Pancratium.] cxxxvii. amaryllidej*: (baker). 407 



contemporary with the flowers, J-1 ft. long, conspicuously spirally 

 twisted, moderately firm, glabrous. Peduncle very short, moderately 

 stout. Flowers 2-4 in an umbel ; pedicels very short ; spathe-valve 

 large, ovate, membranous. Perianth-tube 5-6 in. long, dilated at the 

 apex ; segments linear, ascending, above 2 in. long. Staminal cup 

 obconic, above 1 in. long, toothed between the short free tips of the 

 filaments ; anthers linear, ^ in. long. Style overtopping the anthers. 

 Capsule-valves oblong, 1 in. long. — Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 120. 

 P. tortifolium, Boiss. Diagn. xiii. 18. 



wile Ziand. Nubia : Mount Erkowit, near Suakin, SchioeinfurtJi, 273 ! between 

 Suakin and Hor Tamanib, Lord I 

 Also in Arabia and Egypt. 



2. P. trianthum, Uerh. in Ann. Nat. Hist. ser. 1, iv. 28. Bulb globose, 

 1-2 in. diam., with brown tunics and a long cylindrical neck. Leaves 

 6-8, linear, flaccid, 1 ft. or more long, glabrous, not twisted. Peduncle 

 short, slender. Flowers 1-3 in an umbel; spathes lanceolate, mem- 

 branous, bifid at the tip. Perianth-tube slender, J ft. long, dilated in 

 the upper inch ; segments lanceolate, ascending, 2-3 in. long. Staminal 

 cup 1 in. long, with bifid teeth between the short free filaments; 

 anthers linear, yellow, \ in. long. Style overtopping the anthers. — 

 Kunth, Enum. v. 663. P. tenuifolium, Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. 

 Abyss, ii. 312. P. Chapmanni, Harv. Cape Gen. edit. 2, 384. 



Upper Guinea. Senegainbia, Heudelot, 542 ! Sierra Leone : Falaba, Seott- 

 Mliot, 5213! 5287! French Guinea: Sulimania; Dantilia, Scott-Elliot, 5304! 

 Lagos : Badagry, Millen, 128 of 1893 collection ! Abeokuta, Barter, 3328 ! Niger 

 Territory : Nupe, Barter , 1501 ! BaiTcie ! 



M'ile ^anda Kordofan, Kotschy, 10 ! Galabat : Matamma, Schweinfurth, 32 ! 

 Abyssinia : valley of the River Tacazze, at the foot of the mountains, Schimper, 1695 ! 

 Efat, Roth, 145 ! Jur : Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 1865 ! Jur Emet, Schweinfurth, 

 1568 ! Somaliland : Hahee, James Sf Thmpp ! Darra-as, Mrs. Lort-Phillips ! Golis 

 Range, Miss Edith Cole ! 



Xio^irer Guinea. Hereroland (ex Schinz). Damaralaud, Chapman ! 



Mozamb. I>lst. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; near the cataracts of the 

 River Shire, Kirk, 11 ! Ngamiland ; Kwebe, Lugard, 39 ! Lake Ngami, McCabe. 

 35! 



3. P. xuaximiun, Forsk. Fl. /Egypt. Arab. 72. Bulb large, globose ; 

 outer tunics dull brown. Leaves 4-5 to a bulb, contemporary with 

 the flowers, linear, glabrous, not crisped, 1 ft. long, ^ in. broad. 

 Peduncle short, 1-flowered ; spathe tubular, membranous, 2 in. long. 

 Perianth-tube greenish, cylindrical, 4 in. long; segments lanceolate, 

 white, 2 J in. long. Staminal cup 2 in. long, faintly lobed at the throat ; 

 free part of filaments J in. long ; anthers linear, I in. long. Style 

 protruding slightly from the staminal cup. 



Iffile ILand. Nubia : mountains above Suakin, bulbs brought home by the Bent 

 expedition in 1895. 



Described from specimens flowered by Sir C. W. Strickland in 1897. 

 Also in Arabia. 



