196 NEW AMAEYLLIDACE^. 



inches long, two to two and a half inclies broad, closely veined, 

 ciliated with distinct linear scales half a line long. Flowers thirty 

 to forty or more in an umbel, white, with a distinct keel of red 

 down the back of the segments ; outer bracts large, greenish, 

 deltoid ; pedicels a half to three-quarters of an inch long. Ovary 

 oblong ; tube three and a half to four inches long ; segments 

 lanceolate, two to two and a half inches long, a quarter of an 

 inch broad. Filaments as long as the x^erianth- segments. Anthers 

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

 segments. 



Puugo Andongo, in sandy woods, at 2400-3800 feet, flowering 

 in October, Welwitsch, 4014 ! General habit of C. latifolium, from 

 which it differs by its narrow perianth- segments and distinctly 

 scale-ciliated leaves of firm texture. 



Crinum vanillodorum, Wehv. MSS., n. sp. ''Bulb columnar, 

 the size of a child's head." Leaves s^Dreading, bright green, 

 lanceolate, two to three feet long, two to two and a half inches 

 broad at the middle, narrowed from the middle towards the base 

 and an acute point, entire, and not at all ciliated at the edge, the 

 main veins distant for the genus and connected by distinct cross- 

 bars. Scape two to four feet long, three to six-flowered ; outer 

 bracts lanceolate, two and a half to three inches long. Ovary 

 oblong, sessile. Perianth-tube curved, five to six inches long ; 

 segments of the limb oblong, pure white, not at all keeled with red, 

 only the three outer faintly marked with green, about three inches 

 long by an inch broad. Filaments white, declinate, falling about 

 an inch short of the perianth- segments. Anthers linear, three- 

 quarters of an inch long. Style reaching to the tip of the 

 perianth-segments. 



Golungo Alto, 1000-2400 feet, flowering in November, Wel- 

 ivitsch, 4020 ! 4021 ! Closely allied to the well-known C. giganteum, 

 Andr., of Sierra Leone. The name refers to the scent of the 

 flowers. 



Crinum fimbriatulum, Baker, n. sp. Leaves linear, two to five 

 feet long, an inch broad at the base, tapering gradually to the 

 point, glaucous green, deei)ly channelled down the face, minutely 

 scale -ciliated at the edge ; veins close, distinct. Scape two feet 

 long, three to seven-flowered ; outer bracts lanceolate, two to two 

 and a half inclies long. Ovary nearly sessile. Perianth-tube 

 curved, four to five inches long ; segments of the limb oblong, 

 ascending, white, with a distinct red keel, two and a half inches 

 long, an inch broad. Filaments declinate, falling about an inch 

 short of the segments of the perianth. Anthers linear, three- 

 eighths to half an inch long. Style about reaching to the tip of 

 the perianth-segments. 



Loanda, in meadows, at a low level (under 1000 feet), inundated 

 in summer, flowering in March, Welwitsch, 4018 ! 4019 ! Of 

 described species, comes near C. Bruussonetiiy Herb. [C. yucccBjiorumy 

 Salisb.) 



