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linear, green, straight, a foot long. Peduncle slender, ^~l ft. long. 

 Umbel 4-10-flowered ; spatlie-valves 2, lanceolate, green, 1^-2 in. 

 long ; pedicels shorter. Flowers bright red, fragrant, 2 in. long ; 

 tube subcylindrical, ^ in. diam. at the throat ; segments linear- 

 oblong, ^— |- in. long. Stamens almost uniseriate, inserted near 

 the throat of the tube ; filaments very short. Style sometimes 

 protruded beyond the tip of the perianth- segments ; stigma dis- 

 tinctly bicuspidate. 



Hab. Cape Colony and Natal. Introduced into cultivation in 1818, by 

 Messrs. Colville, of the King's Koad, Chelsea. Flowers in July and August. 



12. C. TucKii Baker in Journ.Bot. 1876, 183.~Bulb ovoid, 1^ in. 

 diam. ; neck produced. Leaves 2, contemporary with the flowers, 

 linear, green, 1-1^ ft. long. Peduncle as long as the leaves. 

 Umbel 10-12-flowered ; spathe-valves 2, lanceolate, green, 3-3|in. 

 long; pedicels 1-2^ in. Flowers yellowish at the base, ^passing 

 upwards into blood-red, 1^-2 in. long; tube curved, narrowly 

 funnel-shaped, ^ in. diam. at the throat ; segments oblong, ^-^ in. 

 long, not spreading. Stamens biseriate, the three lower not 

 exserted from the perianth-tube. Style just overtopping the upper 

 anthers ; stigma tricuspidate. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; summit of the Boschberg, alt. 4000 — 5000 ft., Macowan 

 2133 1 Sent alive from Glasnevin in July, 1884, by Mr. F. Moore. 



13. C. ANGusTiFOLius Ait. Hort. Kew, i. 414 ; Bot. Mag. t. 271 ; 

 Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 368 ; Red. Lil. t. 388. Crinum angustifolium 

 Linn. fil. Amaryllis cijlindracea L'Herit. Monella anyiistifolia Herb. 

 Eusipho angustifolius Salisb. — Bulb ovoid, 1-|~2 in. diam. Leaves 

 2-3, contemporary with the flowers, linear, green, straight, l-l-l ft. 

 Peduncle as long as the leaves. Umbel 4-10-flowered ; spathe- 

 valves 2, lanceolate, 1|~2 in. long; pedicels 1-1-| in. long. Perianth 

 bright red, inodorous, 1-|~2 in. long ; tube narrowly funnel-shaped, 

 ^ in. diam. at the throat ; segments oblong, -§--|- in. long. Stamens 

 all exserted from the tube ; filaments ^-^ in. Style sometimes 

 protruded beyond the tip of the segments ; stigma tricuspidate. 



Var. GRANDiFLORus Baker. — Perianth 2|— 3 in. long ; throat of 

 the tube I in. diam. 



Var. C. VENTRicosus Willd. Sp. Plant, ii. 49. C. angustifolhis 

 Jacq. Hort. Schoen. i. t. 76. — Perianth-tube more dilated, ventricose 

 in the middle and contracted at the throat. 



Var. C. STRiATus Herb, in Bot. Mag. t. 2534. — Perianth 2^ in. 

 long, bright red, with yellow ribs. 



Hab. Cape Colony and Natal. Introduced into cultivation by Masson, 

 in 1774. Flowers in autumn. 



14. C. Mackenii Hook, fil in Gard. Chron. 1869, 3641, with 

 figure; Baker in Saund. Eef. Bot. t. 355. — Bulb ovoid, 1|- in. diam. 

 Leaves 2-6, contemporary with the flowers, linear, green, straight, 

 a foot long. Peduncle slender, subterete, slightly glaucous, a foot 

 long. Umbel 4-10-flowered ; spathe-valves lanceolate, greenish, 

 1-1-^ in. long. Flowers pure white, 2 in. long; tube narrowly 

 funnel-shaped, ^ in. diam. at the throat ; segments oblong, J-|- in. 

 long. Stamens distinctly biseriate ; filaments very short. Style 

 exserted from the tube ; stigma tricuspidate. 



