220 AMARYLLIDEZ (Baker). [Cyrtanthus. 
broad ; stamens biseriate, inserted low down in the perianth-tube ; 
filaments #-1 in. long; anthers small, oblong, reaching about half- 
way up the segments ; ovary green, oblong, } in. diam. ; style reach- 
ing to the tip of the segments; stigma capitate; capsule oblong- 
triquetrous, an inch long. Jacg. Hort. Schoenbr. i. 39, t. 75; Andr. 
Bot. Rep. t. 265; Gawl. in Bot. Mag. t. 1133; Red. Ini. t. 381; 
Lodd. Bot, Cab. t.947-; Herb. Amaryllid. 128; Kunth, Enum. v. 
584; Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 54, Crinum obliquum, Linn. fil. Suppl. 
195; Thunb. Prodr. 59; Fl. Cap. edit. Schult, 301. Amarylilis 
Umbella, L’ Herit. Sert. 15, ¢t. 16. Timmia obliqua, Gmel. Syst. 
Nat. ii. 538. C. varius, Roem. Amaryllid. 48. 
Coast Recion: Humansdorp Div.; hills near Kabeljouw River, Thunberg ! 
Bathurst Div. ;, Riet Fontein, between Port Alfred and Theopolis, Burchell, 
ted and between Riet Fontein and the source of Kasuga River, Burchell, 
Centrat Recron : Somerset Div.; Commadagga Mts., Burchell! and Bosch 
Berg, 2300 ft., MacOwan ! 
2. C. carneus (Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1462); bulb ovoid, 2-3 in. 
diam. ; leaves 8-10, lorate, obtuse, produced after the flowers, 
glaucous, twisted, 14 ft. long, about 1 in. broad; peduncle subterete, 
glaucous, twisted, a foot or more long; flowers 8-10 in an umbel, 
very cernuous ; pedicels j-+ in. long; spathe-valves 3-4, lanceolate, 
greenish, 14-2 in. long; perianth 2—2} in. long, rather curved, 
bright red ; tube twice as long as the segments, dilated gradually from 
the base to a throat 4 in. diam. ; segments oblong, much imbricated, 
3 in. broad ; stamens inserted low down in the perianth-tube; fila- 
ments an inch long; anthers oblong, reaching halfway up the 
segments; ovary oblong, 4 in. diam.; style reaching to the tip of 
the perianth-segments; stigma capitate. Herb. Amaryllid. 129; 
Kunth, Enum. v. 535; Baker, Handb, Amaryllid. 54, 
Sourn Argrica: without locality, Thom! 
Coast Recion: onthe Zwartberg, near Caledon, Templeman in Herb. Mac- 
Owan, 2619! Alexandria Div. ; between Hoffmans Kloof and Drie Fontein, 
1000-2000 ft., Drége! : 
3. C. Elliotii (Baker); leaves lorate, flaccid, above a foot long, . 
an inch broad; peduncle stout, above a foot long; flowers bright 
red, many in an umbel, cernuous; pedicels 1-2 in. long; spathe- 
valves oblong, brownish, 2 in. long; perianth 13-14 in. long; tube 
revit 2 at the base, 3 in. diam. at the throat; segments oblong, } in. 
ong. ; 
Coast Rzcion: Stockenstrom Div.; bank of stream on the south slope of 
Katberg, Elliot, 149! 
4. C. Huttoni (Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 55) ; leaves lorate, con- _ 
temporary with the flowers, a foot long, }-} in. broad, narrowed to 
an obtuse point; peduncle above a foot long, 1-2 in. diam. ; flowers 
6-8 in an umbel ; pedicels slender, erect, }—1 in. long; spathe-valves 
2, oblong-lanceolate, whitish, membranous, 14 in. long ; perianth 
about an inch long, pale red; tube much curved, widening from @ 
