208 . AMARYLLIDE (Baker). — [Brunsvigia. 
lingulate, spreading or suberect, 4-6 in, long, 24 in. broad, sub- 
coriaceous, with an entire thickened scabrous margin and close strong 
ribs; peduncle 6-8 in. long, } in. diam. ;: flowers 10-20 in a dense 
umbel, 4 ft. diam.; pedicels slender, 1-3 in. long; spathe-valves 
ovate, 1-14 in. long ; perianth bright red or rose-red, erect, 1-1? in. 
long, with a cylindrical, straight tube about 7 in. long and oblong- 
lanceolate, acute segments } in. broad; stamens distinctly exserted ; 
ovary turbinate, under 3 in. long; style finally exserted }—$ in. ; 
capsule turbinate, triquetrous. Herb. Amaryll. 281; Kunth, Enum. 
v. 609; Baker, Handb, Amaryllid. 98. Amaryllis striata, Jacq. 
ote Schoenbr. i. 36, t. 70. .A. nervosa, Poir. Encyc. Suppl. i 
321. 
Sourm Arrica: without locality, Masson! Villette! 
Sketched by Masson in 1788. 
9. B. natalensis (Baker); bulb large; leaves oblong, subcoria- 
ceous, scabrous and glaucous on both sides, 6-7 in. long, 4-4} in. 
broad, not ciliated on the margin ; peduncle stout, much longer than 
the leaves; umbel densely many-flowered ; spathe-valves large, ovate ; 
pedicels 4-5 in. long; perianth-segments lanceolate, deep pink, 
united in a short cup at the base, above an inch long; stamens 
shortly exserted ; anthers small, oblong ; ovary turbinate. 
i die Reaion: Natal; South Downs, Weenen County, 5000 ft., Wood, 
4421 
10. B. Radula (Ait. Hort. Kew. edit. 2, ii. 230); bulb globose, 
larger than a hazel nut; leaves 2, developed after the flowers, lingu- 
late, obtuse, spreading, 2-3 in. long, 1-1} in. broad, covered all over 
the surface with raised, rough papille; peduncle ancipitous, not 
more than 2-3 in. long ; flowers 3-5 to an umbel, nearly horizontal, 
inodorous; pedicels 1-1} in. long; spathe-valves ovate, reddish, 
3 in. long; perianth $~-1 in. long, cut down very nearly to the ovary ; 
segments lanceolate; stamens declinate, equalling the perianth- 
segments; ovary turbinate; style as long asthe stamens. Herb. 
Amaryllid. 281; Kunth, Enum. v. 610; Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 
98. Amaryllis Radula, Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr.i. 35, t. 68. Coburgia 
Radula, Herb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. iv. 181. 
Western Recion: Little Namaqualand; Karroo, near Olifants River, 
Masson ! 
Sketched by Masson in 1790. 
11. B. radulosa (Herb. Amaryllid. 281, t. 29, fig. 2); leaves 
spreading, lingulate, obtuse, 8-9 in. long, 3-31 in. broad at the 
middle, thick in texture, closely ribbed, rough all over the surfaces, 
the margin thickened and scabrous; flowers and fruit unknown. 
Kunth, Enum. v. 610; Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 98. 
CenTRaL ReGion: Colesberg Div.; near the Hondeblats River, Burchell, 
2703-3 ! 
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