194 AMARYLLIDEZ (Baker). [Gethyllis 
the spathe and amongst the sheaths of the bulb-neck; ovules 
numerous, superposed ; style long, filiform ; stigma capitate. Fruit 
clavate, indehiscent, succulent. Seeds globose, immersed in pulp; 
testa loose, hyaline. 
Acaulescent herbs, with the habit of Crocus; leaves generally contemporary 
with the fruit, produced after the flowers, which are delicate in texture, whitish, 
and fugitive ; spathe monophyllous, membranous, amplexicaul, clasping the ovary 
and lower part of the perianth-tube; berry yellowish, fragrant, edible. 
Distris. Endemic. 
Stamens 6 : 
Style falling short of the tip of the perianth- 
segments ; 
Leaves glabrous, spirally twisted all down... (1) spiralis. 
Leaves glabrous, rolled back _ spirally 
towards the tip 3 Ty ... (2) verticillata, 
Leaves densely hispid ... ee a ... (3) villosa. 
Style exserted, declinate ... re sed ... (4) longistyla. 
Stamens numerous: 
Leaves linear, glabrous, spirally twisted: : 
Stamens 9-12 ,., cs os ‘Tr ee (6) often: 
Stamens in 6 bundles, several in each bundle (6) britteniana. 
Leaves linear, hairy a eee =. - (73 ciliaris. 
Leaves lanceolate, very much crisped_.,. .. (8) undulata. 
Leaves lorate, glabrous, twisted ... oa +» (9) latifolia. 
1. @. spiralis (Linn. fil. Suppl. 198); bulb globose, 1-1} in. 
diam. ; tunics produced 1-2 in. above its top ; leaves 4—6, produced 
after the flower, linear-subulate, glabrous, very much spirally twisted 
all the way down, 4—6 in. long; perianth-tube 2-3 in. long; limb 
1-14 in. long, whitish, tinted red on the outside; segments oblong- 
lanceolate, }-4 in. broad at the middle; stamens 6, about 4 in. long ; 
filament equalling the anther; style straight, rather overtopping the 
anthers; fruit clavate, 2-3 in. long, under 4 in. diam., narrowed to 
the base. Thunb. Diss. 15; Prodr. 59; Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 
302; Bot. Mag. t. 1088; Herb. Amaryllid. 185; Baker in Journ. 
Bot, 1885, 225; Handb. Amaryllid. 24. Papiria spiralis, Thunb. 
in Act. Iund, i. 2, 111. 
Soutn Arrica: without locality, Masson! Harvey ! Burchell! 
Coast ReGion: Cape Flats, Rogers! Worcester Div., Cooper, 1644! 1710! 
Uniondale Div. ; Lange Kloof, Thunberg ! 
Flowers at the Cape in December and fruits about February. @. rosea, Eckl. 
Top. Verz. 4, is a small form with a red tinted perianth-limb. 
2. G. verticillata (R. Br. Prodr. 290); bulb small, ovoid, with a 
spotted cylindrical neck 13-2 in. long; leaves 4-5, narrow linear, 
glabrous, not spirally twisted, but rolled up like a watch-spring 
towards the tip, 4-6 in. long; perianth pure white; tube slender, 
3-4 in. long; segments lanceolate, acute, reflexing, an inch long ; 
stamens 6 ; filaments filiform, as long as the anthers; style a little 
overtopping the stamens; fruit yellow, clavate, contemporary with 
the leaves, 1} in. long, 4 in. diam. Roem. et Schultes, Syst. vii. 781 ; 
