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pure white, an inch shorter than the segments ; anthers linear, 

 |— f in. long. Style reaching to the tip of the segments. 



Hab. Central and West Tropical Africa, introduced into cultivation by 

 Afzelius about 1780. I have seen it from Jamaica, no doubt introduced. 



69. C. LiNEARE Linn. fil. Suppl. 195. C. revolutum Herb. 

 Amaryllis revoluta L'Herit. ; Gawl. in Bot. Mag. t. 915. A. 

 revoluta var. gmcilior, Bot. Mag. t. 623. Crinum algoense Herb. — 

 Bulb small, ovoid. Leaves linear. If- 2 ft. long, ^ in. broad, 

 glaucous-green, channelled down the face. Peduncle slender, sub- 

 terete, a foot long. Flowers 5-6 in an umbel ; spathe-valves 

 1|~2 in. long ; pedicels f-| in. long. Perianth-tube slender, curved, 

 li-2|- in. long ; segments oblanceolate, acute, 2-3 in, long, ^-f in. 

 broad, tinged with red outside. Filaments bright red, shorter than 

 the segments ; anthers linear, ^ in. long. Style reaching to the 

 tip of the segments. 



Hab. Cape Colony, Thunherg ! Burchell ! There is a speeimen at the 

 British Museum, dried from Kew Gardens, in 1779, but it is not in cultivation 

 now. 



70. C. VARiABiLE Herb. Amaryll. 268, t. 44, fig. 23. Amaryllis 

 variabilis, Jacq. Hort. Schoen. iv. 14, t. 429. A. revoluta var. 

 rohustior Gawl. in Bot. Beg. t. 615. Crinum variahile var. roseiim 

 Herb, in Bot. Eeg. 1844, t. 9. C. crassifolium Herb. — Bulb ovoid, 

 3-4 in. diam. ; neck short. Leaves 10-12 to a bulb, linear, green, 

 weak, 1|~2 ft, long, 2 in. broad. Peduncle erect, compressed, 

 1-1| ft. long. Flowers 10-12 to an umbel ; spathe-valves deltoid, 

 2-3 in. long ; pedicels |— 1 in. long. Perianth with a curved greenish 

 tube l|-2 in. long ; segments oblong, acute, 2|-3|- in. long, flushed 

 red down the back. Filaments red, an inch shorter than the 

 segments ; anthers linear, -I in. long. Style as long as the seg- 

 ments. Ovules 3 or more in a cell. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; Southern Provinces and Kaffraria, Not, I believe, in 

 cultivation now. 



71. C. CAMPANULATUM Herb, in Bot. Mag. sub t. 2121. C. aqua- 

 ticiim Burchell ; Bot. Mag. t. 2352. C. caff rum Herb. Hamanthus 

 hydrophilus Thunb. — Bulb small, ovoid. Leaves linear, deeply 

 channelled down the face, reaching a length of 3-4 ft. Peduncle 

 slender, a foot or more long. Flowers 6-8 in an umbel ; spathe- 

 valves lanceolate-deltoid, reddish brown, l-|-2 in. long ; pedicels 

 1-1 in. long. Perianth with a slender curved cylindrical tube l|~2in. 

 long ; limb campauulate, about as long as the tube ; segments 

 oblong, obtuse, connivent, rose-red. Stamens an inch long ; 

 anthers linear-oblong, ^ in. long. Style as long as the perianth. 

 Ovules 6-8 in a cell. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; Eastern Provinces and Kaffraria, in ponds. Intro- 

 duced by Burchell, about 1817. A very distinct species, which has been 

 flowered of late years several times by Sir C. W. Strickland. 



72. C. iJiBRicATUM Baker in Gard. Chron. 1881, ii. 784. — Bulb 

 very large, globose. Leaves lorate, very thin, 3 ft. long, 3 in. broad 

 at the middle, narrowed to 2 in. near the base ; veins distant, very 

 distinct. Peduncle stout, a foot or more lonof. Flowers 5-6 in an 



