Crinum.] cxxxvii. AMARYLLiDEiE (baker). ;>1)5 



irile I.and. Somaliland : Halii, James cf- Thrupp I British East Africa : 

 between the River Jub and Lake Stefanie, Donaldson Smith. 



3. C. tinneanum, Kotschy d- Peyr. Fl. Tinneance, 44, t. 2\. Bulb 

 and leaves unknown. Peduncle green, compressed, moderately stout. 

 Flowers 12-30 in an umbel; pedicels 1-2 in. long; spathe-valves 

 lanceolate-deltoid, 2-3 in. long. Perianth rose-red ; tube slender, 

 straight, cylindrical, 2J-3 in. long ; segments linear, spreading, not 

 more than half as long as the tube. Filaments half as long as the 

 perianth-segments; anthers linear-oblong, J in. long. 



wile Xiand. Kordofan, near Obeid, Kotschy, 392 ! banks of the Bahr el Ghazal, 

 Miss Tinne, 7a. 



Also seen in a garden at Gondokoro by Father Knoblecher. 

 No specimen at Kew. 



4. C. Poggei, Pax in Engl. Jahrh. xv. 141. Bulb and leaves 

 unknown. Peduncle robust, J-J in. diam. Umbel dense, 30-flowered ; 

 flowers erect, nearly sessile; spathe-valves triangular, acute, l\ in. long, 

 withered at the time of flowering. Perianth-tube very slender", straight, 

 cylindrical, above 3 in. long; segments linear, spreading, half as long as 

 the tube. Filaments shorter than the perianth-segments ; anthers 

 linear -oblong, \-\ in. long. Style overtopping the anthers. 



lower Guinea. Angola : near the River Kuango, Pogge, 422. 

 No specimen at Kew. 



5. C. Lastii, Baker ^ Handh. Amaryllid. 79. Bulb globose, 4-5 in. 

 diam. ; neck short. Leaves linear, distichous, as long as the peduncle. 

 Peduncle half as long again as the flowers, stout, much compressed. 

 Flowers 20 or more in a dense umbel, all erect; pedicels J-1 in. long; 

 spathe-valves triangular, membranous. Perianth-tube very slender, 

 3 J in. long; segments pink, linear, Ij in. long. Stamens as long as 

 the perianth-segments ; anthers linear-oblong, J in. long. Style over- 

 topping the anthers. 



IKozamb. Blst. German East Africa : Kaguni (Nguru ?) mountains, 2000 ft., 

 Last ! 



6. C. longitubum, Pax in Engl. Jahrh. xv. 141. Bulb and leaves 

 unknown. Peduncle moderately stout, J-J in. diam. Umbel dense, 

 20-flowered ; flowers erect ; pedicels reaching 1^ in. long; spathe-valves 

 triangular, acute, 3-3J in. long, reflexed and faded when the flowers 

 are expanded. Perianth-tube straight, cylindrical, nearly r> in. long ; 

 segment linear, spreading, half as long as the tube. Filaments shorter 

 than the perianth-segments ; anthers linear, J-i in. long. Style over- 

 topping the anthers. 



Itower Guinea. Angola : Malange, Teuscz, 294. 

 No specimen at Kew. 



7. C. Menyharthi, Baker. Bulb larger than a man's head. 

 Leaves unknown. Peduncle f in. diam., less than 1 ft. long. Flowers 



