Crinum. | CXXXVII. AMARYLLIDEE (BAKER). 399 
20. C. pedicellatum, Pux in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 142. Bulb and 
leaves unknown. Peduncle robust. Umbel 9-flowered; pedicels 2 in. 
long; spathe-valves triangular, acuminate, withered at the flowering 
time, 2-3 in. long. Perianth-tube curved, 4 in. long ; segments oblong, 
acute, nearly as long as the tube, nearly 1 in. broad, white tinged 
with rose-red. Anthers linear, 4 in. long. Style 74-8 in. long. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Usmawo, by Lake Victoria Nyanza, 
between Magu and Kagehi, Fischer, 592. 
No specimen at Kew. 
21. C. pauciflorum, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1878, 195. Bulb 
globose, 2-3 in. diam. ; neck very short. Leaves 6-8 toa bulb, narrowly 
linear, firm in texture, stiffly erect, 1—14 ft. long, } in. broad, smooth 
on the margin. Peduncle slender, 6-8 in. long. Flowers 1—2 to an 
umbel; spathe-valves lanceolate, erect, sometimes connate in the lower 
part, 2-3 in. long. Perianth-tube curved, 4-5 in. long; segments 
oblong, acute, ascending, 3 in. long, 1 in. broad, white with a distinct 
red keel. Filaments 1 in. shorter than the perianth-segments ; 
anthers linear, } in. long. Style overtopping the anthers.—Handb. 
Amaryllid. 88. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Jur; Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 1975 ! 
22. C. parvum, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1897, 284. Bulb small, 
ovoid, not narrowed into a neck. Leaves 5-7, contemporary with the 
flowers, linear, thin, glabrous, $—-3 in. broad at the middle. Peduncle 
slender, terete, as long as the leaves. Flower solitary, sessile; spathe- 
valves lanceolate, 14 in. long. Perianth-tube erect, cylindrical, greenish, 
3 in. long; segment as long as tube, 4 in. broad, white keeled with 
red. Stamens rather shorter than the perianth-limb. 
Mozamb. Dist. Banks of the Zambesi, cultivated specimen, Buchanan ! 
Described from a plant flowered at Queenstown, Ireland, May 1896, by Mr. 
W. E. Gumbleton, who procured it from Mr, J. O’Brien, to whom it was sent by Mr. 
J. Buchanan, and is, therefore, probably a native of Nyasaland, rather than of the 
locality ascribed to it. 
23. C. majakallense, Baker. Bulb unknown. Leaf linear, 
firm, ? in. broad, denticulate on the margin. Peduncle moderately 
slender. Flowers not more than 3 in an umbel; pedicels very short ; 
spathe-valves oblong, acute, 3 in. long. Perianth-tube curved, 4 in. 
long; segments oblong, acute, connivent, 3 in. long, with a broad band 
of bright red on the back. Stamens much shorter than the perianth- 
segments. 
Lower Guinea. Majakalla: near the River Kuango, Mechow, 529! 
No specimen at Kew. 
Near C, yucceflorum, Salisb. 
24. C. yucczeflorum, Salish. Parad. t. 52. Bulb globose, medium- 
sized, without any distinct neck. Leaves 10-12 to a bulb, linear, firm 
in texture, closely veined, 1-1} ft. long, about 1 in, broad, scabrous 
