196 AMARYLLIDEE (Baker). [Gethyllis. 
4-6 in. long, 3,-} in. broad; perianth pure white; tube stout, 
2-3 in. long, its base hidden by the sheathing membranous bract ; 
segments oblong-lanceolate, 2 in. long, ¢ in. broad ; stamens very 
numerous, arranged in 6 clusters; filament about as long as the 
anther. Handb. Amaryllid. 24. G. bivaginata, Masson MSS. 
Centra Rraion: Karoo, Masson! 
I have described this from Masson’s three sketches, and named it after Mr. 
Britten, to whom we are indebted for seeking out and rendering available for use 
the series of drawings by Masson on which I have mainly relied in characterizing 
the species of this genus, The same plant is in Herb. Bolus, but the locality is 
doubtful. 
7. G. ciliaris (Linn, fil. Suppl. 198) ; bulb globose, 13 in. diam., 
with the tunics produced beyond its apex in a cylindrical sheath 
4-5 in. long ; leaves 20 or more, produced after the flowers, linear, 
spirally twisted, conspicuously ciliated; perianth-tube 2-3 in. long ; 
limb whitish, } in. long; segments oblong-lanceolate, 4-3 in. broad ; 
anthers numerous, linear, }-} in. long; filaments very short, 
confluent ; style straight, not longer than the stamens ; fruit clavate, 
yellow, 2-8 in. long, above 3 in. diam. Thunb. Diss. 15; Prodr. 59; 
Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 302; Jacg. Hort. Schoenbr. i. 41, t. 79; 
Herb. Amaryllid. 185 ; Kunth, Enum. v. 696; Baker in Journ. Bot. 
1885, 227 ; Handb. Amaryllid. 25. Papiria ciliaris, Thunb. in Act. 
Lund, i.2,111. G. polyanthera, Solander MSS, 
SoutnH ArFagica: without locality, Masson / 
Coast ReGion : near Cape Town, in sandy places, Thunberg ! 
Jacquin describes this species ss having 6 filaments, with 3 anthers to each. 
There is a single flower in Thunberg’s herbarium marked G. cuspidata, with 
6 filaments, with 2 anthers to about two of them, and one only to the others, 
and the same plant or a near ally is in Herb. Bolus, No. 4383, gathered in 
Basutoland in 1880. Solander’s full original description will be found in a paper 
by Mr. Britten in Journ. Bot, 1884, p. 148. 
8. G. undulata (Herb. Amaryll. 186, t. 25, fig. 5); bulb globose, 
2-3 in. diam., with a neck 2-3 in. long; leaves 12~20, lanceolate, 
spreading, villose, much undulated, 5-6 in. long, 4-3 in, broad ; 
perianth pure white; tube stout, 2-3 in. long; segments oblong- 
Janceolate, 1} in. long ; stamens numerous ; filaments short, filiform ; 
style not much overtopping the stamens. Kunth, Enum. v. 697; 
Baker in Journ, Bot. 1885, 227 ; Handb. Amaryllid. 25. 
Coast ReGion: Zeekoe Vallei, March, 1794, Masson / 
9. G. latifolia (Masson ex. Baker in Journ. Bot. 1885, 228, 
t. 259, fig. 1); bulb globose, 13 in. diam. with a cylindrical neck 8-9 in. 
long ; leaves 10-12, spreading, lorate, twisted, glabrous, 4-5 in. long, 
in. broad; perianth-tube stout, 2~3 in. long ; segments pinkish, 
oblong-lanceolate, acute, 2 in. long, 4 in. broad; stamens about 20, 
all distinct, }-4 in. long; filaments filiform, as long as the anthers. 
Handb. Amaryilid, 25. 
Bd gsc Reqion: Little Namaqualand; Meerhofs Kasteel, Sept., 1793, 
Deseribed from Masson’s drawing. 
