Nerine.} AMARYLLIDEZ (Baker). 211 
lanceolate, longer than the pedicels; perianth ereet, bright scarlet ; 
segments oblanceolate, crisped, 12 in. long, nearly } in. broad; 
filaments erect, longer than the perianth-segments ; anthers oblong ; 
ovary 4 in. diam.; style straight, 1} in. long. Baker, Handb. 
Amaryllid. 100. 
_Ortern Dovsrret. 
Described from a plant sent to Leichtlin by Mr. F. W. Moore, of the Glas- 
nevin Garden. Is it a hybrid between curvifolia and flexuosa ? 
4. N. flexuosa (Herb. App. 19); bulb subglobose, 14 in. diam.; 
leaves 4-6, contemporary with the flowers, linear-lorate, arcuate, 
bright green, 4-3 in. broad, sometimes rough with pustules on the 
surfaces ; peduncle slender, subterete, slightly glaucous, flexuose, 
sometimes 2-3 ft. long; flowers 10-20 in a centripetal umbel; 
pedicels slender, 1-2 in. long; spathe-valves lanceolate, as long as 
the pedicels; perianth-limb generally pale pink, 1-1} in: long, cut 
down very nearly to the ovary; segments crisped, oblanceolate, 
} in. broad; stamens declinate, the 3 longer ones rather shorter 
than the perianth-segments; anthers oblong, claret-red, 4-4 in. long ; 
ovary globose-trigonous, + in. diam.; style declinate, as long as the 
stamens. Herb. Amaryllid. 283; Kunth, Enum. v. 619; Baker, 
Handb. Amaryllid. 100. Amaryllis flexuosa, Jacg. Hort. Schoenbr. 
i. 35, t. 67; Willd, Sp. Plant. ii. 60; Att. Hort. Kew. edit. 2, ii. 
229; Ker in Bot. Reg. t. 172. 
Var. 8, Sandersoni (Baker); peduncle and pedicels more robust; leaves an 
inch broad; periunth-segments 1} in. long, less crisped, and more distinctly 
united in a cup at the base. 
Var. y, N. pulchella (Herb. App. 19); leaves glaucous, firmer in texture 
than in the type; peduncle not flexuose; perianth-segments pale pink, with a 
rose-red keel ; stamens and style whitish. Herb. in Bot, Mag, t. 2107; Kunth, 
Enum. v. 620, : 
Crnrrat Reeion: Somerset Div. ; lower part of Bruintjes Hoogte, Burchell, 
29891! and on mountain tops, 4400 ft., Bolus, 2202! Var. y, Somerset Div. ; 
Bosch Berg, MacOwan, 1549! 
Katanari Reaion: Var, 6, Transvaal, Sanderson! 
5. N. angustifolia (Baker) ; bulb ovoid, 14-2 in. diam. ; leaves 
3-4, contemporary with the flowers, linear, glaucous green, a foot 
long, }-} in. broad; peduncle stiffly erect, moderately stout, 
14-2 ft. long ; umbel many-flowered, centripetal ; spathe-valves small, 
ovate-lanceolate ; pedicels very pubescent, 14-2 in. long ; perianth- 
segments oblanceolate, 1-13 in. long, pink, scarcely at all crisped ; 
stamens rather shorter than the perianth-segments ; ovary pubescent, 
obtusely angled; style as long as the stamens. WN. pulchella, var. 
angustifolia, Baker in Saund, Ref. Bot. t. 329. N. flexuosa, var. 
angustifolia, Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 101. 
Centrat Recion: Somerset Div.; summit of Bosch Berg, 4500 ft., 
Mt an: Fre San, Congr, 13) 
ALAHARI Reaion: Orange Free id : 
Eastern REGION: Natal ; Polela District, "Adlam! and Griffins Hill, 
Estcourt, Rehmann, 7320! 
