282 CLii. AMARYLLiDEiE. (J. D. Hookei.) \_Orinum. 



6. C -pxisiWwm, Serb. Amary Hid. 255, t. 32, f. 3; leaves few less 

 than 12 in. long ^-J in. broad erect, linear acute, umbels few-fld., pedicels 



. upwards of 1 in., perianth-tube 3 in., lobes nearly as long an inch longer 

 than the stamens. Baker Sandh. of Amaryllid. 77. 



NioOBAB Islands. 



A very little-known plant, assumed by Herbert to be stoloniferous, like 0. 

 defixum. The bulb is described as 4 by |^ in., columnar, cylindric. 



Sect. II. PiATTASiER. Perianth erect, salver-shaped, lobes lanceolate. 

 Stamens very long, spreading. 



7. C- Iiumilei Herb, in But. Mag. t. 2636 ; Amaryllid. 256 ; leaves 

 about 12 in. linear pitted on the surface, margin smooth, scape about as 

 long subcylindric, umbels 6-9-fld., spathes 2-3 in. lanceolate, pedicels short, 

 perianth-tube 8 in., lobes linear-lanceolate rather longer than the stamens. 

 Kunth Enum. v. 563 ; Baker Sandb. of Amaryllid. 81. 



Teopical Asia. 



Bulb globose, green, neck short. Leaves spreading, nearly flat, acute. Perianth- 

 tube green, lobes narrow white acute ; filaments very slender, purplish, anthers -J in. 

 long. — The Bot. Mag. plate and description are the only authority for this species, 

 which may not be Indian. It was brought from the East by a Capt. Cragie to Mr. 

 Milne, of Pulham Nur.sery. Baker doubtfully refers to it a plant collected by 

 Stocks, which is C. brachynema, Herb. 



8. C amcenum, Boxb. Sort. Beng. 23 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 127 ; leaves 

 1^2 ft. by 1-1^ in. suberect ensiform acuminate margin, subscabrous, 

 scape 1-2 ft. rather slender subcylindric, umbels 6-12-fld., spathes 2 in. 

 lanceolate, flowers subsessile, perianth-tnbe 3-4 in., lobes 2-3 in. linear- 

 lanceolate rather longer than the red filaments. Kunth JEnum. v. 562 ; 

 Serb. Amaryllid. 255 ; Baker Sandb. of Amaryllid. 81 ; Wall. Cat. 

 8971. 



Teopioal Himalaya; from Nepal eastwards, ascending to 6000 ft. in Sikkim. 

 The EsASLi Hills, Silhei and Bubma, Roxburgh, &c. 



Sulb globose, 2-3 in. diam. Leaves 10-12, tapering from the base to the acumi- 

 nate tip, bright green. Ferianth white, tube green ; anthers ^ in. Ovary-cells 

 4-5-ovuled. — Herbert describes 2 vars. ; namely caudicea, from Ceylon, with smooth 

 margins of the leaves and a cylindric neck of the bulbj and verecunda, from 

 Bangoon, with more obtuse humifuse lacunose leaves. 



9. C. Stracbeyi, Baher in Gard. Oliron. 1881, ii. 72 ; Sandb. of 

 Amaryllid. 81 ; leaves 2 ft. by 14-2 in. lorate thin acute margin subdenti- 

 culate, scape 1^-2 ft. stout, umbels 12-15-fld., spathes lanceolate, pedicels 

 ^-1 in., perianth-tube 3-3i in., lobes 2-2i in. hardly longer than the 

 filaments. 



KuMAON, in gardens. Strachey and Winterbottom. 

 Known imperfectly, and only as a garden plant. 



10. C< pratense, Serb. Amaryllid. 266; leaves lJ-3 ft. by 1^2 in. 

 linear channelled margins entire, scape 12 in. or more decumbent com- 

 pressed, umbels 6-12-fld., spathes 2-3 in. deltoid-lanceolate, flowers sub- 

 sessile, perianth-tube 3-4 in., lobes about as long rather longer than the 

 stamens. Kunth, Enum. v. 563 ; Baker Sandb. of Amaryllid. 82. 0. 

 longifolium, Boxb. Sort. Beng. 23 ; Fl. Ind. ii. 130 ; Ker-Gawl. in Qtiart. 

 Jowrn. 8c. Sf Arts, iii. (1817) 107. 



Plains of India and Buema. 



Bulb 4-5 in. diam., ovoid or spherical, neck 2-2J in. Leaves 6-8, suberect or 



