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H. angolensis, not more than a quarter of a line apart. Scape 

 lateral, under a foot long, much spotted with purple. Umbel as 

 dense as in H. multiflorus, five to six inches in diameter. Bracts 

 unequal, reflexing, linear and lanceolate, reddish, an inch and a 

 half to two inches long ; pedicels an inch to an inch and a quarter 

 long. Ovary globose. Perianth bright red ; tube cylindrical, 

 a quarter of an inch long ; segments linear-subulate, twice as long 

 as the tube. Filaments longer than the segments. Anthers oblong, 

 yellow, three-quarters of a line long. 



Pungo Andongo, flowering in October, Welwitsch, 4009 ! 4010 ! 

 Closely allied to the old Sierra Leone H. multijiorus, from which it 

 differs in leaf-veining and by its much smaller flowers, with very 

 narrow segments. 



Crinum ammocharoides, Baker, n. sp. Bulb globose, three to 

 four inches in diameter, with brown membranous tunics, and a 

 short neck. Leaves six to eight, lorate, probably distichous, 

 cihated, six to nine inches long at the flowering-time, an inch 

 broad. Scape stout, lateral, not more than three to four inches 

 long. Umbels eight to twelve-flowered ; outer spathe-valves lan- 

 ceolate, greenish, an inch and a half to two inches long; pedicels 

 a quarter to half an inch long. Ovary oblong, a quarter to one- 

 third of an inch long. Tube cylindi-ical, four to five inches long ; 

 segments red, linear, rotate, two and a half to three inches long. 

 Filaments as long as the segments. Anthers linear, versatile, 

 yellow, a quarter of an inch long. Style longer than the perianth- 

 segments, declinate ; stigma entn-e. 



North Central Africa, SchwemfuTth, 1370 ! 1787 ! Series iii., 

 No. 208 ! A very distinct plant, connecting the Crinums of the 

 asiaticum group with Buphcme. The leaves closely resemble those 

 of Nerine [Ammocharis) falcata and its variety coranica. 



Crinum pauciflorum. Baker, n. sp. Bulb globose, about three 

 inches in a diameter ; tunics brown, membranous. Leaves five to 

 six, linear, subcoriaceous, fifteen to eighteen inches long, a quarter 

 of an inch broad; margin entire. Scape two to three inches long, 

 one to two-flowered. Bract single, two to three inches long, 

 tubular in the lower half, greenish, the free point linear. 

 Ovary oblong, nearly sessile ; ovules many, superposed. Tube 

 curved, four inches long ; segments ascending, oblong, acute, 

 three inches long, an inch broad at the middle, white, with a 

 distinct red central band outside. Filaments declinate, two-thirds 

 as long as the perianth-segments. Anthers linear-oblong, a quarter 

 of an inch long. Style declinate ^ falling about an inch short of 

 the perianth- segments. 



North Central Africa, m the Kingdom of Djur, Schiveinfurth, 

 1975 ! Closely allied to C. Broussonetii and C. clisticlium, both of 

 which mhabit the same region. 



Crinum buphanoides, Wehv. MSS., n. sp. " Bulb the size of a 

 child's head." Leaves lanceolate, glaucous, firm in texture, 

 undulated, gradually narrowed to an acute point, fifteen to eighteen 



