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CXXXVIl. AMARYLLIDE.E (bAKER). 



\Crinum. 



Pedicels short. 



Flowers 1-3 in an umbel. 

 Leaves :|- in. broad 

 Leaves ^-|- in. broad 

 Leaves |— 1 in. broad. 

 Perianth-limb 3 in. long 

 Perianth-limb 3|-4 in, long . 

 Perianth-limb 4-6 in. long . 

 Flowers few in an umbel. 

 Leaves 1-1^ in. broad. 

 Perianth-tube 4 in. long 

 Perianth-tube 5-6 in. long , 

 Leaves 1^2 in. broad. 



Leaves scabrous on the margin 

 Leaves ciliated on the margin 

 Flowers many in an umbel. 

 Peduncle not very stout . 

 Peduncles very stout 

 Segments not 'keeled with red. 

 Leaves not narrowed at the base. 

 Flowers few in an umbel. 

 Perianth -tube l|-2 in. long 

 Perianth-tube 3-4 in. long. 

 Leaves under 1 in. broad 

 Leaves 2 in. broad 

 Perianth-tube 5-6 in. long 

 Flowers many in an umbel . 

 Leaves much narrowed to the base. 

 Leaves 1 ft. long 

 Leaves 2-3 ft. long . 



21. C. pauciforum. 



22. C. parvum. 



37. C. podophyllum. 



38. C. giganteum. 



1. C. Bainesii, Baker in Gard. Chron. 1881, xvi. 3D. Bulb and 

 leaves unknown. Peduncle moderately stout, J ft. long in the specimen 

 seen. Flowers 20-30 in a dense umbel; pedicels J-J in. long; spathe- 

 valves ovate, membranous and reflexed when the flowers expand. 

 Perianth red ; tube slender, straight, cylindrical, 2J-3 in. long ; 

 segments linear, half as long as the tube. Filaments nearly as long as 

 the perianth-segments, bright red ; anthers linear-oblong, \ in. long. 

 Style reaching to the tip of the periantK-segments. — Baker, Handb. 

 Amaryllid. 79. 



Xioiver Guinea. German South-west Africa : Amboland ; near Olukonda, 

 SohinZy b22. 



ASozamb. Dist. British Central Africa : Ngamiland ; Kobis, Barnes ! 



2. C. Thruppil, Baker in James, Unknown Horn of Africa^ 322. 

 Leaves short, lanceolate, closely veined, firm in texture, 2 in. broad, 

 ciliate or the margin with minute scales. Peduncle short, stout. 

 Flowers 20-30 in a dense umbel, all erect, red ; pedicels |-1 in. long ; 

 spathe-valves small, deltoid. Perianth-tube very slender, 2J-3 in. long ; 

 segments linear, 2 in. long. Stamens as long as the perianth segments; 

 anthers linear, \ in. long. Style overtopping the anthers. — Baker, 

 Handb. AmaryUid. 79. 



