Tas. 5901. 
N ERINE pupica. 
Native of S. Africa. 
Nat. Ord. AmaryLLipe#.—Tribe AMARYLLER. 
Genus Nerine, Herbert; (Amarillydacee, p. 283). 
NERINE pudica ; bulbo elongato-ovideo, foliis lineari-elongatis obtusis con- 
cavis, scapo gracili, spathis subulato-lanceolatis rubris, ovario sub- 
horizontali, perianthio subcampanulato fere regulari, foliolis oblan- 
ceolato-oblongis apiculatis non undulatis candidis medio roseo-tinctis, 
genitalibus declinatis, antheris inclusis purpureis, stigmatibus patulis. 
I fail to find either a description answering to this plant, 
or a specimen in the Kew Herbarium; it flowered in the 
Royal Gardens in October, 1868, but I am unaware of its 
precise native locality, or of its introducer: its nearest ally 
is IV. flecuosa (Bot. Reg. .t. 172), which differs in the more 
irregular perianth, whose segments are narrower and much 
undulated. Besides the shape of the flower, WV. pudica is dis- 
tinguished from all other Werizes known to me by the purity 
of the white perianth segments, delicately streaked with 
crimson down the centre. 
The Nerines form a most beautiful group of bulbous plants, 
and were great favourites amongst cultivators half a century 
ago. The Rev. Mr. Herbert, in his excellent remarks on the 
genus, observes that they require a vigorous autumnal 
growth of leaf, under warmth enough to excite, but with air 
enough to prevent their growing weak ; as with their con- 
gener, the Guernsey Lily, they are autumn flowerers, and 
should be allowed a three months’ rest and drought, between 
May and September. 
Descr. Bulb one and a half to two inches long, narrow 
ovoid or flaggon-shaped. Leaves six to eight inches long by 
May int, 1671, 
