Pancratium. | CXXXVII. AMARYLLIDEX (BAKER). 407 
contemporary with the flowers, }-1 ft. long, conspicuously spirally 
twisted, moderately firm, glabrous. Peduncle very short, moderately 
stout. Flowers 2-4 in an umbel; pedicels very short ` spathe-valve 
Jarge, ovate, membranous, Perianth-tube 5-6 in. long, dilated at the 
apex; segments linear, ascending, above 2 in. long. Staminal cup 
obconic, above 1 in. long, toothed between the short free tips of the 
filaments; anthers linear, } in. long. Style overtopping the anthers. 
Capsule-valves oblong, 1 in. long. — Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 120. 
P. tortifolium, Boiss. Diagn. xiii. 18. 
Nile Land. Nubia: Mount Erkowit, near Suakin, Schweinfurth, 273! between 
Suakin and Hor Tamanib, Lord ! 
Also in Arabia and Egypt. 
2. P. trianthum, Lech, in Ann. Nat. Hist. ser.1,iv.28. Bulb globose, 
1-2 in. diam., with brown tunics and a long cylindrical neck. Leaves 
6-8, linear, flaccid, 1 ft. or more long, glabrous, not twisted. Peduncle 
short, slender. Flowers 1-3 in an umbel; spathes lanceolate, mem- 
branous, bifid at the tip. Perianth-tube slender, 4 ft. long, dilated in 
the upper inch ; segments lanceolate, ascending, 2-3 in. long. Staminal 
cup 1 in. long, with bifid teeth between the short free filaments; 
anthers linear, yellow, } in. long. Style overtopping the anthers.— 
Kunth, Enum. v. 663. P. tenuifolium, Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. FI. 
Abyss. ii. 312. P. Chapmanni, Harv. Cape Gen. edit. 2, 384. 
Upper Guinea. Senegambia, Heudelot, 542! Sierra Leone: Falaba, Scott- 
Elliot, 5213! 5287! French Guinea: Sulimania; Dantilia, Scott-Elliot, 5304! 
Lagos: Badagry, Millen, 12€ of 1893 collection ! Abeokuta, Barter, 3328! Niger 
Territory: Nupe, Barter, 1501! Baikie ! 
Nile Land. Kordofan, Kotschy,10! Galabat: Matamma, Schweinfurth, 32! 
Abyssinia: valley of the River Tacazze, at the foot of the mountains, Schimper, 1695! 
Efat, Roth, 145! Jur: Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 1865! Jur Emet, Schweinfurth, 
1568! Somaliland: Hahee, James & Thrupp! Darra-as, Mrs. Lort-Phillips ! Golis 
Range, Miss Edith Cole ! 
Lower Guinea. Hereroland (ex Schinz). Damaraland, Chapman! 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; near the cataracts of the 
River Shire, Kirk, 11! Ngamiland; Kwebe, Lugard, 39! Lake Ngami, McCabe, 
35! 
3. P. maximum, Forsk. Fl. Zgypt. Arab. 72. Bulb large, globose ; 
outer tunics dull brown. Leaves 4-5 to a bulb, contemporary with 
the flowers, linear, glabrous, not crisped, 1 ft. long, $ in. broad. 
Peduncle short, 1-flowered; spathe tubular, membranous, 2 in. long. 
Perianth-tube greenish, cylindrical, 4 in. long; segments lanceolate, 
white, 24 in. long. Staminal cup 2 in. long, faintly lobed at the throat ; 
free part of filaments } in. long; anthers linear, } in. long. Style 
protruding slightly from the staminal cup. 
Nile Land. Nubia: mountains above Suakin, bulbs brought home by the Bent 
expedition in 1895. 
Described from specimens flowered by Sir C. W. Strickland in 1897. 
Also in Arabia. 
