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broad. Peduncle stout, compressed, under a foot long. Flowers 

 15-20 in an umbel ; spathe- valves broad, deciduous ; pedicels reach 

 1-1^ in. long. Ovules 6-8 in a cell. Perianth-tube green, nearly 

 straight, 8 in. long; limb suberect, 2^ in. long; segments lanceo- 

 late, ^ in. broad at the middle, white, with a red centre, not dis- 

 tinctly keeled. Filaments purple, nearly as long as the perianth- 

 segments ; anthers above ^ in. long. 



Hab. Country not known. Flowered by Sir C. W. Strickland, July, 1887, 

 the bulb purchased of Messrs. E. G. Henderson and Co. 



66. C. KiRKii Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 6512. — Bulb globose, 

 6-8 in. diam. ; neck half a foot long. Leaves lorate, acute, reflex- 

 ing, bright green, 3|~4 ft. long, 4-4|- in. broad, closely veined ; 

 edge scabrous. Peduncles stout, compressed, l-lf ft. long, some- 

 times 2-3 to a bulb. Flowers 12-15 in an umbel; pedicels none or 

 very short ; spathe-valves broad, reddish brown, 3-4 in. long. 

 Perianth-tube more or less curved, greenish, 4 in. long; limb 

 horizontal, longer than the tube; segments connivent, oblong, acute, 

 above an inch broad, broadly keeled with bright red. Filaments 

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

 Style nearly as long as the limb. Ovules several, superposed. 



Hab. Zanzibar. Described from a bulb sent by Sir John Kirk, that flowered 

 at Kew in September, 1879. Mombasa Hildehrandt 1228 b ! Brunsvigia ? 

 Massaiana, L. Linden and Kodigas in 111. Hort. 1887, t. 55, is no doubt a 

 Crinum nearly allied to G. Kirkii. The tube is half a foot long in our type 

 specimen, but the leaves are absent. 



67. C. PODOPHYLLUM Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 6483. — Bulb subglobose, 

 li-2 in. diam., without any distinct neck. Leaves 5-6 to a bulb, 

 oblanceolate, acute, a foot long, 1^-2 in. broad at the middle, sub- 

 petiolate, thin, laxly veined. Peduncle greenish, compressed, 

 slender, a foot long. Flowers 2 in an umbel, sessile ; spathe- 

 valves lanceolate, l-|-2 in. long. Perianth-tube slender, curved, 

 5-6 in. long ; limb suberect, 3 in. long ; segments oblong- 

 spathulate, pure white. Filaments nearly as long as the limb ; 

 anthers linear, \-^ in. long. Style as long as the stamens. 



Hab. Old Calabar. Described from a plant sent by the Kev. Hugh 

 Goldie, which flowered at Kew in Nov., 1879 ; and another sent by Mr. Kalbreyer, 

 flowered by Messrs. Veitch in 1880. Closely allied to G. giganteum. I have seen 

 a form with the peduncle entirely suppressed. 



68. C. GIGANTEUM Andr. Bot. Eep. t. 169 ; Bed. Lil. t. 181 ; 

 Bury, Hexand. t. 17. C. petiolatum var. spectabile Herb. C. vanil- 

 lodorum Welw. ; Baker in Journ. Bot. 1878, 196 ; 111. Hort. n. s. t. 

 617. Amaryllis gigantea Ait. A. latifolia Lam. A. ornata Gawl, 

 in Bot. Mag. t. 923. A, Candida Tratt. Tab. t. 488.— Bulb 5-6 m. 

 diam. ; neck short. Leaves a dozen or more, thin, green, 2-3 ft, 

 long, 3-4 in. broad at the middle, acute, much narrowed towards 

 the base, laxly distinctly veined, with distinct cross veinlets. 

 Peduncle stout, green, compressed, sometimes 2-3 ft. long. Flowers 

 generally 4-6, rarely 8-12, in an umbel ; pedicels none or very 

 short; spathe-valves broad, green, 3-4 in. long. Perianth-tube 

 slender, curved, 4-7 in. long ; limb campanulate, 3-4 in. long ; 

 segments oblong, obtuse, pure white, much imbricated. Filaments 



