34 VIII. AMARYLLIDEiE. [Cri7lUm 



glaucous, thick, coriaceous, curved linear, obtuse. Habit of a Pan- 

 cratium. Flowers not seen. Plentiful on rocks covered with damp 

 sand between Candumba andMangue, March 1857. No. 4013. 



The following may belong to the genus : — 



Talamagoxgo. — A bulb, found in rather damp places near Casange 

 by Don Pereira and sent to Welwitsch ; produced only leaves when 

 cultivated in his garden at Golungo ; afterwards grown in the Lumiar 

 garden (Lisbon). Leaves gathered in garden at Golungo, June 1856. 

 No. 4022. 



6. CYRTANTHUS Ait.; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. p. 729. 

 1. C. Welwitschii liiern ex Baker in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 197 ; 



Baker Handb. Amaryllid. p. 55 ; Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. 

 Afr. V. p. 262. 



HuiLLA.— Bulbous ; leaves contemporary with the flowers, linear, 

 erect, obtuse, glaucescent, equalling the scape ; flowers brick-red, 

 rather fleshy, patulous, 1 in. long, tube gradually narrowing towards 

 the ovary. Seeds obliquely imbricated, black, winged on one side. 

 The three valves of the capsule ultimately reflexed. Marshy places on 

 banks of streams, along with Arokles hastatum and Ti/pha (/ngmtifolia 

 near Lopollo. In fl. Nov. 1859, in fr. Jan. 1860. No. 4028. In fr, 

 Jan. 18G0. .Coll. Cakp. 1005. 



7. H^MANTHUS Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. p. 730. 



1. H. multiflorus Martyn Icon, cum descript. (1795). 

 Var. filiflorus Pvendle. 



JI. Jiliflorus Hiern ex Baker in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 194; 

 Baker Handb. Amaryllid. p. 63 (very near //. multiflorus; perhaps 

 a, mere variety) ; Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. p. 264. 



Differs from the type in its very narrow perianth-segments. 



Ambaca. — In thicket-grown places on the red clay between Halo 

 and Zamba, Oct. 1857. No. 4010. 



PuNGO Andongo. — Bulb ovate-conical, the size of a hen's &^g to 

 that of a fist, white, compact ; flowers rose-scarlet, leaves protruding 

 after the flowers, numerous, leathery-fleshy, shining, sheaths very long, 

 closely amplexicaul. Scape 1 to \h ft., lateral, green, semicylindrical 

 at the base, somewhat flattened above, considerably dilated below the 

 umbel forming a receptacle bearing 4 reflexed spathe-leaves lanceolate- 

 acuminate from a broad base, and greenish- purple, with 2 or 3 much 

 narrower inner leaflets. Flowers 8U to 100, and even more, a fine 

 blood-red. Pedicels slender terete -compres.sed, greenish-pnrple, inter- 

 mingled with rather long filiform white bracts. Perianth-tube sulcate 

 -^ in., lobes linear exceeding the tube, pale rose or reddish, ultimately 

 reflexed. Filaments stiff, erect, blood-red, nearly 1 in. long : anthers 

 blood-red, pollen yellow. Style blood-red equal to the stamens, apex 

 obsoletely 2- to 3-lobed. Odour faint, of honey. In open thickets 

 and wooded places near Quilongo and Luxillo, in fl. Oct., in fr. and 

 leaf Dec. and Jan. 1857-8. No. 4009. 



2. H. angolensis Welw. ex Baker in Journ. Bot., I.e. ; Baker 

 Handb. Amaryllid. p. 65; Durand i Schinz, I.e., p. 263. 



Golungo Alto. — Bulb 4 to 6 years old, elongate-cylindrical, slightly 

 thickened at the base, where there are numerous long fleshy root- 

 fibres. Leaves appearing after the flowers, closely sheathing, fleshy. 



