CEINUM. 89 



1861, from Koobie, in the Transvaal, and a garden specimen from Sir C. Strick- 

 land of a plant from Lake Nyassa, with " broad leaves," two shortly pedicellate 

 flowers and more acute perianth-segments. 



58. C. Careyanum Herb, in Bot. Mag. t. 2466. C. ornatum var. 

 Careijanum Herb. — Bulb globose, 3-4 in. diam., with reddish 

 brown tunics and a short neck. Leaves 8-10, lorate, spreading, 

 undulated, bright green, thin, 1-2 ft. long, 2-3 in. broad ; edge 

 entire. Peduncle a foot long, subterete, green. Flowers 4-6 in an 

 umbel; pedicels very short; spathe-valves deltoid, green, 2-3 in. 

 long. Perianth-tube curved, greenish, 3-4 in. long ; limb hori- 

 zontal, as long as the tube ; segments oblong, acute, an inch 

 broad, faintly tinged with red in the centre. Stamens a little 

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

 reaching to the tip of the segments. Ovules 6-8 in a cell. 



Hab. Mauritius and Seychelles, in marshy ground. Described from a 

 plant that flowered at Kew in Nov., 1877. Scarcely more than a variety of C. 

 latifoUum. 



59. C. ABYssiNicuM Hoclist. in Schimp. PI. Abyss. No. 1374. — 

 Bulb ovoid, 3 in. diam. ; neck short. Leaves about six to a bulb, 

 linear, suberect, a foot long, ^-l in. broad, narrowed gradually to 

 the point, closely veined ; edge scabrous. Peduncle moderately 

 stout, 1-2 ft. long. Flowers 4-6 in an umbel; pedicels none or 

 very short ; spathe-valves green, ovate-lanceolate, 2 in. long. 

 Perianth-tube slender, curved, 1|~2 in. long ; limb horizontal or 

 suberect, 2-3 in. long ; segments oblong, acute, |~| in. broad. 

 Filaments f-f in. long; anthers linear-oblong, \-\ in. long. 



Hab. Mountains of Abyssinia, first gathered by Schimper in 1838. Dis- 

 tinguished by its short stamens and short perianth-tube. 



60. C. DiSTicHUM Herb. Amaryll. 260. Amaryllis ornata Gawl. 

 in Bot. Mag. 1. 1253, excl. syn. — Bulb small, globose. Leaves about 

 10, distichous, linear, firm in texture, channelled down the face, 

 tapering to the point, a foot long, under an inch broad low down. 

 Peduncle about a foot long. Flower usually solitary, sessile ; 

 spathe-valves lanceolate, 2-3 in. long. Perianth-tube curved, 

 5-6 in. long ; limb horizontal, about 4 in. long ; segments oblong, 

 acute, connivent, an inch broad, keeled with bright red. Stamens 

 and style reaching nearly to the tip of the segments. 



Hab. Sierra Leone. Differs from C ijucccefiorum by its distichous leaves. 

 Three different plants are figured as Amaryllis ornata in the 'Botanical 

 Magazine,' viz., C. zeylanicum, [jiganteum, and the present species. 



61. C. Yucc^FLORUM Salisb. Parad. t. 52. C. yucccBoides Herb. 

 C. Broussonetii Herb, in Bot. Mag. t. 2121 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 668 ; 

 Bury Hexand. t. 21. Amaryllis Broussonetii Ked. Lil. t. 62. A. 

 spectahilis Andr. Bot. Eep. t. 390. A. ornata Ait. — Bulb small, 

 globose, purplish, without any distinct neck. Leaves 10-12 to a 

 bulb, multifarious, linear, firm in texture, closely veined, 1-1|- ft. 

 long, about an inch broad ; edge scabrous. Peduncle slender, a 

 foot long. Flowers 1-2 in an umbel, sessile ; spathe-valves green, 

 lanceolate, 2-3 in. long. Perianth-tube greenish, curved, 4-5 in. 

 long ; limb horizontal, 3-4 in. long ; segments oblong, acute, con- 

 nivent, |-1 in. broad, banded with red on the back. Filaments 



