400 cxxxvii. AMARYLLiPEiE (baker). [CHnum. 



on the margin. Peduncle slender, 1 ft. long. Flowers 1-2 in an 

 umbel, sessile ; spathe-valves lanceolate, green, 2-3 in. long. Perianth- 

 tube greenish, curved, 4—5 in. long; segments oblong, acute, ascending, 

 3J-4 in. long ; |— 1 in. broad, white with a distinct band of red down 

 the back. Filaments about 1 in. shorter than the perianth-segments ; 

 anthers linear-oblong, ^ in. long. Style reaching to the top of the 

 segments. — Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 89. C. Broussonetii, Herb, in 

 Bot. Ma,g. t. 2121; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 688; Bury, Hexand. t. 21. 

 Amaryllis Brcmssonetii, Red. Lil. t. 62. A. spectabilis, Andr. Bot. Bep. 

 t. 390. A. omata, Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1, i. 418. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, introduced into cultivation by Lord Pefre in 

 1740. Niger Territory : Nupe, Barter, 1504 ! 1507 ! 



ItO-wer Guinea. Corisco Island, Mann, 1877 ! Angola, Wehoitsch, 4015 ! 



25. C. distichum, Herb. Amaryllid, 2G0. Bulb small, globose. 

 Leaves about, 10 to a bulb, distichous, linear, firm in texture, channelled 

 down the face, tapering to the point, 1 ft. long, under 1 in. broad. 

 Peduncle slender, 1 ft. long. Flowers 1-2 in an umbel, sessile ; spathe- 

 valves lanceolate, 2-3 in. long. Perianth-tube slender, curved, 4—0 in. 

 long ; segments oblanceolate, oblong, ascending, 3-4 in. long, white 

 with a distinct red keel. Filaments 1 in. shorter than the perianth- 

 segments ; anthers linear, J in. long. Style overtopping the anthers. — 

 Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 89. Amaryllis omata, Gawl. in Bot. Mag. 

 t. 1253, excl. syn. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone, Afzelius ! cultivated specimen, Scott-Mliot ! 



26. C. tanganyikense. Baker. Leaves ensiform, IJ ft. long, 

 1-1 J in. broad low down, moderately firm, not scabrous or ciliate on 

 the margin. Peduncle slender. Flowers 2-4 in an umbel, sessile ; 

 spathe-valves ovate-cuspidate, 2 in. long. Perianth-tube erect, 4 in. 

 long ; segments of the limb oblong, as long as the tube, 1 in. broad, 

 with a broad red keel down the back. Stamens rather shorter than 

 the perianth-limb. Style reaching to the tip of the segments. 



Mozamb. Slst. German East Africa : Uzige, north end of Lake Tanganyika, 

 in banana groves, ScottSlliot, 8302 ! 



27. C. sanderianum. Baker in Gard. Ghron. 1884, xxii. 102. 

 Bulb globose, 2 in. diam., with a short neck. Leaves 10-12 to a bulb, 

 linear, lJ-2 ft. long, 1-1 J in. broad, narrowed gradually to a long 

 point, denticulate on the margin. Peduncle slender, 1 ft. long. 

 Flowers 3-6 in an umbel, subsessile ; spathe-valves lanceolate, 3-4 in. 

 long. Perianth- tube curved, 5-6 in. long ; segments oblong, acute, 

 ascending, 3-4 in. long, |-1 in. broad, white distinctly keeled with red. 

 Stamens much shorter than the perianth-segments ; anthers linear, \ in. 

 long. Style overtopping the anthers. — Baker, Handb. Amaxyllid. 90 ; 

 Moore in Florist, 1884, 157 ; Garden, 1897, lii. 122, t. 1131. 0. oriiatum, 

 Bury, Hexand. t. 18. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone : very common in wet places from Bafoileya to 

 Farana, Scott-Elliot, 5155 ! Lagos, Millen ! 



