408 CXXXVII. AMARYLLIDE# (BAKER). [ Hymenocallis. 
14. HYMENOCALLIS, Salisb.; Benth. et Hook f. Gen. PI. iii. 734. 
Perianth hypocrateriform ; tube cylindrical; segments equal, linear 
or lanceolate. Stamens united in the lower part in a distinct cup; 
free portion of filaments filiform; anthers linear, versatile. Ovary 
3-celled ; ovules 2 in each cell; style long, filiform; stigma capitate, 
obscurely 3-lobed. Capsule large, globose, finally dehiscent. Seeds 
large, globose, usually solitary, with a thick spongy testa.—Rootstock a 
tunicated bulb. Leaves sessile, lorate or oblong, narrowed to a petiole. 
Peduncle solid, compressed. Flowers usually pure white, many in an 
umbel. 
Species 30 ; all the others are American, and the African plant may have been 
introduced from the New World. 
1. H. senegambica, Kunth & Bouché in Ind. Sem. Hort. Berol. 
1848, 12. Leaves sessile, ensiform, acute, arcuate, 2 ft. long, 14-2 in. 
broad at the middle, narrowed to 1 in. at the base. Peduncle about as 
long as the leaves. Flowers 6-8 in an umbel, sessile; spathe-valves 
ovate. Perianth-tube slender, 5-6 in. long; segments narrowly linear, 
about 4 in. long. Staminal cup funnel-shaped, 1 in. long; free 
filaments 2—24 in. long; anthers linear, 1 in. long—Kunth, Enum. 
v. 676. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: cultivated at the Berlin Botanic Garden in 
1848! Lagos: cultivated specimen, Carter ! 
Lower Guinea. Angola: sandy shores between Ambriz and Quizembo, Wel- 
witsch, 4029! 
Messrs. Dickson, of Chester, sent to Kew in 1892 a bulb of H. paludosa, Salisb. 
(Pancratium mexicanum, Linn.), a native of the Southern United States, sent to them 
from Lagos. 
15. VELLOZIA, Vand. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. 739. 
Perianth funnel-shaped, without any tube above the ovary ; segments 
subequal, ovate-lanceolate. Stamens 6 in the Tropical African species 
(section Xerophyta), inserted at the base of the segments; filaments 
filiform, often appendiculate with a lacerated scale at the base ; anthers 
linear, basifixed, dehiscing laterally. Ovary clavate, 3-celled ; ovules 
many, superposed ; style filiform ; stigma terminal, 3-lobed or trifur- 
cate. Capsule coriaceous, dehiscing at the apex. Seeds angled or flat- 
tened ; testa black; embryo small, included in albumen.— Usually shrubs, 
with linear rigid leaves in a tuft at the end of the branches. Peduncles 
1-flowered. Ovary and flower often viscous outside. Flowers usually 
white. i 
Species 60, mostly Tropical American. Found also in Madagascar, and 1 species 
in Arabia. 
Caudex not produced. 
Leaves 1-2 in. long S S k S 3 . 1. T. humilis. i 
Leaves 4-5 in. long : : ; : 8 . 2. V. Hildebrandti. 
Leaves 6-12 in. long. 
