Crinum. | CXXXVII. AMARYLLIDEE (BAKER). 403 
tapering gradually to a long point, green above, rather glaucous 
beneath, not ciliate on the margin. Peduncle stout, terete, 2 ft. long, 
tinged with red. Flowers about 4 in an umbel; pedicels very short ; 
spathe-valves ovate, membranous, 2-3 in. long. Perianth-tube curved, 
greenish-white, 3—4 in. long ; segments oblong, acute, ascending, 1-14 in. 
broad, without any red keel. Filaments white, 1 in. shorter than the 
perianth-limb; anthers linear, } in. long. Style overtopping the 
anthers.—Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 7417. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia, Schimper. 
Described from a plant that flowered at Kew, August 1894. 
35. C. Laurentii, Durand d De Wilde in Rev. Hort. Belg. xxiii. 
(1897) 97, with figure. Bulb large, globose. Leaves about 20 to a bulb, 
lanceolate, 12-16 in. long, 14-3 in. broad, reflexed from the base, 
glaucous green, not much narrowed to the base. Peduncle stout, 1 ft. 
long. Flowers 2—4 to an umbel ; pedicels none or very short ; spathe- 
valves ovate. Perianth-tube greenish, 5-6 in. long, curved only at the 
apex; segments oblong, obtuse, 3-4 in. long, 1 in. broad, spreading 
widely. Stamens shorter than the perianth ; anthers small. 
Lower Guinea. Southern French Congo: Mayumba; on the steep banks of 
the Rivers Lukulla and Labusi, Laurent. 
Flowered July 1896, at the Botanic Garden at Brussels. No specimen at Kew. 
36. C. crassipes, Baker in Gard. Chron. 1887, ii. 126. Bulb 
very large, conical, without any neck. Leaves ensiform, dark green, 
moderately firm, 3—4 ft. long, 4 in. broad low down, tapering gradually 
to the point, not denticulate nor ciliate on the margin. Peduncle 
stout, compressed, under 1 ft. long. Flowers 15-20 in an umbel; 
pedicels reaching 1-1} in. long; spathe-valves ovate, 3-4 in. long. 
Perianth-tube green, slightly curved, 24-3 in. long; segments oblan- 
ceolate, as long as the tube, ascending, } in. broad, tinged with red on 
the back, not distinctly keeled. Filaments purple, nearly as long as the 
perianth-segments ; anthers linear, 4 in. long. Style reaching to the 
tip of the anthers.—Handb. Amaryllid. 90. 
Tropical Africa (2). Locality not known with certainty, cultivated specimen ! 
Described from a plant flowered by Sir C. W. Strickland in July 1887, which was 
purchased from Messrs. E. G. Henderson & Co. 
37. C. podophyllum, Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 6483. Bulb sub- 
globose, 14—2 in. diam., without any distinct neck. Leaves 5-6 to a 
bulb, oblanceolate, acute, membranous, 1 ft. long, 2-3 in. broad at the 
middle, subpetiolate. Peduncle compressed, slender, greenish, 1 ft. 
long. Flowers 2 in an umbel, sessile; spathe-valves lanceolate, 14-2 in. 
long. Perianth-tube slender, curved, 5-6 in. long; segments oblong, 
acute, ascending, pure white, 3 in. long. Filaments nearly as long as 
the segments; anthers linear, }-} in. long. Style as long as the 
segments.—Handb. Amaryllid. 91. 
Upper Guinea. Old Calabar, Goldie! Kalbreyer! 
