Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 
basifixed ; ovary hidden in the upper Sheaths of the bulb. 
Small plants with the habit of Saffron and Meadow-saffron 
and white or red solitary flowers ; leaves linear, generally 
produced after the flowers. 
A South African genus with 4 species, of which 2 
occur in the Transvaal. 
Key to the Species. 
Perianth-tube 1-11, in. long. 1. A. Ettce. 
Perianth-tube 6-8 in. long. 2. A. Mackenii. 
1. A. Ettce , Baker. (F.C. VI., 197, No. 2.) Barberton, 
4000-5000 ft., Galpin, 436. 
2. A. Mackenii , Baker. (F.C. VI., 198, No. 6.) Schlechter, 
3327, Houtboschrand, is near this species. 
4. Crinum, L. (F.C. VI., 198.) 
Perianth funnel-shaped, tube very long, segments oblong, 
generally as long as the tube ; stamens inserted at the throat 
of the tube, filaments long, filiform, anthers linear, dorsifixed; 
ovary oblong, ovules often sunk down in the thick placenta, 
style long, filiform, stigma round : capsule membranous, 
bursting irregularly ; seeds large, bulbiform. 
Plants with large, showy flowers, white, or white, tinged 
with red in many- or few-flowered umbels : bracts large, 2 ; 
leaves long, linear or lorate, produced with the flowers. The 
bulbs of many species are used as medicines. 
A genus with over 60 species, spread through the tropical 
and sub -tropical regions of the Old and New Worlds, growing 
mostly near the coasts. 
One species occurs in the Transvaal, known under the 
name of St. Johns Lily. 
1. Cr. long {folium, Tliunb. Bulb very large, ovoid : 
leaves many, lorate, green, rather firm in texture, more than 
a foot long at the flowering time, 2-2 j in. wide, scabrous on 
the margin : peduncle flattened, nearly 1 ft. long ; flowers 
6-12 or more to an umbel : bracts 5 in. long, 1^ in. wide 
at the middle ; pedicels short ; perianth curved, white with 
red stripes ; stamens shorter than perianth-segments or nearly 
as long ; filaments filiform, white ; style filiform, nearly as 
long as perianth-segments ; capsule membranous, seeds 1-6. 
bulbiform, germinating when still in the' capsule. 
The most extensively cultivated species of the genus, 
often found in European gardens. 
Common near Pretoria, flowering October and November, 
Miss Leendertz, 964 ; MacLea in Herb. Bolus, 5941 : Rusten- 
burg, Miss Nation, 356 ; Wakkerstroom District ; Heidelberg. 
