Crinmn.] cxxxvii. amaryllide^ (baker). 401 



Originally described from a dried specimen from Sierra Leone, sent to Kew by 

 Mr. F. Sander of St. Albans. 



28. C. scabrum, Ilei^b. in Bot. May. t. 2180. Bulb globose, 

 5-6 in. diam. ; neck short. Leaves a dozen or more to a bulb, ensiform, 

 moderately firm, bright green, 2-3 ft. long, lJ-2 in. broad at the 

 middle, tapering gradually to the point, scabrous on the margin. 

 Peduncle moderately stout, 1-2 ft. long. Flowers 4-8 in an umbel ; 

 pedicels very short ; spathe- valves ovate, 2-3 in. long. Perianth- tube 

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

 2J-3 in. long, 1 in. broad, white with a distinct red keel. Filaments 

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

 long. Style reaching to the tip of the perianth-segments. — Bury, 

 Hexand. t. 32 ; Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 90 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. 

 Trop. Afr. 170 ; Schweinf. in Bull. Herb. Boiss. ii. App. ii. 80. C. Tuep- 

 pelianumj Fresen. in Verhand. Befoerd. Gartenb. iii. 265. C. Dorice, 

 Dammann, Cat. No. 73 (1894), 7? Amaryllis vittata, A. Rich. Tent. 

 Fl. Abyss, ii. 311. 



Zrile Land. Eritrea: Bogos ; Keren, Beccari, 120! cultivated specimen, 

 Penzig ! Abyssinia : Wojerat, Quartin- Dillon S^ Petit, 52 ! Kordofan : El Obeid, 

 Pfund, 263 ! Kisgil, Pfund, 1378 ! British East Africa : Jur ; Jur Ghattas, Schwein- 

 furth, ser. iii. 209 ! Bongo; Gir, Schweinfurth, 1523 ! Madi, Spelce Sf Grant, 742 ! 



29 . C. fimbriataluxn. Baker in Journ. Bot. 1878,196. Leaves linear, 

 reaching a length of 4-5 ft., 2 in. broad low down, tapering gradually 

 to the point, glaucous green, ciliate on the edge with minute scales. 

 Peduncle moderately stout, 2 ft. long. Flowers 3-7 in an umbel, 

 subsessUe; spathe-valves lanceolate. Perianth-tube curved, 4-5 in. 

 long ; segments oblong, acute, ascending, 3 in. long, 1 in. broad, white 

 with a distinct bright red keel. Stamens 1 in. shorter than the 

 perianth-segments; anthers linear, J-| in. long. Style reaching to the 

 tip of the perianth-segments. — Handb. Amaryllid. 90. 



Iiower Culnea. Loanda : in marshy meadows at a low level, Welicitsch 

 4048! 4019! 



30. C. zeylanicuniy Linn. Syst. ed. xii. 236. Bulb globose, 5-6 in. 

 diam. ; neck short. Leaves 6-10 to a bulb, thin, ensiform, bright 

 green, 2-3 ft. long, 3-4 in. broad, slightly scabrous on the margin. 

 Peduncle long, not very stout, often tinged with red. Flowers 10-20 

 in an umbel ; pedicels very short ; spathe-valves ovate, 3-4 in. long. 

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

 as long as the tube, 1 in. broad, white, with a broad bright red keel. 

 Stamens 1 in. shorter than the segments ; anthers linear, i in. long. 

 Style overtopping the anthers. — Baker, Handb. Amaiyllid. 87. C. 

 ornatum, YSiTs. zeylanicum B.nd herhertianum, Herb. Amaryllid. 2G2-263. 

 Amaryllis zeylanica^ Linn. Sp. Plant, ed. ii. 421. A. omata, Bot. Mag. 

 1. 1171. 



lower Guinea. Angola : Ambriz, Monteiro ! 



Mozaxnb. Blst. Portuguese East Africa: Zambesi Delta; banks of the 

 River Kongoni, Kirk, 140 ! 316. 



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