a, 
Tas. 7653. 
CYRTANTHUS parvirtorvs. 
Native of Cape Colony. 
Nat. Ord. AMarYLLIDE#.—Tribe AMARYLLEA. 
Genus Cyrtantuvs, Ait.; (Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 729.) 
Crrtantuus (Monella) parviflorus; bulbo globoso tunicis membranaceis supra 
colluam productis, foliis 3-6 linearibus viridibus suberectis floribus 
costaneis facie canaliculatis, scapo gracili tereti elongato, umbellis 
6-12-floris, pedicellis flore aequilongis vel brevioribus, spathew valvis 2 
parvis oppositis lanceolatis, fluribus inodoris splendide rubris, perianthii 
tubo subcylindrico curvato ad basin attenuato, lobis brevissimis late 
 ovatis, staminibus biseriatis filamentis brevissimis, stylo perianthio 
zequilongo apice stigmatoso tricuspidato. 
C. parviflorus, Baker in Gard. Chron. 1891, vol. i. p. 104; ef in Dyer Fl. Cap. 
vol. vi. p. 221. 
This pretty little Cyrtanthus was first introduced into 
cultivation by Mr. James O’Brien of Harrow, in 1889. 
In a wild state it is widely distributed through the 
eastern provinces of Cape Colony, from Port Elizabeth 
northward to the Transvaal, where Mr, E. Galpin has 
found it at an altitude of 4500 feet above sea-level. It 
is nearly allied to the well-known C. angustifolius, Ait. 
(Bot. Mag. t. 271), but the flowers are much smaller and 
brighter in colour. It flowers freely in a cool house at 
Kew in April and May. The bulbs were presented to the 
Royal Gardens by E. H. Woodall, Esq., of St. Nicholas 
House, Scarborough. 
Descr.—Bulb globose, about an inch in diameter, with 
the outer brown, membranous tunics produced some 
distance above its neck. Leaves three to six to a bulb, 
contemporary with the flowers, linear, sub-erect, green, 
channelled down the face. Pedunele slender, terete. 
Flowers inodorous, bright red, six to twelve in an umbet; 
pedicels as long as, or shorter than the flowers ; spathe- 
valves two, small, opposite, lanceolate. Perianth sub- 
cylindrical, curved, about an inch long, narrowed to the 
base; lobes very small, broadly ovate. Stamens inserted 
May Ist, 1899. 
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