88 HANDBOOK OF AMARYLLIDE^. 



10-20 in an umbel; spathe-valves deltoid, greenish, 3 in. long; 

 pedicels very short. Perianth-tube curved, greenish, 3-4 in. long; 

 limb horizontal, about as long as the tube ; segments oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute, an inch broad at the middle, faintly tinged with 

 red in the centre outside. Filaments declinate, 2i-3 in. long ; 

 anthers linear, f-1 in. Style finally overtopping the anthers. 

 Ovules 5-6 in a cell, superposed. 



Hab. Widely spread in Tropical Asia. G. longistylum Herb. ; G. moluc- 

 canum, Eoxb., Bot. Mag. t. 2292; C. speciosum Herb, in Bot. Mag. t. 2217; and 

 G. insigne Scliultes {Amanjllis hisignis Gawl. in Bot. Keg. t. 579) seem all slight 

 varieties of this species. 



55. C. BRACHYNEMA Herb, in Bot. Eeg. 1842, Misc. No. 28 ; 

 Hook. fil. in Bot. Mag. t. 5937; Flore des Serres, t. 2303.— Bulb 

 ovoid, 2i-3 in. diam., without a distinct neck. Leaves lorate, not 

 developed till after the flowers, l|-2 ft. long, 3-3| in. broad, bright 

 green, moderately firm in texture : edge entire. Peduncle a foot 

 long, subterete. Flowers 15-20 in an umbel ; spathe-valves 

 lanceolate, l|-2 in. long ; pedicels at most as long as the ovary. 

 Perianth-tube not much curved, greenish, 1|— 2 in. long ; segments 

 pure white, oblanceolate-oblong, obtuse, cuspidate, 2 in. long, f in. 

 broad. Filaments only i-i- in. long ; anthers small, oblong. 

 Style shorter than the stamens. 



Hab. Bombay Presidency. Described from a plant that flowered at Kew 

 in May, 1877, the bulb of which was sent by Mr. Woodrow. Easily dis- 

 tinguished by its short stamens and style. 



56. 0. FLAcciDUM Herb, in Bot. Mag. t. 2133. AmarijUis 

 australasica Ker in Bot. Keg. t. 426. — Bulb ovoid, 3-4 in. diam. ; 

 neck very short. Leaves Hnear, li-2 ft. long, l-li in. broad, 

 closely veined, scabrous on the edge. Peduncle 1^-2 ft. long, 

 much compressed. Flowers 6-8 in an umbel; spathe-valves lan- 

 ceolate-deltoid, 3-4 in. long; pedicels l-li in. Perianth-tube 

 3-4 in. long, usually curved; segments oblong-lanceolate, pure 

 white both inside and out, about as long as the tube, acute, f in. 

 broad at the middle. Stamens much shorter than the segments ; 

 anthers linear, i in. long. Ovules several in each cell, superposed. 



Hab. New South Wales and South Austraha, first gathered, though not 

 named, by Bobert Brown. Introduced into cultivation in 1819, but I have not 

 seen it alive. G. Weinmanni Eoem. Amaryll. 90, is probably the same species. 



57. C. PAuciFLORUM Baker in Journ. Bot. 1878, 195. — Bulb 

 globose, 2-3 in. diam. ; neck very short. Leaves about 6 to a 

 bulb, linear, very firm in texture, stiffly erect, l-l^ ft. long, |- in. 

 broad, closely strongly veined ; edge not ciliated. Peduncle slender, 

 6-8 in. long. Flowers 1-2 to an umbel, sessile ; spathe-valves 

 lanceolate, 3 in. long, connate in the 1-flowered form. Perianth- 

 tube curved, 4-5 in. long ; limb suberect, rather shorter than the 

 tube ; segments oblong, connivent, obtuse, minutely cuspidate, an 

 inch broad, banded with red-purple. Filaments an inch shorter 

 than the limb ; anthers Hnear, i in. long. Style overtopping the 

 anthers. 



Hab. Central Africa, in Djur-land, discovered by Dr. Schweinfurth in 

 1860. We have a sketch of an allied plant, made by Mr. T. Baines in Nov., 



