GRIFFINIA. 69 



dilated from the base to a throat an inch in diameter ; segments 

 oblong, an inch long. Stamens biseriate ; filaments ^ in. long ; 

 stigma tricuspidate. 



Hab. Kaffraria. Described from a living plant sent by the late Prof. 

 Balfour from the Edinburgh Botanic Garden, in May, 1876. 



20. C. SANGUINEUS Hook. in Bot. Mag. t. 5218. Gastronema 

 sanfjaineum Lindl. — Bulb ovoid, 2 in. diam. Leaves 3-4, con- 

 temporary with the flowers, bright green, lanceolate, petioled, a 

 foot long, "l-f in. broad. Peduncle slender, terete, 6-9 in. long. 

 Umbel 1-3-flowered ; spathe-valves lanceolate, 2-4 in. long ; pedi- 

 cels erect. Flowers bright red, 3-4^ in. long ; tube sub-cylindrical 

 in the lower half, openly funnel-shaped in the upper ; throat an 

 inch in diameter ; segments ovate, falcate, 1-2 in. long. Stamens 

 nearly uniseriate ; filaments incurved, -| in. long. Style over- 

 topping the anthers ; stigma falcate, ^ in. long. 



Hab. Kaffraria and Natal, flowering in August. Introduced into cultiva- 

 tion by Messrs. Backhouse in 1860. Also Galla Country, East Tropical Africa, 

 gathered by the Rev. T. Wakefield. A very distinct species. 



24. Gkiffinia Ker. 



Perianth funnel-shaped, horizontal or declinate ; tube none or 

 very short, not appendiculate at the throat; segments acute, three 

 lower narrower than the three upper. Stamens declinate, unequal, 

 attached to the base of the segments ; anthers small, oblong, 

 versatile. Ovary 3-celled ; ovules 2 in a cell, collateral, basal ; 

 style filiform, declinate ; stigma capitate, rarely trifid. Capsule 

 loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds often solitary ; testa pale. — Rootstock 

 a truncated bulb. Leaves thin, broad, usually petioled. Peduncle 

 solid. Umhel many-flowered ; spathe-valves 2, lanceolate ; flowers 

 lilac. 



Leaves petioled. Stamens 6. 



Stigma capitate Sp. 1-5. 



Stigma tricuspidate .... Sp. 6. 



Leaves sessile. Upper stamen suppressed . Sp. 7. 



1. G. DRYADEs Koem. Amarayll. 32 ; Hook, fil in Bot. Mag. t. 

 5786. AmarijUis dnjadcs Veil. Fl. Flum. iii. t. 117.— Bulb as large 

 as a man's fist. Leaves firmer in texture than in the other species ; 

 bright green, above a foot long, 5-6 in. broad, cuneately narrowed 

 to a channelled petiole 6-8 in. long. Peduncle stout, l-|-2 ft. long. 

 Umbel 10-12-flowered; spathe-valves li in. long; pedicels about 

 an inch long. Perianth-limb 3-4 in. long; tube subcyhndrical, 

 f-1 in. long, segments oblanceolate, acute, upper ^ in. lower ^—|- in. 

 broad. Stamens shorter than the segments, one ascending ; 

 anthers lilac, ^ in. long. Style as long as the segments ; stigma 

 capitate. 



Hab. South Brazil, introduced, I believe, by Mr. Wilson Saunders about 

 1868. Described from a plant flowered by Mr. William Bull in Sept., 1883. 



2. G. OENATA, Moore in Gard. Chron. 1876, i. 266, figs. 47-48 ; 

 Hook, fil in Bot. Mug. t. 6367. — Bulb ovoid, 3-4 in. diam. ; neck 



