402 CXXXVII. AMARYLLIDE^ (bAKER). [CWwWTJI. 



Also widely spread in Tropical Asia. 



Var. reductum, Baker in Gard. Cbron. 1883, xx. 618. Bulb 2 in. diam., copiously 

 stolon iferouo. Leaves 1-1^ ft. long, 18-21 lin. broad. Peduncle under 1 ft. long. 

 Perianth-tube cnrved, 5-6 in. long ; segments 3-3| in. long. 



MozamDa Dist. Zanzibar, Kirk ! 



Described from a plant that flowered at Kew in 1881. No specimen in the Kew 

 Herbarium. Probably it should stahd as a distinct species. 



31. C. Kirkii, Baker in Bot. Mag. <. 6512. Bulb globose, 6-8 in. 

 diam. ; neck ^ ft. long. Leaves a dozen or more to a bulb, reflex- 

 ing from near the base, thin, ensiform, bright green, 3 J— 4 ft. long, 

 4-4| in. broad low down, tapering gradually to a long point, denticulate 

 on the edge. Peduncles stout, compressed, 1-lJ ft. long. Flowers 

 12-15 in an umbel; pedicels none or very short ; spathe- valves ovate, 

 reddish-brown, 3-4 in. long. Perianth-tube curved, greenish, 4 in. 

 long ; segments oblong, acute, ascending, as long as the tube, 1-1 J in. 

 broad, white witji a broad keel of bright red. Filaments white, l| in. 

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

 topping the anthers. — Handb. A.maryllid. 91. 



Zrile Iiand. British East Africa : near Mombasa, Hildehrandt, 1228b ! 

 Mozaxnb. I>lst« Zanzibar: cultivated specimen, JKrAr .' Kilimanjaro expedition, 

 cultivated specimen. Smith ! 



Described from a plant sent from Zanzibar to Kew by Sir John Kirk in 1879. 



32. C. abyssinicum, Hochst, ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 311. 

 Bulb ovoid, 3 in. diam. ; neck short. Leaves about 6 to a bulb, sub- 

 erect, linear, 1-1 1 ft. long, |-1 in. broad, narrowed gradually to the 

 point, closely veined, denticulate on the edges. Peduncle moderately 

 stout, 1—2 ft. long. Flowers 4-6 in an umbel ; pedicels none or very 

 short ; spathe-valves ovate-lanceolate, green, 2 in. long. Perianth-tube 

 slender, curved, 1 J-2 in. long ; segments ofelong, acute, 2-3 in. long, 

 ^1 in. broad, white without any keel of red. Filaments under 1 in. 

 long ; anthers linear, J-J in. long. — Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 89 ; 

 Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 170. 



Xrile ]Land. Abyssinia : Samen ; between Enjedcap and Shoata, Schimper, 

 1374 ! and without precise locality, Schimper, 1198 ! Somaliland, Eevoil. 



33. C. rautanenlanum, Schinz in Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. App. iii. 48. 

 Bulb moderately Urge, globose. Leaves linear, erect, moderately firm, 

 1-1 J ft. long, less than 1 in. broad low down, tapering gradually to a 

 long point, denticulate on the edge. Peduncle 1 ft. or more long, 

 moderately stout. Flowers 5 in an umbel; pedicels short; spathe- 

 valves lanceolate, 3^ in. long. Perianth-tube curved, 3-4 in. long; 

 segments oblong, acute, ascending, pure white, as long as the tube, 1 in. 

 broad at the middle. Filaments 2 J in. long ; anthers linear. 



Iiower Guinea. Amboland : Olukonda, Schinz, 822 ! 



34. C. Schimperi, Vatke ex Schumann in Garten/l. 1889, 561, 

 t. 1309. Bulb moderately large, globose, with an elongated neck. 

 Leaves G-7, ensiform, moderately firm, 3 ft. long, 2 in. broad low down, 



