222 AMARYLLIDEZ (Baker). [ Cyrtanthus. 
8. C. spiralis (Burch. ex Gawl. in Bot. Reg. t. 167, excl. syn.) ; 
bulb ovoid, 14 in. diam.; leaves 2-3, produced after the flowers, 
linear, several times spirally twisted, weak in texture, glaucous green, 
6-9 in. long, }-} in. broad at the middle; peduncle slender, reddish, 
terete, glaucous, 9-12 in. long; flowers 4-6 in an umbel, inodorous ; 
pedicels slender, ascending, 3-1 in. long; spathe-valves 2, greenish, 
lanceolate, an inch long; perianth bright crimson-red, 14-2 in, long, 
tube curved, dilated from a subcylindrical base to a throat } in. 
diam. ; segments oblong, patent, 4-3 in. long; stamens a little 
exserted from the perianth-tube; filaments 14 in. long; anthers 
oblong, yellow ; ovary oblong, under , in. diam. ; style overtopping 
the stamens ; stigma tricuspidate. Reich. Fl. Exot. t. 42; Herb. 
Amaryllid. 129; Kunth, Enum. v. 537 ; Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. - 
55.  Monella spiralis, Herb. App. 29 ; Salish. Gen. 139. 
Coast Reaion: Port Elizabeth Div.; near Bethelsdorp, Zeyher, 347! 
Burchell! 
9. C. pallidus (Sims in Bot. Mag. t. 2471) ; bulb ovoid, 1} in. 
diam., produced into ashort neck; leaves 5, produced after the flower, 
linear, green, not twisted, ¢ in. broad; peduncle subterete, purplish, 
ft. long; flowers 4-5 in an umbel, pale red; pedicels slender, 
1 in. long ; spathe-valves 2, lanceolate, greenish ; perianth 1} in. 
long; tube dilated gradually to a throat + in. diam.; segments 
oblong, } in. long ; stamens and style exserted from the perianth- 
tube. Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 897 ; Herb. Amaryllid. 129; 
Kunth, Enum. v. 536; Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 56. 
South Arrica: without locality. 
Introduced into cultivation by Villette in 1822. Known to me only from the 
figure cited, 
10. C. rectiflorus (Baker) ; bulb ovoid, 13 in. diam.; leaves 2, 
contemporary with the flowers, linear, flaccid, straight, green, }—} in. 
broad at the middle ; peduncle slender, 1-14 ft. long; flowers 8-10 
in an umbel, red ; pedicels slender, ascending, 2-1 in. long ; spathe- 
valves 2, lanceolate, not exceeding the pedicels; perianth straight, 
erect, scarcely over an inch long, the tube dilated gradually from 
the base to a throat 4 in. diam.; segments oblong, half as long as. 
the tube ; stamens distinctly biseriate ; filaments very short; anthers 
minute, oblong, the 3 lower placed one-third of the way down the 
perianth-tube, the 3 upper at its throat; style reaching to the tip 
of the segments ; stigma obscurely tricuspidate. 
Coast Recion: King Williamstown Div.; mountains near Perie, Tidmarsh 
in Herb. MacOwan! 
11. C. Macowani (Baker in Gard. Chron. 1875, iv. 98) ; bulb ovoid, 
1 in. diam.; tunics brown; leaves 1-3, contemporary with the — 
flowers, linear, green, straight, erect, 3-1 ft. long, 4-} in. broad ; 
peduncle slender, terete, purplish, about a foot long ; flowers 6-8 in 
an umbel, bright scarlet, inodorous, cernuous ; pedicels 4-2 in. long ; 
spathe-valves 2, lanceolate, greenish, 1-1} in. long; perianth 1}-1} 
