AMARYLLIDEZ. 333 
Sout Mextco, Leon (Hurtweg); Nortu Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi 6000 to 
8000 feet (Schaffner, 5406; Parry & Palmer, 869). Hb. Kew. 
v8. Zephyranthes longifolia, Hemsley, Diag. Pl. Nov. pars 3, p. 55 (1880). 
Foliis pluribus synanthiis quam scapi sepissime longioribus angustissimis, scapis 1-2, floribus 
mediocribus fere rectis flavis vel extus cupreis quam pedunculi duplo longioribus, spatha apice 
primum indivisa, perianthii segmentis liberis, staminibus inclusis, stylo alte trifido. 
Herba bulbosa, bulbo tunicato subgloboso vel ovato, 1-14 poll. diametro, tunicis exterioribus supra 
collum longiuscule productis. Folia sepe 3-6, synantha, scapo sepissime longiora, angustis- 
sima (in siccis fere filiformia), usque 9-12 poll. longa, obtusa. Scapi 1-2, crassiusculi, 1-flori, 
4-6 poll. longi. Flores flavi vel extus cuprei, minus quam 1 poll. longi, fere recti; pedunculus 
circiter semipollicaris ; spatha alba, membranacea, diaphana, apice primum indivisa, longe 
acuminata; perianthii segmenta libera, ovato-oblonga, acuminata; stamina inclusa; stylus alte 
trifidus, stamina zequans. Capsula spheroidea, triloba, 5-6 lineas diametro.—Z. aurea, S. Wats. 
in Proc. Am. Acad. xviii. (1883), p. 161. 
Texas; New Mexico; ARrizona.—NortH Mexico, region of San Luis Potosi 6000 to 
8000 feet (Parry & Palmer, 870). Hb. Kew. | 
4. Zephyranthes nervosa, Herb. Amaryll. p.172; Kth. Enum. v. p. 483. 
Amaryllis nervosa, H. B. K. Nov. Gen. et Sp. i. p. 278. 
SoutH Mexico, Campeachy (Humboldt & Bonpland).— VENEZUELA. 
V5. Zephyranthes pallida, Reem. Synop. Monogr., Amaryll. p.124; Kth. Enum. 
v. p. 487; Baker in Trimen’s Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 166. 
Zephyranthes lindleyana, Herb. Amaryll. p. 174, t. 35. fig. 5; Kth. Enum. v. p. 486. 
Zephyranthes grandiflora, Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 902 (quoad folia et semina nec quoad florem). 
Zephyranthes lilacina, Liebm. Ind. Sem. Hort. Havn. 1844; Linnea, xviii. p. 509? 
Zephyranthes nervosa, Mart. et Gal. in Bull. Acad. Brux. x. (reprint, p. 4), nec Herb. 
Sourn Mexico, Mirador, 3000 feet (Galeotti, 5415), valley of Cordova (Bourgeau, 
2273). Hb. Kew. 
6. Zephyranthes sessilis, Herb. Amaryll. p. 175 (varietates); Baker in Trimen’s 
Journ. Bot. 1878, p. 166; Refug. Bot. t. 212. 
Zephyranthes verecunda, Herb. in Bot. Mag. t. 2583; Refug. Bot. t. 356. 
- Zephyranthes striata, Herb. in Bot. Mag. t. 2593. 
Zephyranthes grahamiana, Herb. Amaryll. p. 175, t. 29. fig. 2. 
Zephyranthes akermannia, Reem. Synop. Monogr., Amaryll. p. 124. 
- Sourn Mexico, Leon and Lagos (Hartweg, 220), Tacubaya (Graham, 358); GuatE- 
MaLA. Hb. Kew. 
5. SPREKELIA. 
Sprekelia, Heist. Beschr. von Brunsvigia,'p. 19; Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant. iii. p. 724. 
Monotypie. | 
1. Sprekelia formosissima, Herb. App..p. 35, et Amaryll. p. 134, t. 44. fig. 41; 
