Tas; 8117. 
: NERINE Bowpent. 
Cape Colony. 
AMARYLLIDACEAE. Tribe AMARYLLEAE, 
NerineE, Herb.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. iii. p. 728; Baker in Gard. 
Chron. 1885, vol. xxiv. p. 779, & Handb. Amaryll. p. 99. 
Nerine Bowdeni, W. Watson in Gard. Chron. 1904, vol. xxxvi. n. 365; Flora 
& Sylva, 1905, p. 120, cum icone colorata; N. lucidae, Herb., affinis, 
floribus majoribus pedicellis longioribus perianthiique segmentis latiori- 
bus differt. 
Bulbus tunicatus, affatim pullulascens, magnitudine sat variabilis; bulbi 
maiores corpore ovoidei 5 cm. longi, 4 cm. crassi, sensim in collum 
2m. crassum, 5 cm. longum abeuntes; lamellae extimae tenuiores, lucidae, 
brunnescentes. Folia laete viridia, laevia, decidua, supra aliquando canali- 
culata, 15-30 cm. longa, medio 1°25-2°5 cm. lata, hine apicem obtusum 
basem que vaginatam versus attenuata. Scapus cylindraceus, fistulosns, 
penna cygned crassus, 30-45 cm. altus. Spathae 2, scariosae, primo virides, 
demum punicantes, 5 cm. longae. Flores terminales pedicellati in fasci- 
culos subumbelliformes 6-12-floros, 20-22 cm. latos aggregati, exteriores 
caeteris citius aperti; pedicelli trigoni, penna gallinacea crassi, 5 cm. 
longi, umbrino-virides. Perianthii segmenta 6, conformia, refracto-paten- 
tia, margine param undulata, 5-7°5 cm. longa, 125 cm. lata, carina 
centrali suffuse rosea ceterum pallidiora. Stamina segmentis perianthii 
aeqnilonga; filamenta pallide punicea declinata apicem versus tamen 
sursum spectantia ; antherae brunnescentes oblongae. | cm. longae ; pollen 
viride. Ovariwm subglobosum, 3-lobum, 6 cm. longum, extus viride, niti- 
dum; stylus pallide roseus, more filamentorum curvatus hisque aequi- 
longus; stigma parum capitatum.—N. ezcellens major tardiflora, 
Gumbleton in Gard. Chron. 1904, vol. xxxv. p. 105. N. lucida, Hackett 
in Gard Chron. 1904, vol. xxxvi. p. 346, non Herb.—D. Pratn. 
This is one of several species which might almost be 
called connecting links between Nevine and Brunsvigia, 
the others being N. lucida which Herbert included in 
Brunsvigia, and N. marginata, Ait. The difference be- 
tween the two genera is chiefly one of size, the shape 
of the capsule—turbinate and acutely angled in 
Brunsvigia, globose and obtusely angled in Nerine— 
amounting to very little, as B. Sclateriana has a typical 
Nerine capsule. Whether they will intercross does not 
appear to have been tested, although all the Nerines cross 
readily with each other, as was proved long ago by 
Herbert, who paid especial attention to them, and more 
recently by Mr. J. O’Brien, Mr. Max Leichtlin, Mr. Elwes 
Fesruary Ist, 1907. 
