584 LILIACE^. 



perigonial tube straightish, linear, little longer than, the expanded limb : lobes narrowly 

 linear; stamens spreading. — I adopt Fraser's name on account of the resemblance of this 

 species with C. bracteaturn, W. (Jacq. Schoenbr. 4. t. 495 ; C. asiaticam, Red. Lil. 6. t. 348), 

 to which Fraser's plant was reduced by Ker. The lesser number of flowers, the narrow 

 petiole, the bulb probably less columnar, and the American habitat speak for its peculiarity : 

 if however it should not prove distinct, "Willdenow's name is to be adopted, as C. asiati- 

 cum, L., rests chiefly upon the authority of Rumphins, and from the original figure {Herb. 

 Amboin. 6. t. 69) its leaves appear to be oblong, with parallel ribs. Leaf-blade 9"-10"long, 

 3"-4" broad, petiole 5" long, 5'" broad ; pedicels as long as the ovaries ; perigonial tube 4' - 

 3" long, 2"'-3'" diam., lobes 3" long, 2'" broad— Hab. Jamaica !, Wullschl. ; [an island 

 near the coast of Florida, along the sea (Fras.)~]. 



13. C. gigantenm, Andr. Leaves lanceolate-oblong, acuminate, tapering into the 

 broad petiole, scabrous at the margin: lateral ribs slightly curved; flowers about 8-12, 

 Sessile, white ; perigonial tube cernuous, linear, almost twice as long as the campanulate- 

 infundibular limb ; lobes oval-oblong, blunt with a minute point ; stamens declined. — Red. 

 Lil. 4. t. 181.— C. petiolatum, Herb.— Leaves (the petiole included) 2|'-3' long : blade 4 , 

 petiole near the base 1" broad ; perigonial tube 5", limb 3" long, lobes 14"'-18'" broad.— 

 Hab. Jamaica !, March ; [Brazil ; Western trop. Africa to the Cape]. 



8. AMARYLLIS, L. 



Perigonial tube short : limb infundibular, often unequal, 6-partite. Stamens inserted 

 into the tube of the perigone : filaments long : anthers incumbent. Style simple. Capsule 

 usually loculicide : seeds black, compressed. — Leaves rosulate from a bulb ; flowers umbel- 

 late-single, rarely clustered: spathe 2-valved, or tubular. 



Sect. 1. Hippeastrtjm, Herb. — Spathe 2-valved, 2-mauy -flowered. Perigone nodding. 



Stamens declined. 



14. A. equestris, Ail. Leaves oblong-linear with a bluntish point, about as long as 

 the 2(— i)-flowered scape ; perigone " cinnabar-coloured .-" tube slender, hairy at the throat, 

 gradually dilated into the spreading limb: lobes ovate-oblong, pointed, subequal ; stamens 

 included ; stigma blunt. — Pot. Mag. t. 305. — Hippeastrum, Herb. II. occidentale, Ru»n. 

 A. Belladonna, Sw. (non L.J, Mey. Esseq. ! — Leaves 1" broad ; perigone 3"-5" (tube about 

 1") long. — Hab. Jamaica!, At., March; Antigua!, Widlschl.; Barbadoes ; Trinidad; 

 [Portorico ! to Guiana !]. 



Sect. 2. Zephyranthes, Herb. — Spathe tubular, l-flowered. Perigone suberect, infun- 

 dibular, subequal. Stigma §-fld. 



15. A. tubispatha, Ker. Leaves few, linear, channelled, about as long as the scape ; 

 spathe 2-fid, half as long as the pedicel ; perigone white, greenish at the base, as long as 

 the pedicel : tube very short •. segments obovate-oblong, subequal, twice as long as the three 

 longer stamens ; anthers 3'" long ; style included, exceeding the stamens. — Bot. Mag. 1. 1586. 

 — Zephyranthes, Herb. — Leaves 3'" broad ; perigone 2"-l £" long. — Hab. Jamaica ; An- 

 tigua !, Wullschl. ; [French islands !]. 



16. A. carinata, Spreng. Leaves linear, channelled; spathe monophyllous, slit on one 

 side, exceeding the included pedicel ; perigone rosy, much longer than the pedicel : tube 

 short : segments obovate-oblong, pointed, subequal, exceeding the subequal stamens ; anthers 

 8'" long ; style included, shortly exceeding the stamens. — Pot. Mag. t. 2594. — Zephyran- 

 thes, Herb.— Leaves 2"'-4"' broad ; spathe 1"-H", perigone 2fc"-3" long. — Hab. Jamaica !, 

 March ; [Mexico to Brazil]. 



9. HYPOXIS, L. 



Perigonial limb 6-partite, spreading, persistent. Stamens inserted into its base : anthers 

 erect, introrse. Style simple. Capsule 3-celled, evalved, many-seeded . seeds black, sub- 

 globose, laterally attached by a retinaculnm-like funiculus. — Leaves grass-like, plaited, rosu- 

 late from a bulb ; flowers single, or fascicled, supported by bracts. 



