Tab. 5374. 

 CYRTANTHUS lutescens. 



Yellow-flowered Cyrtanthus. 



Nat. Ord. Amaryllide.e. — Hexandeia Monogynia. 



Gen. Char. Perigonium superum, corollaceum, elongato-tubuloso-infundibuli- 

 forrae, limbo 6-fidura, leviter curvatum, interdum parum ventricosum j laciniis 

 brevibus, subsequilongis, multinerviis, exterior ib as calloso-acutis ; interioribus la- 

 tioribus, obtusis. Stamina 6, supra medium tubi libera, recta, inclusa, alterna 

 lotigiora. Anthera lineares, dorso infra medium affixa?, mobiles. Ooarium in- 

 ferum, trigonum, triloculare ; ovula in loculis crebra, biseriata, funicularia, hori- 

 zontalia. Cblumna stylina filiformis, erecta vel declinata, stamina superans, ex- 

 serta. Stigma breviter trifidum. Caps/da trigono-ovata, trilocularis, loculicido- 

 trivalvis. Semina plurima, paleaceo-compressa ; testa nigra. — Herbae Gapenses, 

 bulbifera, scapigera. Bulbus tunicatus. Folia elongata, angusta, plana vel sub- 

 canaliculata. Scapus teretiusculiis vel compressiusculus, fistulosus. Spatha di- 

 polyphylla, uni-multiflora. Flores pedicellati, bracteis linearibus scariosis inter - 

 stincti, scepe penduli. Kth. 



Cyrtanthus (§ Monella) lutescens; floribus 4-6 pallide luteis fragrantibus an- 

 guste infundibuliformibus, filamentis brevissimis, foliis lineas tres latis linea- 

 ribus acuminatis. 



Cyrtanthus lutescens. Herb. Amaryll. p. 129. Kth. Enum. Plant, v. 5. p. 539. 



Cyrtanthus albo-luteus. Burch. Herb. n. 7144. 



Monella ochroleuca. Herb. Jpp. p. 29. 



One of the many interesting Cape bulbs lately presented by 

 William Wilson Saunders, Esq., to the Royal Gardens of Kew, 

 part of the collections made by Mr. Cooper in South Africa du- 

 ring extensive journeys into the interior. This species of Cyr- 

 tanthus was known to Mr. Herbert, but only from dried speci- 

 mens in Mr. Burchell's herbarium. It is now for the first time 

 introduced to our gardens, and produced its graceful and very 

 fragrant flowers in a warm greenhouse in February, 1863. It 

 is less closely allied to C odon/s of Gawler (in Bot. Reg. t. 503) 

 than Mr. Herbert considered, for not only are the flowers crimson 

 APRIL 1st, 1863. 



