376 CXXXVI, IRIDEZ (BAKER). [ Antholyza. 
7. A. watsonioides, Baker. Corm globose, 1 in. diam. Produced 
leaves 3—4, linear, moderately firm, the lower 14 ft. long, 4—4 in. broad. 
Stem 14-2 ft. long, simple, terete, bearing 1—2 reduced leaves. Spike 
very lax, secund, sometimes 6-9 in. long ; outer spathe-valves lanceolate, 
green, 14-2 in. long. Perianth bright crimson; tube curved, 14 in. 
long, ł in. diam. in upper half; segments oblong, acute, upper one 
the longest, 14 in. long, 4 in. broad, the others similar, but rather 
smaller. Stamens distinctly shorter than upper segment of the 
perianth; anthers } in. long. Capsule oblong, 1 in. long. Seeds broadly 
winged.—Gladiolus watsonioides, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxi. 409 ; 
Bot. Mag, t. 6919; Handb. Irid. 226; Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
xxx. 406. G. Garnieri, Klatt in Decken, Reisen Bot. 73. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Mount Kilimanjaro, 8500—11,000 ft., 
Thomson! Johnston, 33! 148! Decken & Kersten, 120, Meyer, 278. Mount Kenia, 
in Alpine pastures, 10,000-11,000 ft., Gregory. 
Order CXXXVII. AMARYLLIDE. (By J. G. Baker.) 
Flowers hermaphrodite, regular or slightly irregular. Perianth 
corolline, superior, with or without a tube above the ovary ; segments 
subequal in the Tropical African genera. Stamens usually 6, opposite 
the segments of the perianth, inserted at their base or in the tube; 
filaments filiform, free or united in a cup at the base; anthers 2-celled, 
with longitudinal introrse dehiscence. Ovary inferior, usually 3-celled ; 
ovules anatropous, superposed. Style subulate. Stigma capitate or 
trifurcate. Fruit capsular or baccate. Seeds globose or flattened ; 
albumen copious, usually fleshy; embryo small, central.—Herbs, rarely 
undershrubs. Rootstock a bulb or tuber. Leaves usually all radical. 
Inflorescence umbellate, rarely solitary or racemose. Flowers various 
in colour, glabrous, hairy or viscous outside. 
Species 800, widely spread through the Tropical and Temperate zones of both 
hemispheres. 
TRIBE I. Hypoxidece. Herbs with a tuberous rootstock and naked peduncles. 
Flower, peduncle and leaves usually hairy. 
Perianth cut down to the ovary . 2 : - +- 1. HYPOXIS. 
Perianth with a tube above the ovary . : : . 2. CURCULIGO. 
TRIBE II. Amaryileæ. Herbs with a tunicated bulb and naked peduncles. 
Leaves, peduncle and flowers glabrous, 
Perianth with scales at the throat i i S . 3. CRYPTOSTEPHANUS. 
Perianth without small scales at the throat. 
Filaments free down to the base. 
Seeds discoid or angled, with a black or brown 
testa, 
Ovules many in a cell. 
Perianth with a long tube and short limb . 4. CYRTANTHUS. 
Perianth lobes about as long as the tube . 5, SPENOLIRION. 
Perianth with a short tube and long limb . 6. HipPEASTRUM. 
Ovnles two in a cell. 
Fruit baceate è P , e e Eege 
