Crinum.] cxxxvii. amaryllide^e (baker). 8!)'.) 



20. C. pedicellatum, Pax in Engl. Jahrh. xv. 142. Bulb and 

 leaves unknown. Peduncle robust. Umbel 9 -flowered ; pedicels iMn. 

 long; spathe-valves triangular, acuminate, withered at the flowering 

 time, 2 J-3 in. long. Perianth-tube curved, 4 in. long ; segments oblong, 

 acute, nearly as long as the tube, nearly 1 in. broad, white tinged 

 with rose-red. Anthers linear, J in. long. Style 7^-8 in. long. 



nXozaznb. Dlst. German East Africa : Usmawo, by Lake Victoria Nyanza, 

 between Magu and Kagehi, Fischer, 592. 

 No specimen at Kew. 



21. C. pauciflorum. Baker in Journ. Bot. 1878, 195. Bulb 

 globose, 2-3 in. diam. ; neck very short. Leaves 6-8 to a bulb, narrowly 

 linear, firm in texture, stiffly erect, 1-1 J ft. long, \ in. broad, smooth 

 on the margin. Peduncle slender, 6-8 in. long. Flowers 1-2 to an 

 umbel ; spathe-valves lanceolate, erect, sometimes connate in the lower 

 part, 2-3 in. long. Perianth-tube curved, 4-5 in. long; segments 

 oblong, acute, ascending, 3 in. long, 1 in. broad, white with a distinct 

 red keel. Filaments 1 in. shorter than the perianth-segments; 

 anthers linear, |- in. long. Style overtopping the anthers. — Handb. 

 AmarylUd. 88. 



Ifflle :Qand. British East Africa : Jur ; Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 1975 ! 



22. C. parvxun. Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1897, 284. Bulb small, 

 ovoid, not narrowed into a neck. Leaves 5-7, contemporary with the 

 flowers, linear, thin, glabrous, J-| in. broad at the middle. Peduncle 

 slender, terete, as long as the leaves. Flower solitary, sessile ; spathe- 

 valves lanceolate, 1|^ in. long. Perianth-tube erect, cylindrical, greeni.sh, 

 3 in. long ; segment as long as tube, h in. broad, white keeled with 

 red. Stamens rather shorter than the perianth- limb. 



XVIozamb. X>l8t. Banks of the Zambesi, cultivated specimen, Buchanan ! 



Described from a plant flowered at Queenstown, Ireland, May 1896, by Mr. 

 W. E. Gumbleton, who procured it from Mr. J. O'Brien, to whom it was sent by Mr. 

 J, Buchanan, and is, therefore, probably a native of Nyasaland, rother than of the 

 locality ascribed to it. 



23. C. majakallense, Baker. Bulb unknown. Leaf linear, 

 firm, J in. broad, denticulate on the margin. Peduncle moderately 

 slender. Flowers not more than 3 in an umbel ; pedicels very short ; 

 spathe-valves oblong, acute, 3 in. long. Perianth-tube curved, 4 in. 

 long ; segments oblong, acute, connivent, 3 in. long, with a broad band 

 of bright red on the back. Stamens much shorter than the perianth- 

 segments. 



Iiower Guinea. Majakalla : near the River Kuango, MecKow, 529 ! 



No specimen at Kew. 



Near C, yucccefloruniy Salisb. 



24. C. y\3iCC2RfLoYwaiySalish.Parad.t.:^2. Bulb globose, medium- 

 sized, without any distinct neck. Leaves 10-12 to a bulb, linear, firm 

 in texture, closely veined, 1-1^ ft. long, about 1 in. broad, scabrous 



