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about an inch shorter than the segments ; anthers linear-oblong, 

 f in. long. Style reaching nearly to the tip of the segments. 



Hab. Sierra Leone. There is a specimen at the British Museum from 

 Kew Gardens in 1785, so that it is no doubt the original ornata of Aiton, who 

 cites the younger Linnii?us under his diagnosis, and says it was introduced by 

 Lord Petre in 1740. A plant gathered by Welwitsch in Angola (4015) is 

 probably the same species. 



62. C. Sanderianum Baker in Gard. Chron. n. s. xxii. 102 ; 

 Florist and Pomol. 1784, 157, with woodcut. C. ornatum Bury 

 Hexand. t. 18. C. Broussonetianum var. yluriflorum Herb. — Bulb 

 globose, 2 in. diam. ; neck 2-3 in. long. Leaves 10-12, thin, ensi- 

 form, 1|— 2 ft. long, l-lf in. broad, narrowed from the middle to a 

 long point, much crisped at the denticulate margin. Peduncle a foot 

 long. Flowers 3-6 in an umbel, sessile ; spathe-valves 3-4 in. 

 long. Perianth with a curved tube 5-6 in. long ; segments oblong- 

 lanceolate, acute, connivent, 3-4 in. long, under an inch broad, 

 keeled with bright red. Stamens nearly as long as the limb; 

 anthers linear, ^ in. long. Style reaching to the tip of the seg- 

 ments. 



Hab. Corisco Island, Mann 1877 1 Sierra Leone. Described from a speci- 

 men sent from Messrs. Sander and Co., of St. Alban's, in 1884. Nearly allied 

 to G. scabrum Herb. 



63. C. SCABRUM Herb, in Bot. Mag. t. 2180 ; Bury Hexand. t. 

 32. C. scaberrimum Herb. — Bulb large, ovoid, purplish-brown; 

 neck short. Leaves a dozen or more, lorate, bright green, 2-3 ft. 

 long, 1^—2 in. broad, firm in texture, closely veined ; edge scabrous. 

 Peduncle stout, 1-2 ft. long. Flowers 4-8 in an umbel ; pedicels 

 none or very short ; spathe-valves broad, 2-3 in. long. Perianth- 

 tube curved, greenish, 3-5 in. long ; limb 2|~3 in. long ; segments 

 oblong, acute, distinctly keeled with bright red. Filaments rather 

 shorter than the perianth-segments ; anthers linear, |- in. long. 

 Style reaching to the tip of the perianth-segments. Ovules 5-6 in 

 a cell. 



Hab. Widely spread in Tropical Africa from Guinea across to Abyssinia 

 and Kordofan. It is said to have been imported from the Azores and Brazil, 

 but probably is not native there. I cannot distinguish G. RuppeUanuvi Fvesen., 

 except as a mere variety, and this is the plant described by A. Richard in 

 ' Flora Abyssinica ' as Hippeastrum vittatum. 



64. C. FiMBRiATULUM Baker in Journ. Bot. 1878, 196. — Leaves 

 thin, lorate, closely veined, glaucous-green, tapering to a point, 

 2-3 ft. long, 2 in. broad low down ; edge ciliated by small 

 membranous scales. Peduncle 2 ft. long. Flowers 3-7 in an 

 umbel ; pedicels none or very short ; spathe-valves deltoid, 2-3 in. 

 long. Perianth-tube greenish, 4-5 in. long ; limb 3 in. long ; seg- 

 ments oblong-lanceolate, connivent, under an inch broad, with a 

 distinct band of red down the middle. Filaments an inch shorter 

 than the segments ; anthers linear, |- in. long. Ovules several in 

 each cell. 



Hab. Angola in the province of Loanda, in marshy meadows at a low level, 

 flowering in March, Welwitsch 4018 1 4019 ! Nearly allied to G. scabrum Herb. 



65. C. CRASsiPEs Baker in Gard. Chron. 1887, ii. 126. — Bulb 

 very large, conical. Leaves lorate, dark green, suberect, 4 in. 



