Brunsvigia.] AMARYLLIDEZ (Baker), 205 
Rootstock a large tunicated bulb; leaves produced after the flowers, lorate or 
lingulate; peduncle robust, solid; flowers bright red, umbellate ; spathe 
2-valved. 
Distris. Endemic, 
Leaves lorate, 1-2 in. broad: 
Perianth-tube cylindrical, in.long ...  .... (1) Josephine. 
Perianth-tube campanulate, very short : 
Perianth about 2in. long... .., «1. = vs (2): grandiflora. 
Perianth 1-1} in. long: 
Stamens shorter than the perianth-segments 0 slateriana. 
Stamens as long as the perianth-segments ... (4) minor. 
Leaves lingulate or oblong : 
Perianth 2-2} in. long: 
Leaf 2-24 in. broad... a 5: «. (5) gigantea, 
Leaf 3-4 in. broad : 
Ovary turbinate .., vid im »» (6) Cooperi. 
Ovary subglobose.., ae ai ... (7) spheerocarpa. 
Perianth 1-1} in. long : 
Umbel many-flowered : 
Leaf 2-3 in. broad ie oe = aes (8) striata. 
Leatf.4—-5 in, broad is Ags . (9) natalensis, 
Umbel 3-5 flowered... Ae de .. (10) radula. 
Sinperivelly known. eu kee aw as. os 01) oe. 
1. B. Josephine (Gawl. in Bot. Reg. t. 192-3); bulb 3 ft. 
diam. ; tunics brown, membranous; leaves 8-10, lorate, glaucous- 
green or greenish, suberect, 13-2 in. broad, thick in texture, 
closely ribbed, reaching a length of 2, or even 8 ft. ; peduncle 12 ft. 
long, subterete, an inch or more in diameter; flowers usually 
20-30, sometimes 50-60 in an umbel ; pedicels 6-12 in. long ; spathe- 
valves small, deltoid, cuspidate; perianth bright red, 23-3 in, 
long, with a curved cylindrical tube about } in. long, and lanceolate 
segments ; stamens as long as the perianth-segments; style finally a 
little exserted beyond them ; anthers linear-oblong, fin. long; ovary 
oblong or turbinate, a in. long; capsule turbinate, smaller and 
less strongly angled in B. gigantea. Kunth, Enum. v. 607 ; 
Baker, Handb. Amaryllid, 97. Amaryllis Josephine, Red, Lil. tt. 
370-372. A. josephiniana, Herb. Amaryllid. 278. A. grifiniana, 
Roem. Amaryll. 113. B. grandiflora and glauca, Salish. Gen. 117. 
Coast Recion: Uitenhage Div.; between Galgebosch and Melk River, 
Burchell, 4757! and without precise locality, Cooper, 1580! 
Centrat Reaion: Albert Div., Cooper, 1396! 
Katanaagt Region: Orange Free State, Cooper, 3228 ! 
Eastern Region: Natal; Zuurberg, Wood, 914! near Durban, Wood, 259! 
Tugela Valley, Allison, 20! and without precise locality, Cooper, 1003 ! 
2. B. grandiflora (Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1335) ; bulb large, ovoid ; 
leaves lorate, obtuse, co green, suberect, subseabrous on the margin ; 
peduncle slightly glaucous, compressed, 1} ft. long ; flowers, about 30 
in an umbel; pedicels 3-6 in, long; spathe-valves deltoid, cus- 
pidate; perianth about 2 in. long, pale red; tube searcely any ; 
segments oblong-lanceolate; stamens scarcely as long as the perianth- 
