Gloriosa. | CXL, LILIACEZ (BAKER). 563 
33. GLORIOSA, Linn.; Benth et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, iii. 830. 
Perianth polyphyllous; segments subequal, oblong or lanceolate, 
unguiculate, spreading or reflexing. Stamens 6, hypogynous, shorter 
than the perianth; filaments filiform; anthers linear-oblong, versatile. 
Ovary sessile, oblong, 3-celled; ovules many, superposed; style deflexed 
from the base, entire in the lower part, with 3 subulate forks obliquely 
stigmatose at the tip. Capsule coriaceous, septicidally 3-valved. Seeds 
globose; testa bright red, spongy; albumen firm; embryo minute.— 
Rootstock an irregular fleshy tuber. Stems often sarmentose, with the 
leaves cirrhose at the tip. Flowers large, bright-coloured, corymbose. 
One of the species extends to Tropical Asia, and another to Natal. 
Stems long, sarmentose. 
Perianth-segments crisped : : : ; . 1. G. superba. 
Perianth-segments not crisped : S S . 2. OG virescens, 
Stems short, erect. 
Flowers solitary, 1} in. long . : : A - 3. G minor, 
Flowers several, 2-3 in. long. 
Leaves cirrhose at the tip . S : : . A Q. abyssinica, 
Leaves not cirrhose at the tip è : A . 5. G. Carsoni, 
1. G. superba, Linn. Sp. Plant. edit. ii. 437. Stems long, 
branched, sarmentose. Leaves sessile, oblong-lanceolate, 4 ft. long, 
conspicuously circinate at the apex, usually opposite or ternate. 
Flowers forming a lax corymb, solitary from the axils of upper reduced 
leaves; pedicels long, cernuous at the apex. Perianth 2-3 in, long; 
segments lanceolate, reflexing, much crisped, bright red-yellow. Fila- 
ments shorter than the perianth; anthers linear, 4 in. long. Ovary 
4-2 in. long; style 14-2 in. long, 3-branched towards the apex. Capsule 
2 in. or more long.—Bot. Reg. t. 77; Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 129; Baker in 
Fl. Cap. vi. 526; Lam. Encyc. iv. 133. G. angulata, Schum. and Thonn. 
Beskr. Guin. 171; Q. doniana, Rem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 366. 
Methonica superba, Crantz, Inst, i. 474; Red. Lil. t. 26. M. doniana, 
Kunth, Enum, iv. 277. 
Upper Guinea. Gambia, Brown-Lester! Niger Territory: Nupe, Barter, 
1517! Old Calabar, Goldie! Holland, 79! Cameroons: Rio del Rey, Johnston ! 
Lower Guinea. Portuguese Congo: Chinchocho, Soyaux, 170! Angola, Wel- 
witsch, 1743! 1744! Monteiro! French Congo, Duparquet, and several other 
collectors, 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Manganja Hills, Wadler / 
Var. angustifolia, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii, 458. Leaves linear, 5 ft. long, 
=-3 in. broad, 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: banks of the Lower Rovuma River, 
Meller ! 
Also in Tropical Asia, 
2. G. virescens, Lindl. in Bot. Mag.t. 2539. Stem long, branched, 
sarmentose. Leaves usually oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, with 
a cirrhose tip, the lower verticillate or opposite, 5-6 in. long. Flowers 
