Nerine.} AMARYLLIDEZ (Baker), 209 
XIII. NERINE, Herb. 
Perianth infundibuliform, cut down nearly or quite to the ovary, 
erect or rather decurved; segments equal, oblanceolate, falcate, 
more or less crisped. Stamens inserted at the base of the perianth- 
segments ; filaments filiform, thickened at the base, suberect or 
declinate, 3 shorter; anthers oblong, dorsifixed, versatile. Ovary 
globose, 3-lobed ; ovules few in a cell, superposed; style filiform, 
straight or declinate, obscurely tricuspidate at the stigmatose apex. 
Capsule globose, deeply 3-lobed, membranous, loculicidally 3-valved. 
Seeds 1 or few in a cell, globose. 
Bulb tunicated, not produced into a neck; leaves usnally lorate, produced 
with or a little after the flowers; scape slender or robust; umbels few-or many- 
flowered ; spathe-valves 2, lanceolate ; flowers pale or deep red, 
Distris. Lndemic, 
Peduncle long, slender. Perianth-limb, stamens and 
style nearly erect : 
Segments hardly at all orisped: 
Leaves green, suberect ... ee ee .» (1) sarniensis, 
Leaves glaucous, faleate ... =... =. «sss + (2): currvifolia. 
Segments distinctly crisped ... ste ae: .» (3) Moorei. 
Peduncle long, slender. Perianth-limb, stamens and 
style decilinate : 
Filaments not distinctly appendiculate at the base: 
Umbel centripetal : 
Leaves 4-6, linear or lorate ¢ 
Stamens long : 
Perianth-segmentsdistinetly crisped (4) flexuosa. 
Perianth-segments hardly at all 
crisped : 
Perianth-segments } in. broad (5) angustifolia. 
Perianth-segments 4 in. broad (6) pudica. 
Stamens short ... ... Se a brachystemon. 
= Leaves 6-10, filiform... oo 
mbel centrifugal : 
Perianth Pa in, tong, much crisped ot o undulata. 
ms Perianth 1-14 —— ae ees ... (10) humilis. 
aments distinctly appendiculate at t' Se t 
Process at the back of the filaments... ..._ (11) appendicalata. 
me Process between the filaments ... ... -.. (12) pancratioides. 
uncle short, stout: : 
Leaves linear, contemporary with the flowers ... (13) Incida. 
Leaves lorate, contemporary with the flowers ... (14) duparquetiana, 
Leaves lingnlate, produced after the flowers... (15) marginata. 
1. N. sarniensis (Herb. App. 19); bulb ovoid, 13-2 in. diam. ; 
tunics pale brown; leaves about 6, bright green, suberect, not curved 
laterally, developed after the flowers, linear, finally about a foot 
long, 1—$ in. broad; peduncle slender, rather compressed, 1-17 ft. 
long; umbel 10-20-flowered, centripetal; pedicels 1-2 in, oe fi 
spathe-valves ovate-lanceolate, 11-2 in. long ; perianth erect, 1{-13 
in. long, bright crimson; segments oblanceolate, {-j in. broad, 
equally falcate, slightly erisped ; filaments suberect, bright red, 3 in. 
longer than the segments; anthers oblong, 4 in. long; ovary green, 
