Cyrtanthus. | AMARYLLIDEZ (Baker). 227 
Encyc. Suppl. ii. 438; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 899; 
Kunth, Enum. v. 541; Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 58. 
Soutn Arrica: without locality. 
Known only from the figure cited. 
22. C. smithianus (Herb. in Bot. Mag. sub t. 3779); bulb ovoid, 
1; in. diam.; leaves 2-4, contemporary with the flowers, linear, 
spirally twisted, rather glaucous, 6—9 in. long, } in. broad ; peduncle 
slender, terete, $ ft. long; flowers 1-2 in an umbel ; pedicels 1-12 
in. long ; spathe-valves 2, lanceolate; perianth 33-4 in. long, white 
streaked with green or red-brown; tube slightly curved, dilated 
gradually from the base to a throat an inch in diameter; segments 
oblong, an inch long, with 5-7 fine distinct ribs in the centre, 
decurrent down the tube ; stamens biseriate ; filaments filiform, } in. 
long ; anthers yellow, oblong; ovary oblong, green, } in. diam. ; 
style much overtopping the anthers ; stigmas 3, spreading. Kunth, 
Enum. v. 541; Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 58. 
Eastern Reaion : Lorengo Marquez ; Lombobo Mountains, Mrs. K. Saunders? 
Described from a specimen sent by Prof. Balfour from the Edinburgh Botanic 
Garden in May, 1876. 
23. C. sanguineus (Hook. in Bot. Mag. t. 5218); bulb ovoid, 
2 in. diam. ; tunics brown, scariose; leaves 3-4, contemporary with 
the flowers, lanceolate, acute, bright green, a foot long, 3—{ in. 
broad at the middle, narrowed to the apex, and with a distinct petiole 
3-4 in. long; peduncle slender, terete, pale green, 6-9 in. long; 
flowers 1-3 in an umbel, scentless; pedicels 3-2 in. long; 
spathe-valves 2~4, lanceolate, green, 2-3 in. long; perianth 
3-4} in. long, bright red; tube suberect or decidedly curved, sub- 
cylindrical in the lower half, dilated in the upper half to a throat an 
inch in diameter ; segments ovate, falcate or rather revolute, 1-2 in. 
long ; stamens uniseriate, exserted a little from the throat of the 
perianth-tabe ; filaments arcuate, incurved, } in. long; anthers small, 
oblong ; ovary oblong-trigonous, 3-1 in, diam. ; style overtopping 
the anthers; stigmas 3, falcate, { in. long. Baker, Handb. 
Amaryllid. 59. Gastronema sanguineum, Lindl. in Journ. Hort. Soc. 
iii. 315, with woodeut. 
Eastern Reeion : Natal, Sanderson, 551! Plant! 
Introduced into cultivation by Backhouse in 1860. Also Galla country, East 
Tropical Africa, Wakefield ! 
C. hybridus, N. E. Brown in Gard. Chron. 1885, xxiv. 391, is a garden 
hybrid between this species and Vallota purpurea. 
24. C. Galpini (Baker in Kew Bullet. 1892, 83) ; bulb ovoid, 
2 in. diam. ; leaves linear, glabrous; peduncle very slender, 3 in, 
long, bearing a single erect flower ; spathe-valves lanceolate, mem- 
branous, an inch long; pedicel 4 in. long; perianth bright red, 
under 2 in. long; tube broadly funnel-shaped in the upper two- 
thirds, cylindrical at the base; segments ovate, } in. long; stamens 
inserted in two rows above the middle of the tube ; filaments 3 in. 
long; anthers small, oblong; style overtopping the anthers. 
