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long. Filaments a little shorter than the segments ; anthers linear- 

 oblong, I- in. long. Style as long as the segments. 



Hab. Damara-land. Flowered at Kew, August, 1881, from a bulb purchased 

 from a Danish sea-captain named Thure Ein. 



18. C. TiNNEANUM Kotschy & Peyritsch in Plant. Tinneana?, 44, 

 t. 21. — Bulb and leaves unknown. Scape green, compressed. 

 Flowers 12-30 in an umbel ; spathe-valves lanceolate- deltoid, 

 2-3 in. long ; pedicels 1-2 in. long. Perianth-tube erect, very 

 slender, 2^-3 in. long ; limb rose-red ; segments linear, not more 

 than half as long as the tube, ^-^ in. broad. Filaments half as 

 long as the perianth-segments ; anthers linear-oblong, ^ in. long. 

 Ovules several, superposed. 



Hab. East Tropical Africa. First gathered on the banks of the Bahr-el- 

 Ghasal by Mdlle. Tinne. Found also by Kotschy in Kordofan, and by Father 

 Knoblecher in a garden at Gondokoro. The specific name is printed Tinnece in 

 the text, and indexed by Pritzel as conlofanum. 



19. C. Lasth Baker. — Bulb globose, 4-5 in. diam. ; neck short. 

 Leaves ensiform, distichous, acute, as long as the peduncle, dis- 

 articulating near the base, when the flowers fade. Peduncle above 

 a foot long, stout and much compressed. Umbel many-flowered ; 

 spathe-valves broad, membranous ; pedicels -|-1 in. Perianth-tube 

 slender, erect, 3-3|- in. long; limb pink, 1^ in. long; segments 

 linear. Stamens as long as the segments ; anthers linear-oblong, 

 J in. long. 



Hab. Kongone Mountains, 100 miles inland from Zanzibar, alt. 2000 ft. 

 Gathered by Mr. Last. Bulb sent home by Sir John Kirk in March, 1881, but 

 ^Ye failed to flower it. 



20. C. Bainesii Baker in Gard. Chron. 1881, ii. 40.— Bulb and 

 leaves unknown. Peduncle moderately stout. Flowers 20-30 in 

 a dense umbel ; spathe-valves ovate, 1^ in. long; pedicels i-f in. 

 Perianth with a slender erect tube 2^-3 in. long; limb red, half as 

 long as the tube ; segments linear. Filaments nearly as long as 

 the segments, bright red ; anthers linear-oblong, i in. long. Style 

 reaching to the tip of the segments. Ovules several, superposed. 



Hab. South-east Tropical Africa, near Koobie. Known only from a single 

 specimen gathered by Mr. T. Baines, the artist, in 1881. Nearly allied to C. 

 Tinneanum. 



21. 0. Thruppii Baker. — Leaves short, lorate, firm in texture, 

 closely veined, 2 in. broad; margin denticulate. Peduncle short, 

 stout. Flowers 20-30 in a dense umbel; spathe-valves broad, 

 membranous ; pedicels f-1 in. Perianth-tube slender, erect, 

 21-3 in. long; limb erect, pink, 2 in. long; segments hnear. 

 Stamens nearly as long as the segments ; anthers linear, ^ in. long. 

 Style reaching to the tip of the segments. 



Hab. Somali-land. Gathered by Messrs. Thrupp and James in April, 

 1885. Allied to C. Tinneanum. 



22. C. AMMOcHARoiDES Baker in Journ. Bot. 1878, 195. — Bulb 

 large, globose ; neck short. Leaves 6-8 to a bulb, closely veined, 

 lorate, curved, about a foot long, an inch broad ; margin distinctly 

 ciliated. Peduncle stout, much compressed, 3-6 in. long. Flowers 

 10-20 in an umbel; spathe-valves lanceolate, 2-3 in. long; pedicels 



