398 cxxxvii. AMARYLLiDE^E (baker). [Crinum. 



16. C. buphanoides, Welw. ex Baker in Journ. Bot. 1878, 195. 

 Bulb 5-6 in. diam. Leaves ensiform, firm in texture, 1J-1| ft. long, 

 2-2}f in. broad at the middle, tapering gradually to the point, cihate 

 on the edges with minute lanceolate scales. Peduncle moderately 

 stout, 1 ft. long. Flowers 30-40 in an umbel ; spathe-valves deltoid, 

 deciduous; pedicels 1-1 J in. long. Perianth-tube erect, 3-4 in. long; 

 segments linear, 2-2^2 i^- ^^^o' i ^^- broad, white keeled with red. 

 Filaments nearly as long as the segments; anthers linear, J in. long. 

 Style as long as the segments. — Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 80. 



Iiower Guinea. Angola : Pungo^Andongo ; in sandy woods, Welwitsch, 4014 ! 



17. C. Welwitschii, Baker in Gard. Chron. 1881, xvi. 40. 

 Leaves linear, moderately firm in texture, IJ ft. long, J-J in. broad; 

 edge slightly scabrous. Perianth-tube cylindrical, curved, 4 in. long ; 

 segments linear, ascending nearly as long as the tube. Stamens less 

 than half as lojig as the perianth-segments. — Handb. Amaryllid. 78. 



Iiower Guinea. Angola, Welwitsch, 4016 ! 



18. C. longifolium, Thunh. var. farinianum, Baker in Gard. 

 Chron. 1887, i. 833. Bulb ampuUiform, 2J-3 in. diam., narrowed 

 gradually into a neck J ft. long. Leaves 10-12 to a bulb, ensiform, 

 glaucous, narrowed gradually to a long point, 3-4 ft. long ; the outer 2 in. 

 broad low down ; the inner narrower. Peduncle stout, stiffly erect, 2 ft. 

 long. Umbel 5-6 flowered ; pedicels 1-1 J in. long ; spathe-valves 

 ovate, 3 in. long. Perianth-tube curved, cylindrical, green, 3J-4 in. 

 long; segments oblong, acute, ascending, 3 in. long, |-| in. broad, 

 tinged with red outside, but not distinctly keeled. Stamens a little 

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

 overtopping the anthers. 



IVXozaxnb. Bist. British Central Africa : Kalahari Desert, in streams, among 

 rushes, cultivated specimen, Farini ! 



The locality is perhaps outside the Tropic. We had also a living plant at Kew in 

 1894, obtained from Mr. H. Rider Haggard, believed to come from an intertropical 

 station. The species is widely spread in South Africa. 



19. C. massaianum, N. E. Brown hi Kew Bulletin, 1888, 100. 

 Bulb large, with a very elongated neck, altogether 1 J ft. long. Leaves 

 thin, lorate, 3J-4 ft. long, 4-5 in. broad low down, tapering gradually 

 to a point. Peduncle moderately stout, 2J ft. long. Umbel many- 

 flowered; pedicels 1-1 J in. long; spathe-valves ovate, membranous, 

 3 in. long. Perianth-tube 4-5 in. long ; segments oblong, ascending, 

 3^^ in. long* 1 in. broad, white, with a distinct keel of bright red. 

 Stamens bright red, nearly as long as the perianth-segment ; anthers 

 linear, ?> in. long. Style overtopping the anthers. — Brunsvigia ? 

 niassaiana, L. Linden & Rodig. in 111. Hort. 1887, 55, t. 19. 



IiO\irer Guinea. Congo : cultivated specimen. Linden ! 



This plant was originally described as a native of Zanzibar, but, according to 

 Mr, L. Linden, it came from the Congo Region. 



A plant collected by Fleck in Hereroland is referred doubtfully by Dr. Schinz to 

 the nearly-allied C.forbesianum, Herb. (Bot. Mag. t. 6545). 



