280 CLII. AMARYLLIDE^E. (J. D. Hooker.) [Curculigo. 



6. C. latifolia, Dryand. in Ait. Hort. Eew, Ed. 2, ii. 253.; poly- 

 gamous, leaves long-petioled lanceolate membranous plicate glabrous or 

 sparsely hairy beneath, scape very short villous or 0, flowers sessile in an 

 hypogeous oblong or globose head with the filiform stipes of the perianth 

 epigaeal, bracts ovate-lanceolate acuminate hairy, style filiform, stigmas 3 

 small. Baker in Journ. I/inn. Soc. xvii. 125 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2034 ; Bot. Reg. 

 t. 754 ; Miguel Fl. Ind. Bat. iii. 585. C. sumatrana, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 

 146 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 443 ; Wight Ic. t. 2042. Moliniera sumatrana, 

 Serb. Amaryllid. 84. M. latifolia & plicata, Kurz in Ann. Mus. Lugd. 

 Bat.iv. 176. 



BUEMA, the MALAY PENINSULA and ANDAMAN ISLANDS. DISTEIB. Malay 

 Islands. 



Rootstoch hardly any ; base of stem stoloniferous. Leaves 1-2 ft, by 1^-2 2 in. ; 

 petiole 1 ft. or less. Ovary oblong or globose ; stipes of male fl. much longer than 

 of the bisexual and more slender. Fruit 1 in. long, clavate or pyriform, hairy. 

 Seeds black, shining (granular in Wight's figure). 



There are four principal forms : 1. Leaves 1^-2 ft. by 4-5 in. sparsely villous 

 beneath, petiole slender, flowers small in a dense ovoid head (Singapore, Java). 

 2. Leaves 1-1| ft. by 1-1| in. sparsely villous beneath, petiole slender, heads small, 

 flowers larger ^ in. diam. (Wight Ic. t. 2042 and Andaman Islands). 3. Leaves 

 1-1 ft. by 1^-2 in. glabrous beneath, petiole slender, heads small few-fld. (Penang, 

 Malacca). 4. Leaves 8-12 by 2-3 in., quite glabrous, longer than their petioles, 

 heads dense-fld. (Burma, Malacca, Borneo). 



Var. villosa, Baker 1. c. ; leaves coriaceous cobwebby beneath, petiole very stout, 

 heads dense-fld., bracts oblong obtuse and nearly glabrous. C. villosa, Wall. Cat. 

 5763 A ; Kurz. I. c. Singapore, Malay Islands. Perhaps a distinct species. 



3. CRXNUBX, Unn. 



RootstocJc bulbous. Leaves elongate, lorate or ensiform. Scape solid. 

 Flowers large, umbelled ; spathes 2 ; bracts linear. Perianth funnel- or 

 salver-shaped, tube straight or upcurved, lobes linear- to oblong. Stamens 

 on the throat of the perianth, erect spreading or declinate ; anthers linear, 

 dorsifixed. Style filiform, stigma minute ; ovules few or many. Fruit 

 subglobose, membranous or coriaceous, bursting irregularly. Seeds few, 

 large, rounded, testa thick; albumen very copious. Species about 60, 

 tropical Asiatic, African, Australian and American. 



The identification by herbarium specimens of this genus is impossible, and I have 

 little confidence in the following attempt to systematize the Indian ones, in which I 

 have been guided by Herbert and Baker. 



Sect. I. STENASTEE. Perianth erect, salver-shaped, lobes linear. Stamens 

 very long, spreading. 



1. C. asiaticum, Linn. Sp. PL 419 (in part} ; leaves very many 

 3-4 ft. by 5-7 in. flat, scape l|-2 ft. compressed, spathes 3-4 in., umbels 

 10-50-fld., pedicels -1 in., perianth-tube 3-4 in.,.lobes as long much longer 

 than the filaments. KuntliEnum. v. 547 ; Baker Handb. of Amaryllid. 75 ; 

 Herb. Amaryllid. 243 ; Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 275 ; Bot. Mag. t. 1073 ; 

 Wall. Gat. 8969 A, in part, B, F. C. toxicarium, Roxb. Fl. Ind. ii. 134 ; 

 Wight Ic. t. 2021-2 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 669. Amaryllis carnosa, Herb. 

 Ham. 



Throughout TBOPICAL INDIA, wild or cultivated. CEYLON ; common on the 

 coast, Thwaites. 



Bulb very large, neck 4-5 in. Leaves thin, edges smooth. Scape often 1 in. 

 diam. ; sheaths thick. Flowers white, fragrant at night, tube greenish ; lobes revo- 



