172 AMARYLLIDEZ (Baker). [Pauridia. 
** Anthers dorsifized, versatile. 
* Fruit indehiscent or bursting irregularly. Seeds one or few bulbiform, 
IX. Crinum.—Segments of perianth (in the Cape species) broad. Stamens 
declinate. Leaves persistent. ; 
X. Amaryllis.—Segments of perianth broad. Stamens declinate. Leaves 
short-lived. ; 
XI. Ammocharis.—Segments of perianth narrow. Stamens erect. 
** Fruit a 3-valved capsule. Seeds many, compressed. 
XII. Brunsvigia.—Perianth cut down tothe ovary. Style not swollen at the 
base. Capsule turbinate, acutely angled. 
XII. Nerine.— Perianth cut down to the ovary. Style not swollen at the base. 
Capsule globose, obtusely angled. : 
XIV. Strumaris.—Perianth cut down tothe base. Style swollen and triquetrous 
towards the base. . 
XV. Vallota.— Perianth with a tube rather shorter than the limb. 
XVI. Cyrtanthus.—Perianth with a tube longer than the limb, 
##* Fruit baccate or capsular. Ovules 2 or few, clustered at the middle 
of the placentas. 
XVII. Clivia.—Buld imperfect. Spathe-valves several. Fruit baccate ; ovules 
few. 
XVIIL. Hemanthus.—Buld large, tunicated. Spathe-valves several. Fruit 
baccate; ovules 2, collateral. 
XIX. Buphane.—Fruit capsular. Spathe-valves 2. 
Tribe 3. VELLOZIEZ. Rootstock not bulbous. Leaves coriaceous, persistent. 
Flowers solitary, more or less glandular outside. , 
XX. Vellozia.—The only genus, 
I, PAURIDIA, Harv. 
Perianth with a short infundibuliform tube above the ovary; 
segments oblong, subequal, spreading. Stamens 3, inserted in the 
perianth tube opposite the inner segments ; filaments short, filiform ; 
anthers linear, basifixed. Ovary clavate, 3-celled; style short, 
entire ; stigmas 3, subulate, falcate, sometimes 1, 2, or all short and 
sterile. Capsule membranous, obconic, crowned with the faded 
perianth, Seeds many, globose, minute, 
Distris. Endemic, monotypic, 
1. P. hypoxidoides (Harv. Gen. S. Afr. Pl. 342) ; corm globose, 
} in. diam. ; outer tunics rigid, black, cancellate, with a ring of bristles 
at the top ; produced leaves 6-12, linear, faleate, glabrous, 1-2 in. 
long ; peduncles several to a corm, very slender, 1-flowered, about as 
long as the ieaves ; perianth-segments yellow, tipped with green, 
3—5-nerved, glabrous, in. long ; ovary glabrous, } in. long ; capsule 
often oblique, with one or two of the cells abortive. Baker in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 126. Ixia minuta, Linn. fil. Suppl. 92; 
Thunb. Diss, Inia, No, 2, t. 1, fig.1; Prodr.9; Fl. Cap. i. 216. 
Galaxia minuta, Ker in Konig and Sims’ Ann. i. 241; Gen. Irid, 
71. Romulea minuta, Eckl. Top. Verz. 19. Hypowis triandra, 
Pappe MSS. H,. nana, E. Meyer in herb. Drege. 
