288 BOTANY OF SOCOTRA. 



lanceolato-deltoideis ; pedicellis crassis brevissimis; periantliii tubo recto viridulo bipolli- 

 cari limbi segmentis lanceolatis albis tubo sequilongis; fdamentis segmentis distincte 

 brevioribus, antheris parvis lineari-oblongis. 

 Bulbus 3 poll. diam. Folia patentia arete venulosa 1^—2 poll, lata margine anguste cartilaginea 

 denticulata. Scapus sub folds oriens ab apice bulbi 1^-2-pedalis. Flores fragrantissimi 

 10-12 in quaque unibella. Spathcc valvi pallidi. Bractcolcc longae filiformes albae. 

 Periantliii tubus cylindricus bipollioaris segmentis £ poll, latis horizontaliter patentibus. 

 Filamenta erecto-patentia segmentis periantbii triente breviora. Ovarium oblongum J poll, 

 longum ; stylus staminibus requilongus rubescens. 



Socotra. On the high plains at an elevation over 1500 feet, south-west 

 from Galonsir. B.C.S. n. 129. Schweinf. in lit. 



Distrib. Endemic. 



Mr Baker remarks regarding this plant — " A well marked new species of 

 Crinum. Its nearest alliance is with two Himalayan species C. amamuni, 

 Boxb., and C. longifolium, Boxb. (Hort. Beng. 23). 



We obtained the plant with foliage leaves only, but the bulbs brought home 

 flowered at Kew in the late autumn of 1880, and from them the figure and 

 description in the Botanical Magazine were taken. The flowers are extremely 

 fragrant, and though the perianth segments are rather narrow the truss of 

 flowers is handsome, and the plant is an acquisition horticulturally. 



2. H^EMANTHUS. 



Hwraantlms, Linn. Gen. n. 400 ; Benth. et Hook. Gen. PI. iii. 730. 



A genus essentially south African but with a few tropical African repre- 

 sentatives. 



H. grandifolius, Balf. fil. in Proc. Boy. Soc. Edin. xii. (1882), 96. 



Glaber et nonaculeatus. Folia 2 magna ssepe 1£ pedalia f- ped. lata ovata v. elliptico-ovata 

 acuta basi parum attenuata v. plerumque rotundata v. rotundato-cordata margine vix undu- 

 lata tenuia delicatim venulosa ; petiolus 1-1£ poll, longus non vaginalis. 



Socotra. On the stream banks of the slopes of Haghier south from 

 Tamarida. B.C.S. n. 194. 



Our specimens of this species are confined to the leaves. We obtained 

 bulbs but they have not grown in this country. The leaves are, however, so 

 very distinct, being very much larger than in any known species with short 

 petioles, that on our scant material we have ventured the diagnoses of a new 

 species. 



Order LXXV. DIOSCOBEACE^. 



An order of few genera dispersed over the tropical and temperate regions 

 of the world. 



