Cniium.] CXX.XI. AMAEYLLIDE^. 1609' 



2. C Souglasii (after the Hon. John Douglas), Bail. But. Bull. x. A 

 handsome plant, in general appearance before sending up its fluwer-seape 

 reminding one of a Fuicnca. It does not seem to form a columnar stem like 

 C. pcduncttldtuDi. Leaves numerous, deep green, about 2|-ft. long and 4 or 5in. 

 broad, tapering from above the middle to a somewhat blunt point, the longitudinal 

 nerves numerous, crossed by horizontal veins, which, from being very prominent,, 

 give a tesselated appearance to the upper face of the leaf. Peduncle somewhat 

 compressed, and darkly mottled, about as long as the leaves, bearing an umbel of 

 about 20 flowers on rather thick pedicels, which are about as long as the ovaries, 

 the involucral bracts membranous, about 4-J-in. long, and fin. broad at the base. 

 Perianth-tube about 5J-in. long and scarcely exceeding 2|- lines in diameter. 

 Segments of the limb shortly pointed, 8|in. long, those representing the sepals 

 rather the longest and broadest, |-in. wide in the broadest part ; the margins of 

 these are also undulate, and give a frilled or crenulate appearance ; the margins 

 of the inner segments have smooth, not wavy, margins. Filaments about f the 

 length of the segments, slender, purplish-red except towards the base ; anthers- 

 very slender, ^in. long. Style as long as the segments, purplish except near the 

 base. Stigma of 3 short fringed lobes. 



Hab. : Islands of Torres Straits. 



3. C. venosum (veiny), P. Br. Prod. 297 ; Benth. Fl. Austr. vi. 453. Bulb 

 globose, smooth, about IJin. in diameter. Leaves about 2ft. long, fin. broad. 

 Scape about l|ft. high, more or less compressed. Involucral bracts about 

 Sin. long. Umbel of 6 to 8 or sometimes as many as 20 then often 4 or 5 

 abortive. Flowers sometimes sessile, sometimes on pedicels, fin. long, ^ the 

 ovary tapering at the top into a neck or beak, sometimes short, sometimes 

 longer than the ovary itself. Perianth-tube 2 to 4in. long, slender, the segments 

 of the limb acuminate, 1| to 2in. long, 4 to 5 lines broad in the middle, no)^ 

 more conspicuously veined in the dried state than other species. Filaments 

 4 to 5 lines long ; anthers nearly or quite as long. Style a little longer than the- 

 stamens. 



Hab.: Sweer's Island, R. Br. and Henne; Cumberland Island, -K. Br. ; Cape York. 



4. C. brachyandrum (stamens short), Herb, in Bakers Handb. of AmarylL. 

 83. Bulb 3in. diameter ; neck short. Leaves about 20 to a bulb, suberect,. 

 ensiform, 3 to 5ft. long, 2in. broad, deep-green, not tapering much to the point. 

 Scape 2ft. high. Flowers about 10 to 30 to an umbel, not perfectly erect ;. 

 pedicels very short. Perianth-tube greenish, under Bin. long; segments 

 lanceolate, ^-in. broad, rather longer than the tube. Filaments scarcely an inch 

 long. Style an inch long. Seeds 2 in a cell. — Baker's Amaryllidefe, 1888. 



Hab.: Doubtful. Eeoorded for Queensland by Baron von Mueller in his Cens. of Austr. PI., 

 and J. G. Baker I.e., neither authors, however, having seen specimens and no figure of it bas^ 

 been published. If such a species really exits its position would be as here placed between C. 

 venosum and G. brevistyluvi. 



5. C. brevistylum (style short), Bail. Ql. Acjri. Journ. ii. 197, Plate xvii.. 

 Bulb globular-ovate, ;4 to 6in. diameter, not producing a persistent column, but 

 forming an annual crown of foliage consisting of about 12 to 14 leaves of a slaty- 

 green. Leaves ensiform, erecto-patent, from 2 to over Bft. long and 2Jin. broad 

 about the middle, then gradually tapering to a rather blunt end. Scapes often 

 more than one arising from amongst the outer leaves, from 2 to 2ift. high,, 

 compressed, thick, | to over lin. broad. Involucral, bracts 2^ to over Sin. long, 

 rather blunt, lin. broad at the base; flowers in umbel from 8 to 10, pedicels 

 thick, shorter, or sometimes as long as the ovaries which are about i-in. long. 

 Perianth white, not strongly fragrant, drooping in the bud; tube rigidly erect 

 under the cup-shaped operi .flower, green or greenish, 3 to 4|in. long, more or less. 



