Cloriosa.] cxl. liliace.e (baker). 5C3 



33. GLOBIOSA, Linn. ; Benth et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, iii. 830. 



Perianth polyphyllous ; segments subequal, oblong or lanceolate, 

 unguiculate, spreading or reflexing. Stamens 6, hypogynous, shorter 

 than the perianth; filaments fihform; anthers linear-oblong, versatile. 

 Ovary sessile, oblong, 3-celled; ovules many, superposed; style deflexed 

 from the base, entire in the lower part, with 3 subulate forks obliquely 

 stigmatose at the tip. Capsule coriaceous, septicidally 3-valved. Seeds 

 globose; testa bright red, spongy; albumen firm; embryo minute. — 

 Rootstock .an irregular fleshy tuber. Stems often sarmentose, with the 

 leaves cirrhose at the tip. Flowers large, bright -coloured, corymbose. 

 One of the species extends to Tropical Asia, and another to Natal. 

 Stems long, sarmentose. 



Perianth-segments crisped I. G. mperha. 



Perianth-segments not crisped . . . . 2. O. virescens. 



Stems short, erect. 



Flowers solitary, 1^ in. long 3. (?. minor. 



Flowers several, 2-3 in. long. ' 



Leaves cirrhose at the tip . . . . . 4. O. ahyssinica. 



Leaves not cirrhose at the tip . . . .5. G. Carsoni. 



1. G. superba, Linn. Sp. Plcmt. edit. ii. 437. Stems long, 

 branched, sarmentose. Leaves sessile, oblong-lanceolate, J ft. long, 

 conspicuously circinate at the apex, usually opposite or ternate. 

 Flowers forming a lax corymb, solitary from the axils of upper reduced 

 leaves; pedicels long, cernuous at the apex. Perianth 2-3 in. long; 

 •segments lanceolate, reflexing, much crisped, bright red-yellow. Fila- 

 ments shorter than the perianth ; anthers linear, J in. long. Ovary 

 •J-f in. long; style 1 J-2 in, long, 3-branched towards the apex. Capsule 

 2 in. or more long. — Bot. Reg. t. 77; Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 121); Baker in 

 Fl. Cap. vi. 526; Lam. Encyc. iv. 133. G. angulata, Schnm. and Thonn. 

 Beskr. Guin. 171; G. doniana^ Roem. et Schultes, S3r8t. Veg. vii. 366. 

 Methonica supei^ha^ Crantz, Inst. i. 474 ; Red. Lil. t. 26. M. doniana, 

 Kunth, Enum. iv. 277. 



Upper Guinea. Gambia, Brown-Lester! Niger Territory: Nape, Barter, 

 151V ! Old Calabar, Goldie ! Holland, 79 ! Cameroons : Rio del Ray, Johnston ! 



Xiower Guinea. Portuguese Congo : Chinchocho, Soyaiix, 170 ! Angola, Wel- 

 witsch, 1743 ! 1744 ! Monteiro ! French Congo, Duparquet, and several other 

 collectors. 



Mozamb. Blst. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Manganja HilU, Waller ! 



Var. angustifolia. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 458. Leaves linear, \ ft. long, 

 \-^ in. broad. 



IMEozamb. Dlst. German East Africa: banks of the Lower Rovuma River, 

 Meller ! 



Also in Tropical Asia. 



2. G. virescens, Lindl. in Bot. Mag. t. 2530. Stem long, branched, 

 sarmentose. Leaves usually oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, with 

 Si cirrhose tip, the lower verticillate or opposite, 5-6 in. long. Flowers . 



