400 CXXXVII. AMARYLLIDEZ (BAKER). [ Crinum. 
on the margin. Peduncle slender, 1 ft. long. Flowers 1-2 in an 
umbel, sessile ` spathe-valves lanceolate, green, 2-3 in. long. Perianth- 
tube greenish, curved, 4—5 in. long; segments oblong, acute, ascending, 
34-4 in. long ; 3-1 in. broad, white with a distinct band of red down 
the back. Filaments about 1 in. shorter than the perianth-segments ; 
anthers linear-oblong, } in. long. Style reaching to the top of the 
segments.— Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 89. C. Broussoneti’, Herb. in 
Bot. Mag. t. 2121; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 688; Bury, Hexand. t. 21. 
Amaryllis Broussonetii, Red. Lil. t. 62. A. spectabilis, Andr. Bot. Rep. 
t. 390. <A. ornata, Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1, i. 418. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, introduced into cultivation by Lord Petre in 
1740. Niger Territory: Nupe, Barter, 1504! 1507! 
Lower Guinea. Corisco Island, Mann, 1877! Angola, Welwitsch, 4015! 
25. C. distichum, Herb. Amaryllid, 260. Bulb small, globose. 
Leaves about 10 to a bulb, distichous, linear, firm in texture, channelled 
down the face, tapering to the point, 1 ft. long, under 1 in. broad. 
Peduncle slender, 1 ft. long. Flowers 1—2 in an umbel, sessile ; spathe- 
valves lanceolate, 2-3 in. long. Perianth-tube slender, curved, 4—6 in. 
long; segments oblanceolate, oblong, ascending, 3-4 in. long, white 
with a distinct red keel. Filaments 1 in. shorter than the perianth- 
segments; anthers linear, 4 in. long. Style overtopping the anthers.— 
Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 89. Amaryllis ornata, Gawl. in Bot. Mag. 
t. 1253, excl. syn. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius ! cultivated specimen, Scott-Elliot ! 
26. C. tanganyikense, Baker. Leaves ensiform, 14 ft. long, 
1-1} in. broad low down, moderately firm, not scabrous or ciliate on 
the margin. Peduncle slender. Flowers 2-4 in an umbel, sessile; 
spathe-valves ovate-cuspidate, 2 in. long. Perianth-tube erect, 4 in. 
long; segments of the limb oblong, as long as the tube, 1 in. broad, 
with a broad red keel down the back. Stamens rather shorter than 
the perianth-limb. Style reaching to the tip of the segments. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Uzige, north end of Lake Tanganyika, 
in banana groves, Scott-Elliot, 8302! 
27. C. sanderianum, Baker in Gard. Chron. 1884, xxii. 102. 
Bulb globose, 2 in. diam., with a short neck. Leaves 10-12 to a bulb, 
linear, 14-2 ft. long, 1-1} in. broad, narrowed gradually to a long 
point, denticulate on the margin. Peduncle slender, 1 ft. long. 
Flowers 3-6 in an umbel, subsessile ; spathe-valves lanceolate, 3-4 m. 
long. Perianth-tube curved, 5-6 in. long; segments oblong, acute, 
ascending, 3—4 in. long, 3-1 in. broad, white distinctly keeled with red. 
Stamens much shorter than the perianth-segments ; anthers linear, $ in. 
long. Style overtopping the anthers.—Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 90 ; 
Moore in Florist, 1884, 157 ; Garden, 1897, lii. 122, t. 1131. C. ornatum, 
Bury, Hexand. t. 18. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: very common in wet places from Bafodeya to 
Farana, Scott-Elliot, 5155! Lagos, Millen ! 
