32 VIII. AMARYLLIDE. [Curculigo 
bearing numerous fibres, Outer perianth-segments pale yellowish, 
inner more petaloid, 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 angolensis. In fl. and fr. end of Nov. 
1855. No. 4062. 
3. CRYPTOSTEPHANUS Welw. ex Baker ; Benth. & Hook. 
f. Gen. Pl. iii. p. 718. 
1. ©. densiflorus Welw. ex Baker in Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 193 
t. 197, Handb. Amaryllid. p. 1; Durand & Schinz, /.c., p. 239. 
Huitia.—Sporadic in thicket-grown places on sandy soil exposed to 
the sun near Lopollo. In fl. Oct. and Nov. 1859. In fr. Jan. 1860. 
No. 4027. 
4. HIPPEASTRUM Herb.; Benth. & Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. 
p. 724, 
1. H. Regine Herb. App. p. 31 (1821); Baker Handb, Amaryllid. 
p. 48. 
£. africanum Welw. ex Baker, l.c., p. 49. 
PrINvE’s IsLanD.—Bulb-scales thin, white with vermilion spots. In 
very thick shady primitive woods 3500 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. 726. 
1. C. Welwitschii Baker in Gard. Chron. xvi. (1881, p. 40), 
Handb. Amaryllid. p. 78; Durand & Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afr. v. 
p. 252. 
MossamMEDES.—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, lc., p. 247. 
Pungo AnDonGo.—Bulb very large, often as big as a child’s head, 
laxly tunicate ; leaves large, broadly lanceolate-linear, long acuminate, 
cgriaceous, 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. 1856. No. 4014. 
3. C. latifolium L. Sp. Pl. p. 291 (1753); Baker Handb. 
Amaryllid. p. 87. 
Puxco Anponco.—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. 
Hvtiia.—Leaves contemporary with the flowers. Flowers white 
marked with reddish violet, very beautiful. Here and there in 
ner ee near Lopollo (also near Mossamedes). In fl. Nov. 1859 
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