, 
2-3 in, long. Perianth bright red, 3-4 in. long; tube suberect or 
curved, subcylindrical in the lower half, dilated in the upper half; 
throat 1 in. diam. ; segments ovate, spreading, 1—2 in. long. Stamens 
uniseriate, exserted a little from the throat of the perianth. Ovary 
oblong-trigonous ; style tricuspidate, overtopping the anthers.—Baker, 
Handb. Amaryllid. 59; FI. Cap. vi. 227. Gastronema sanguineum, 
Lindl. in. Journ. Hort. Soe. iii. 315, with woodcut. 
Wile Land. British East Africa: Giryama, near Mombasa, in forest, Wake- 
field, 42! 
Also in Natal. 
5. STENOLIRION, Baker in Hook. Ic. t. 2493. 
Perianth-tube long, straight, cylindrical ; lobes of the limb equal, 
linear, spreading. Stamens inserted in one row at the throat of the 
perianth-tube ; filaments long, filiform ; anthers linear-oblong, versatile. 
Ovary ovoid, 3-celled; ovules many in a cell; style long, filiform ; 
stigma minute, simple. Fruit baccate. Seeds many in a cell; testa 
thick, grey; albumen cartilaginous ; embryo straight. 
Endemic, monotypic. 
1, S. Elliotii, Baker in Hook. Icon. t. 2493. Bulb globose, 14 in. 
diam., copiously tunicated ; tunics membranous, truncate at the apex. 
Leaves about 6, sessile, linear, spreading, contemporary with the flowers, 
6-8 in. long, 4—4 in. broad, moderately firm, denticulate on the margin. 
Peduncle moderately stout, terete, shorter than the leaves. Flowers 
few in an umbel; pedicels short; spathe-valves ovate-lanceolate. 
Perianth-tube erect, 2 in. long; lobes nearly as long as the tube. 
Stamens nearly as long as the perianth-limb. Berry 1} in. diam. 
Mozamb, Dist. German East Africa: Urundi; on hillsides, 4000-5000 ft., 
Scott-Elliot, 8175! 
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