Plate 37. 



CYETANTHUS rotundilobus.* 



Transkei. 



Amaryllidaceae. Tribe Amarylleae. 

 Cyrtanthus, Ait.]; Benth, et HooJc.f. Gen. Plant, vol. iii. p. 729. 



Cyrtanthus rotundilobus, N.E. Br. sp. nor. 



Cyrtanthus rotundilobus; Bulous ovoideus, 3 cm. diametro, in collo 

 productus. Folia 4, erecto-recurva, 16-30 cm. longa, 1*7 cm. lata, lineari- 

 lanceolata, apice attenuata, subtus carinata, glabra. Pedunculus circa 14 cm. 

 longus, teres, solidus, glaber. Umoella 9-11-flora. Bractese 2-5 cm. longae, 

 ovatse acuminatae. Pedicelli 1'7 cm. longi, teretes, glabri. Perianthium plus 

 minusve nutans rubro-cinnabarinum ; tubus 2"5 cm. longus, infundibularis, 

 ad apicem 8-9 mm. diametro ; lobi circa 7 mm. longi et 5 mm. lati, elliptici 

 vel suborbiculari, minute apiculati. Stamina ad faucem perianthii inserta, 

 biseriata, superioria subexserta ; antherae 4 mm. longae. Ovarium 4 mm. 

 longum, ellipsoideum ; stylus 2*2 cm. longus, filiformis, stigmatibus tribus 

 minutis. — N. E. Brown. 



Transkei, WicJcens. 



This is not such a conspicuous plant as some other species 

 of the genus, yet the brilliant colouring of the perianth is 

 sufficient to warrant attention being given to this species in 

 collections. 



Our plate was figured from specimens grown by Mr. 

 Wickens from bulbs collected in the Transkei, where it is 

 known as the " Eed Dobo-lily." 



Desceiption : — Bulb ovoid, 3 cm. in diameter, produced 

 into a neck about 3 cm. long, with fleshy cylindrical roots 

 from the base. Leaves 4, 16-30 cm. long, 1*7 cm. broad, 

 strap-shaped or linear-lanceolate, tapering to the apex, keeled 

 beneath, channelled above, glabrous. Peduncle arising at the 

 side of the leaves, 14 cm. long, terete, solid, glabrous. 



* Note. Although mistaken in South Africa for an allied species, this pretty 

 bulb differs from all the other small-flowered species in the genus by its broad 

 linear-lanceolate leaves, and the broadly elliptic or suborbicular perianth-lobes, 

 which have suggested the specific name to me. In all the other species the 

 perianth-lobes are oblong or elliptic-oblong. My description is compiled 

 partly from the English description of Dr. Phillips and partly from a dried 

 specimen. — N. E. Brown. 



