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^-1 iu. Periantli-tube erect, 3-4^ in. long; segments linear, 

 bright red, 2-3 in. long. Filaments bright red, as long as the 

 segments ; anthers linear-oblong, i in. long. Style just overtopping 

 the anthers. Ovules several, superposed. 



Hab. East Tropical Africa; Djur-land, Dr. Schweinfurth 1370! 1787! 

 Kordofan, Dr. Pfund 377 ! 765 ! 



23. C. BUPHANoiDES Welwitsch MSS. ; Baker in Journ. Bot. 

 1878, 195. — Bulb 5-G in. diam. Leaves ensiform, firm in texture, 

 li_li. ft. long, 2-2^ in. broad at the middle, tapering gradually to 

 the point ; margin fringed with minute lanceolate scales. Peduncle 

 moderately stout, a foot long. Flowers 30-40 in an umbel; spathe- 

 valves broad, deciduous ; pedicels finally 1-1| in. long. Perianth- 

 tube erect, 3-4 in. long ; segments linear, 2-2| in. long, ^ in. broad, 

 keeled with red down the back. Filaments nearly as long as the 

 segments; anthers linear, ^ in. long. Style as long as the segments. 



Hab. Angola, in sandy woods of the subtemperate region in the Province 

 of Pungo Andongo, Welwitsch 4014 ! 



24. C. ANGOLENSE Benth. Gen. Plant, iii. 730. Buphane angolemis 

 Baker in Journ. Bot. 1878, 197. — Bulb large, ovoid. Leaves 6-8 

 to a stem, lorate, much curved, spreading, distichous, G-8 in. long, 

 i_| in. broad, glaucous, limbriate-ciliate. Peduncle stout, not more 

 than 1-2 in. long. Flowers 6-8 in an umbel, dull red ; spatlie- 

 valves lanceolate, l|-2 in. long ; pedicels very short. Perianth- 

 tube straight, cylindrical, 2 in. long; segments falcate, linear, 

 li-H in. long. "^Filaments h in- loi^g; anthers linear-oblong, ^ in. 

 long. Style short. 



Hab. Angola, in damp pastures of the Province of Huilla, alt. 3800 — 5500 ft., 

 flowering in October, Welwitsch 4012 ! A very distinct and curious plant. 



25. C. CARIB.EUM Baker in Gard. Chron. 1881, ii. 40. C. 

 furidmum Griseb. Flora Brit. West Ind. 583, non Fraser.— Leaves 

 lorate-oblong, 9-10 in. long, 3-4 in. broad, narrowed gradually to 

 i in. at the base. Flowers 3-4 in an umbel ; pedicels as long as 

 the ovary. Perianth-tube nearly straight, 3-4 iu. long; segments 

 linear, spreading, nearly as long as the tube, white, ^ in. broad. 



Hab. Gathered in Jamaica by the Eev. Mr. Wullschagel. Known to me 

 only from Grisebach's description. C . floridanum Fraser, founded on a plant 

 brought from Florida, is C. asiaiicum, according to Herbert. 



26. C. cRUENTUx^i Gawl. in Bot. Pieg. t. 171 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. 

 t. 346 ; Bury, Hexand. t. 22. — Bulb large, stoloniferous ; neck 

 shorfc. Leaves lorate, glossy, dark bright green, suberect, 2-3 iu. 

 broad, 3-4 ft. long, tapering to the point, closely veined ; edge 

 entire. Peduncle stout, compressed, above 2 ft. long. Flowers 

 6-8 in an umbel, subsessile ; spathe-valves lanceolate-deltoid, 3 in. 

 long. Perianth-tube erect, 7-8 in. long ; segments linear, bright 

 pink, 3 in. long, spreading or reflexiug. Filaments bright red, 

 rather shorter than the segments ; anthers linear, I in. long. Style 

 as long as the segments. 



Var. C. LoDDiGEsiANUM Herb. Amaryll. 401. — Pedicels as long 

 as the ovary. Perianth-segments dark purple at the tip. 



Hab. Mexico. Introduced into cultivation in Herbert's time, but I have 

 never seen it alive. 



