Crinum.] cxxxvii. amaryllide^ (baker). 397 



12. C. angolense, Benth. Gen. Plant, iii. 730. Bulb large, ovoid. 

 Leaves 6-8 to a bulb, lorate, much curved, distichous, thick, ciliate with 

 minute scales, glaucous, 6-8 in. long, J-j in. broad. Peduncle \ in. 

 diam., not more than 1-2 in. long. Flowers 6-8 in an umbel, dull red *; 

 pedicels very short; spathe- valves lanceolate, green, 11-2 in. long! 

 Perianth- tube straight, cylindrical, 2 in. long; segments spreading^ 

 linear, half as long as the tube. Filaments J in. long ; anthers small' 

 oblong. Style not overtopping the anthers.— Baker, Handb. Amaryllid! 

 80; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 170. Buphane anqolensis. Baker 

 in Journ. Bot. 1878, 197. 



I.ower Guinea. Angola: Kuilla; in damp pastures, 3800-5500 ft., Wehvitsch 

 4012! 



13. C. leucophyllum. Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 6783. Bulb ovoid, 

 5-6 in. diam. Leaves 12-15, distichous, lorate-oblong, whitish-green,' 

 refl^xing, thick in texture, lJ-2 ft. long, 5-6 in. broad, minutely denti- 

 culate on the edges. Peduncle much compressed, 1 ft. long, 1 in. diam.. 

 Flowers 30-40 in a dense centripetal umbel; pedicels 1-2 in. long;* 

 spathe-valves deltoid, membranous, 3 in. long. Perianth-tube slender,' 

 erect, 3 in. long; segments lanceolate, pink, 2-2^ in. long. Filaments 

 a little shorter than the perianth-segments ; anthers linear, J in. long. 

 Style overtopping the anthers. — Handb. Amaryllid. 78. 



Iiower Guinea. Damaraland : cultivated specimen, Een ! Amboland : Oraan- 

 dongo, Schinz, 2056 ! 



Originally described from a plant cultivated at Kevv, brought home by Captain 

 Thure Gustaf Een. 



14. C. rhodanthum. Baker. Leaves lorate, above 1 ft. long 

 12-21 lin. broad, thick, densely and shortly eiliato on the margin 

 Peduncle |- in. diam. Umbel many-flowered ; spathe-valves lanceolate 

 membranous, 3 in. long; pedicels |-1 in. long. Perianth-tube 3 in. 

 long ; segments lanceolate, red, 2 J in. long, ^ in. broad, erecto- patent in 

 the lower half and falcate above the middle when expanded. Stamens 

 as long as the perianth-segments ; filaments red ; anthers ^ in. long. 

 Style overtopping the anthers. 



nXozamb. Dlst. British Central Africa : Ngamiland ; Kwebe, Luqard, 40 ! 



15. C. ammocharoides. Baker in Journ. Bot. 1878, 195. Bulb 

 large, globose; neck short. Leaves 6-8 to a bulb, firm, closely veined, 

 much curved, about 1 ft. long, 1 in. broad, minutely ciliate on the 

 margin. Peduncle stout, much compressed, 3-6 in. long. Flowers 

 10-20 in a dense umbel; spathe-valves lanceolate, 2-3 in. long ; pedicels 

 \-l in. long. Perianth-tube slender, straight, 3-4 in. long; segments 

 linear, bright red, 2-3 in. long. Filaments bright red, as long as the 

 perianth-segments ; anthers linear-oblong, } in. long. Style just over- 

 topping the anthers. — Handb. Amaryllid. 79. 



Wrile I.and. Kordofan : Obeuad, Pfund, 377 ! El Obeid, 'Pfund, 765 British 

 East Africa : Jur ; Jur Ghattas, Schiceinfurth, 1370 ! 1787 ! ser. iii. 208 ! 



