681 



flowerSj and the first two have been known in European Gardens 

 for almost a century. 



Ceinum, Linn. 



Crinum giganteum, Andr.; Fl. Trop. Afr. VII. p. 404; Bot. 

 Mag. t. 5205 (1860), with a large bulb 5-6 in. diam. large leaves 

 2-3 ft. long and large white flowers faintly hned with red, known 

 from Lagos, Nupe — near water (Barter)^ Oban, and Calabar* 

 Crinum natans, Baker; FL Trop. Afr. VII, p. 396; Bot. Mag. t- 

 7862; bulbs small, leaves about 3 ft. long, flowers white, usually- 

 found in running water — leaves floating on the surface, beyond the 

 tidal Influence and known from the Niger, Old Calabar, Cameroons, 

 Sierra Leone. Crinum pauciflorum, Baker: FL Trop. Afr. VII. 

 p. 399 ;_ known from Yola — in marshes (Dalziel, Herb. Kew),. 

 Chari region, Crinum podophyllum, Baker; FL Trop. Afr. VIL 

 p. 403 ; Bot. Mag. t. 6483~bulbs sent from Old Calabar by the 

 Rev, Hugh Goldie; flowered at Kew for the first time in 

 November, 1879; bulb sub-globose; leaves about 1 ft. long^ 

 2-3 in. broad at the middle. Crinum purpurascens. Herb.; FL 



Trop. Afr. VIL p. 396; Bot. Mag. t. 6525; bulb, 2 in. diam.; 

 flow^ers white, star-shaped and sweet scented; Lagos — an aquatic 

 plant (Millen, Herb. Kew), Bonny — open savannah, dry spaces 



(Kalbreyer, Herb. Kew), Niger Delta, Jeba, etc. Crinum Sanderi- 

 anum. Baker; Fl. Trop. Afr, VIL p. 400; Bulb globose, 2 in. 

 diam., leaves up to 2 ft. long, 1-1| in. broad; Lagos, Sierra 

 Leone — very common in wet places (Scott Elliot, Herb. Kew), 



Crinum yuecaeflorum, Salisb.; FL Trop. Afr. VII. p. 399. 



Bot. Mag. t, 2121 (C. Broussonetii), " Albasar Kwadi " (Hausa, 

 Dalziel, Hausa Bot. Voc. p. 7, and other species). '' Isumeri 

 (Lagos, Dawodu, Herb. Kew). Bulb globose, medium sized, 

 leaves, 1-1^ ft. long, flowers large white with a distinct band of 

 red down the back. Found in Nupe — grassy valleys and swampy 

 places (Barter, Herb. Kew), Abinsi and common all over N. 

 Nigeria (Dalziel, Herb. Kew). Excepting this species which 

 Daw^odu (l.c) states is much used in medicine in Lagos, all the 

 above-mentioned Crinums appear to be of ornamental value only,. 

 or as " plante fetiche '' in many African villages (Chevalier, Bull. 

 Soc. Nat. d'AccL France, 1912, p. 341). 



5J 



Agave, Linn 



amencana 



Acaulescent. Leaves usually 30-40, sometimes 50-60 in 

 a rosette, oblanceolate-spathulate 3-6 ft. long, 6-9 in. broad 

 above the middle, narrowed to 4-5 in. above the base, glaucous 

 green, end spine l|-2 in. long. Peduncle with panicle 24-36 ft. 

 ]ong (Baker, Amaryllideae, p. 180). 



Native of Mexico. Cultivated in Botanic Gardens, West 

 Africa, Belgian Congo, etc. Leaves yield a fibre of secondary 

 value. The plant is grown in many hot countries for ornament. 



