Crinum.] cxxxvii. amaryllide^ (baker). 408 



tapering gradually to a long point, green above, rather glaucous 

 beneath, not ciliate on the margin. Peduncle stout, terete, 2 ft. long, 

 tinged with red. Flowers about 4 in an umbel ; pedicels very short ; 

 spathe-valves ovate, membranous, 2-3 in. long. Perianth-tube curved, 

 greenish- white, 3-4 in. long ; segments oblong, acute, ascending, 1-1;J in. 

 broad, without any red keel. Filaments white, 1 in. shorter than the 

 perianth-limb ; anthers linear, J in. long. Style overtopping the 

 anthers. — Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 7417. 



irile ]band. Abyssinia, Schimper. 



Described from a plant that flowered at Kew, August 1894. 



35. C. Laurentiiy Durand d- De Wilde in Rev. Hort. Belg. xxiii. 

 (1897) 97, with figure. Bulb large, globose. Leaves about 20 to a bulb, 

 lanceolate, 12-16 in. long, lJ-3 in. broad, reflexed from the base, 

 glaucous green, not much narrowed to the base. Peduncle stout, 1 ft. 

 long. Flowers 2-4 to an umbel ; pedicels none or very short ; spathe- 

 valves ovate. Perianth-tube greenish, 5-6 in. long, curved only at the 

 apex ; segments oblong, obtuse, 3-4 in. long, 1 in. broad, spreading 

 v/idely. Stamens shorter than the perianth ; anthers small. 



Ziower Guinea. Southern French Congo : Mayumba ; on the steep banks of 

 the Rivers LukuUa and Labusi, Laurent. 



Flowered July 1896, at the Botanic Garden at Brussels. No specimen at Kew. 



36. C. crassipes. Baker in Gard. Chron. 1887, ii. 126. Bulb 

 very large, conical, without any neck. Leaves ensiform, dark green, 

 moderately firm, 3-4 ft. long, 4 in. broad low down, tapering gradually 

 to the point, not denticulate nor ciliate on the margin. Peduncle 

 stout, compressed, under 1 ft. long. Flowers 15-20 in an umbel; 

 pedicels reaching 1-1 1 in. long; spathe-valves ovate, 3-4 in. long. 

 Perianth-tube green, slightly curved, 2J-3 in. long ; segments oblan- 

 ceolate, as long as the tube, ascending, J in. broad, tinged with red on 

 the back, not distinctly keeled. Filaments purple, nearly as long as the 

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

 tip of the anthers. — Handb. Amaryllid. 90. 



Tropical Africa (t). Locality not known with certainty, cultivated specimen ! 

 Described from a plant flowered by Sir C. W. Strickland in July 1887, which wai 

 purchased from Messrs. E. G. Henderson & Co. 



37. C. podophyllum. Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 6483. Bulb sub- 

 globose, 1 J-2 in. diam., without any distinct neck. Leaves 5-6 to a 

 bulb, oblanceolate, acute, membranous, 1 ft. long', 2-3 in. broad at the 

 middle, subpetiolate. Peduncle compressed, slender, greenish, 1 ft. 

 long. Flowers 2 in an umbel, sessile ; spathe-valves lanceolate, 1 J-2 in. 

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

 acute, ascending, pure white, 3 in. long. Filaments nearly as long as 

 the segments ; anthers linear, \-\ in. long. Style as long as the 

 segments. — Handb. Amaryllid. 91. 



Upper Guinea. Old Calabar, Ooldie ! Kalhreyer ! 



