Crinum. | CXXXVII. AMARYLLIDEZ (BAKER). 397 
12, CG angolense, Benth. Gen. Plant. iii. 730. Bulb large, ovoid. 
Leaves 6-8 to a bulb, lorate, much curved, distichous, thick, ciliate with 
minute scales, glaucous, 6-8 in. long, 4—3 in. broad. Peduncle 4 in. 
diam., not more than 1-2 in. long. Flowers 6-8 in an umbel, dull red; 
pedicels very short; spathe-valves lanceolate, green, 14-2 in. long. 
Perianth-tube straight, cylindrical, 2 in. long; segments spreading, 
linear, half as long as the tube. Filaments 4 in. long; anthers small, 
oblong. Style not overtopping the anthers.— Baker, Handb, Amaryllid. 
80; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 170. Buphane angolensis, Baker 
in Journ. Bot. 1878, 197. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; in damp pastures, 3800-5500 ft., Welwitsch, 
4012! 
13. C. leucophyllum, Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 6783. Bulb ovoid, 
5-6 in. diam. Leaves 12-15, distichous, lorate-oblong, whitish-green, 
reflexing, thick in texture, 14-2 ft. long, 5-6 in. broad, minutely denti- 
culate on the edges. Peduncle much compressed, 1 ft. long, 1 in. diam. 
Flowers 30-40 in a dense centripetal umbel; pedicels 1-2 in. long; 
spathe-valves deltoid, membranous, 3 in. long. Perianth-tube slender, 
erect, 3 in. long; segments lanceolate, pink, 2-24 in. long. Filaments 
a little shorter than the perianth-segments ; anthers linear, } in. long. 
Style overtopping the anthers.—Handb. Amaryllid. 78. 
Lower Guinea. Damaraland: cultivated specimen, Hen! Amboland: Oman- 
dongo, Schinz, 2056 ! 
Originally described from a plant cultivated at Kew, brought home by Capiain 
Thure Gustaf Een. 
14. C. rhodanthum, Baker. Leaves lorate, above 1 ft. long 
12-21 lin. broad, thick, densely and shortly ciliate on the margin 
Peduncle 4 in. diam. Umbel many-flowered ; spathe-valves lanceolate 
membranous, 3 in. long; pedicels ł-1 in. long. Perianth-tube 3 in. 
long ; segments lanceolate, red, 24 in. long, } in. broad, erecto-patent in 
the lower half and faleate above the middle when expanded. Stamens 
as long as the perianth-segments ` filaments red ; anthers $ in. long. 
Style overtopping the anthers. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Ngamiland; Kwebe, Lugard, 40! 
15. C. ammocharoides, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1878, 195. Bulb 
large, globose; neck short. Leaves 6-8 to a bulb, firm, closely veined, 
much curved, about 1 ft. long, 1 in. broad, minutely ciliate on the 
margin. Peduncle stout, much compressed, 3-6 in. long. Flowers 
10-20 in a dense umbel; spathe-valves lanceolate, 2-3 in. long ; pedicels 
4—1 in. long. Perianth-tube slender, straight, 3-4 in. long; segments 
linear, bright red, 2-3 in. long. Filaments bright red, as long as the 
perianth-segments ; anthers linear-oblong, } in. long. Style just over- 
topping the anthers —Handb. Amaryllid. 79. 
Wile Land. Kordofan: Obeuad, Pfund, 377! El Obeid, Pfund, 765 ` British 
East Africa: Jur; Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 1370! 1787! ser. iii. 208! 
