Lefugium Botanicum.] [June, 1878, 
TAB, 355. 
Natural Order AMARYLLIDACE®. 
Tribe AMARYLLE®. 
Genus Cyrranruus, Aiton. 
C. Macxennt (Hook. fil., Gard. Chron. 1869, p. 641). Bulbo ovoideo 
tunicato, foliis 4—6_ synanthiis linearibus viridibus carnosis 
suberectis 9—12 poll. longis 8—4 lin. latis, scapo subtereti 
foliis equilongo, umbellis 8—4-floris, spathe valvis lanceo- 
latis pedicellis multoties longioribus, perianthio albo odoro, 
tubo curvato 21—24 lin. longo cylindrico sursum sensim 
amphato, segmentis oblongo-deltoideis falcatis 8—4 lin. longis, 
stylo ex tubo haud exserto. 
A native of Natal, gathered by Mr. McKen and others. 
Bulb ovoid, brown-tunicated, an inch to an inch and a quarter 
thick. Leaves four to six, contemporaneous with the flowers, 
ereen, fleshy, suberect, nine to twelve inches long, three to four 
lines broad, narrowed to a point, flattish in the upper, channelled 
down the face in the lower half, mottled near the base with 
purple. Scape subterete, twelve to fifteen inches long, with a 
faint glaucous tinge. Umbels three- or four-flowered. Valves of 
the spathe lanceolate, an inch and a half to two inches long. 
Pedicels very short. Perianth pure white, fragrant; tube much 
curved, an inch and three-fourths to two inches long, cylindrical, 
dilated slightly gradually upwards; segments oblong-deltoid, three 
to four lines long, faleate when expanded. Stamens biseriate, 
placed near the top of the tube, with very short filaments. Style 
as long as the tube, distinctly trifid at the tip. 
Taz. 855.—1, free portion of perianth cut away from the ovary ; 
2, pistil ; 3, horizontal section of ovary: all magnified.—J. G. B. 

A very pretty bulb, easy to flower, if grown freely in light 
sandy loam, and well supplied with water. It requires the 
protection of a cool greenhouse or pit. I have received this 
plant from several sources.—W. W. S. 
