32 Till. AMARYLLIDE.E. \CurCuligO 



bearing numerous fibres. Outer perianth-segments pale yellowish, 

 inner more jjetaloid, intense yellow but soon becoming pale. Anthers 

 large, yellow. Rather rare in the grassy edges of thickets on the hills 

 of Queta, along with Gladiolus angolemis. In fl. and fr. end of Nov. 

 1855. No. 4062. 



3. CRYPTOSTEPHANUS Welw. ex Baker ; Benth. & Hook. 



f. Gen. PL iii. p. 718. 



1. C. densiflorus Welw. ex Baker in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 193 

 t. 197, Handb. Amarj'llid. p. 1 ; Durand &, Schinz, I.e., p. 239. 



HuiLLA. — Sporadic in thicket-grown places on sandy soil exposed to 

 the sun near LopoUo. In fl. Oct. and Nov. 1859. In fr. Jan. 1860. 

 No. 4027. 



4. HIPPEASTRUM Herb. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. 

 p. 724. 



1. H.Regin8eHerb.App.p.31 (1821); Baker Handb. Amaryllid. 

 p. 48. 



H. africanum Welw. ex Baker, I.e., p. 49. 



Prince's Island. — Bulb-scales thin, white with vermiHon spots. In 

 very thick shady primitive woods 350(1 to 4000 ft. high, on the Pico de 

 Papagaio. In fl. Sept. 1853. Seems thoroughly spontaneous and even 

 indigenous ; not cultivated anywhere in the island and not seen in the 

 less elevated districts. No. 4023. 



5. CRINUM L. ; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pi. iii. p. 720. 



1. C. Welwitschii Baker in Gard. Chron. xvi. (1881, p. 40), 

 Handb. Amaryllid. p. 78 ; Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. 

 p. 252. 



MossAMEDES. — Bulb as big as a child's head, ovate-spherical. Scape 

 1 ft., subascending, compressed almost two-edged, firm. Umbel many- 

 flowered, flowers long-tubed, capsules depressed-spherical, more or less 

 angled, bulbiferous. Rare in sandy places on the river Bero. Specimen 

 almost entirely perished. July 1859. No. 4016. 



Described from a very incomplete specimen. 



2. C. buphanoides Welw. ex Baker in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 195, 

 Handb. Amaryllid. p. 80 ; Durand & Schinz, I.e., p. 247. 



PuNGO Andongo. — Bulb very large, often as big as a child's head, 

 laxly tunicate ; leaves large, broadly lanceolate-linear, long acuminate, 

 coriaceous, glaucous. Flowers to 30 or 40 on the same scape, white 

 with crimson bands. In sandy woods at Cazella and on the presidium ; 

 plentiful from the stream Lutete as far as Pungo Andongo. In fl. 

 18 Oct. 185(3. No. 4014. 



3. C. latifolium L. Sp. PI. p. 291 (1753); Baker Handb. 

 Amaryllid. p. 87. 



Pungo Andongo. — Plentiful in sandy woods between the river 

 Lutete and Pungo Andongo. Bulbs collected in this place flowered in 

 the Lumiar garden near Lisbon, beginning of Sept. 1863, exactly at the 

 same time as in South Africa. No. 4017. 



HuTLLA. — Leaves contemporary with the flowers. Flowers white 

 marked with reddish violet, very beautiful. Here and there in 

 wooded thickets near L^pollo (also near Mossamedes). In fl. Nov. 1859 

 No. 4016. 



