Apodolirion. } AMARYLLIDE (Baker). 197 
VIII. APODOLIRION, Baker. 
Perianth infundibuliform, with a long cylindrical tube rather 
dilated at the apex, and 6 subequal, ascending, oblong-lanceolate or 
lanceolate segments. Stamens biseriate, 3 inserted at the throat, 
and 8 below the throat of the perianth-tube; filaments filiform, 
about as long as the linear, rather recurving, basifixed anthers. 
Ovary 3-celled, hidden down amongst the sheaths of the bulb-neck ; 
ovules numerous, superposed ; style filiform, obseurely lobed at the 
stigmatose apex. Fruit and Seeds unknown, 
Bulbous herbs, with the habit of Crocus; leaves usually not produced till 
after the flowers, linear or lanceolate ; flowers white or red. 
Distr. Endemic. 
Perianth-tube 1-1} in. long: 
Anthers} in. long... Pe ie bas + (1) lanceolatum, 
Anthers fin. long... ove a Ss + (2) Etter. 
Perianth-tube 2—4 in. long : 
Perianth-segments lanceolate _.., ae: ... (3) Buchanani. 
Perianth-segments oblong : 
Leaves plane pe Sy, os ... (4) Bolusii. 
Leaves crisped ... ate ost — ..» (5) Macowani. 
Perianth-tube 6-8 in. long pe sa 2 ... (6) Mackenii. 
1. A. lanceolatum (Benth. Gen. Plant, iii. 722); bulb globose, 
3 in, diam., with brown membranous tunics produced 1-1} in. over 
its apex ; leaf solitary, lanceolate, contemporary with the flower, 
2 in. long, 4 in. broad, narrowed from the middle to both ends, 
moderately firm in texture, crisped at the edge; perianth-tube an 
inch long ; limb whitish, $-1 in. long; segments oblanceolate, acute, 
4 in. broad ; anthers linear, 3 in. long; ovary hidden in the 
produced tunics of the bulb. Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 26. 
Gethyllis lanceolata, Linn. fil. Suppl. 198; Thunb. Diss. 15 ; Prodr. 
59; Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 303. Paptria lanceolata, Thunb. in Act. 
Lund, i. 2, 112, cum icone. 
Soura Coast: without locauty, Harvey / Set 
Coast Reeion ; Swellendam Div. ; Buffeljaghts River, Thunberg ! 
2. A. Ette (Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 26); bulb globose, } in. 
diam. ; outer tunics brown, membranous, produced an inch above 
its neck ; leaves linear, glabrous; peduncle and spathe hidden in 
the neck of the bulb; perianth-tube cylindrical, 3 in. long ; limb 
1-11 in. long, white, tinged with red; segments 4 in. broad ; 
anthers in two superposed rows opposite the lower part of the 
segments, } in. long. — 
Katauari Raion ; Transvaal; mountain tops near Barberton, 4000-5000 ft., 
Galpin, 436! . 
Easvern RxGion: Natal, on a grassy hill at Imbumbulu, Umlaas Location, 
Wood, 3193! 
8. A. Buchanani (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1878, 75) ; bulb globose, 
1 in. diam, with the white membranous tunics produced 1-1} in. 
