Cyrtanthus.'] cxxxvii. AMARYLLiDEiE (baker). 385 



broad. Peduncle as long as the leaves. Flowers 3-8 in an umbel, 

 erect; spathe- valves 2, lanceolate; pedicels slender, 1-1 J in. long. 

 Perianth red, IJ-lJ in. long; tube narrowly funnel-shaped; segments 

 oblong-lanceolate, rather shorter than the tube. Stamens biseriate ; 

 filaments short ; anthers oblong, exserted from the tube. Style exserted 

 from the perianth -tube ; stigma 3-lobed. Capsule oblong, J in. long. 

 Seeds flat, black, oblong, J in. long. — Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 55. 



]bower Crulnea. Angola : Cunene River, Johnston ! Huilla ; in damp places of the 

 subtemperate region, 3800-5500 ft., Welwitsch, 4028 ! 



Mozamb. Bist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Mount Mlanje, Whyte ! 

 McClounie, 41! Tutshila (Mtuchila R. ?), McClounie, 12! Mount Malosa, 4000- 

 6000 ft., Whyte ! and without precise locality, Buchanan, 993 ! 



Nearly allied to C. angustifolius^ Ait. of South Africa. 



2. C. sanguineus, Hook.f. m Bot. Mag. t. 5218. Bulb ovoid, 2 

 in. diam. ; tunics brown, membranous. Leaves 3-4, contemporary with 

 the flowers, distinctly petioled, lanceolate, acute, bright green, 1 ft. 

 long, J-| in. broad. Peduncle 1-3-flowered, slender, terete, pale green, 

 6-9 in. long ; pedicels J-2 in. long ; spathe-valves 2-4, lanceolate, green, 

 2-3 in. long. Perianth bright red, 3-4 in. long ; tube suberect or 

 curved, subcylindrical in the lower half, dilated in the upper half; 

 throat 1 in. diam. ; segments ovate, spreading, 1-2 in. long. Stamens 

 uniseriate, exserted a little from the throat of the perianth. Ovary 

 oblong-trigonous ; style tricuspidate, overtopping the anthers. — Baker, 

 Handb. Amaryllid. 59 ; Fl. Cap. vi. 227. Gastronema sanguiiheuni, 

 Lindl. in. Journ. Hort. Soc. iii. 315, with woodcut. 



Xile land. British East Africa : Giryama, near Momb.asa, in forest, Wake- 

 field, 42 ! 



Also in Natal. 



5. STENOLIRION, Baker in Hook. Ic. t. 2493. 



Perianth-tube long, straight, cylindrical ; lobes of the limb equal, 

 linear, spreading. Stamens inserted in one row at the throat of the 

 perianth-tube ; filaments long, filiform ; anthers linear-oblong, versatile. 

 Ovary ovoid, 3-celled ; ovules many in a cell ; style long, filiform ; 

 stigma minute, simple. Fruit baccate. Seeds many in a cell ; testa 

 thick, grey ; albumen cartilaginous ; embryo straight. 



Endemic, monotypic. 



1. S. EUiotii, Baker in Rook. Icon. t. 2493. Bulb globose, 1^ in. 

 diam., copiously tunicated ; tunics membranous, truncate at the apex. 

 Leaves about 6, sessile, linear, spreading, contemporary with the flowers, 

 6-8 in. long, J- J in. broad, moderately firm, denticulate on the margin. 

 Peduncle moderately stout, terete, shorter than the leaves. Flowers 

 few in an umbel ; pedicels short ; spathe-valves ovate-lanceolate. 

 Perianth-tube erect, 2 in. long ; lobes nearly as long as the tube. 

 Stamens nearly as long as the perianth-limb. Berry H in. diam. 



xmozamb. Diet. German East Africa: Urundi ; on hillsides, 4000-5000 ft., 

 Scott-Elliot, 8175 ! 



