216 . AMARYLLIDEX (Baker). [Strumaria. 
Rootstock a tunicated bulb; leaves lorate, glabrous, contemporary with the 
flowers ; scape slender, terete, solid; flowers umbellate, small, whitish or reddish ; 
spathe-valves 2, small, Janceolate. 
Distris. Endemic. 
Perianth-segments plane ; filaments connate with one another, 
and with the style towards the base : 
Leaves short, lorate, }~} in. broad : 
Spathe-valves shorter than the pedicels; flowers 
inodorous ... a me = i me 8 truncata. 
Spathe-valves as longas the pedicels; flowersscented (2) lingusfolia. 
Leaves longer and narrower, 4-3 in. broad: 
Leaves enclosed at the base in a funnel-shaped a: 
truncate sheath... se aoe ii w» (3) angustifolia, 
Leaves without a funnel-shaped basal sheath ..« (4) rubella. 
Perianth-segments crisped ; filaments free to the base ... (5) undulata. 
1. 8. truncata (Jacq. Ic. ii. t, 357); bulb globose, 1 in. diam., 
with pale brown tunics produced an inch over its top; leaves 3-6, 
erect, lorate, obtuse, about 4 ft. long, 4-3 in. broad, enclosed at the 
base in a funnel-shaped, trancate, membranous, brown sheath, about 
2 in. long, 3-3} in. diam. at the throat; peduncle slender, about a 
foot long; flowers 6-15 in an umbel, inodorous; pedicels 1-1} <in. 
long ; spathe-valves cuspidate, greenish, shorter than the pedicels ; 
perianth-segments oblanceolate, plane, pinkish, 4-3 in. long ; stamens 
distinctly exserted, joined to one another and to the style towards the 
base ; anthers 2; in. long; style as long as the stamens, dilated 
towards the. base. Willd. Sp. Plant. ii. 31; Ait. Hort. Kew. edit. 2, 
ii, 212; Herb. Amaryllid. 288, t. 29, fig. 11; Kunth, Enum. v. 623; 
Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 104. Haemanthus vaginatus, Thunb. Fl. 
Cap. edit. Schult. 297. Hessea vaginata, Herb. Amaryllid. 289; 
Kunth, Enum. v. 634. Hymenetron truncatum, Salisb. Gen. 128. 
Westren Recion: Little Namaqualand; Hardeveld, Thunberg! Zeyher, 
1660! Rhenoster Fontein, Masson / 
2. 8. lingueefolia (Jacq. Ic. ii. t. 356); bulb globose, 1-1} in. 
diam., with pale brown membranous tunics produced an inch above 
its neck ; leaves 4-8, lorate, obtuse, erect, glabrous, 4-5 in. long, 
3 in. broad, enclosed at the base in a loose funnel-shaped seariose 
sheath ; peduncle slender, terete, about a foot long ; flowers 10-15 in 
an umbel, sweet-scented ; pedicels slender, about an inch long ; spathe- 
valves as long as the pedicels ; perianth-segments oblanceolate, plane, 
white, § in. long; filaments as long as the perianth-segments, united 
and connate with the style towards the base; anthers oblong; 
style as long as the stamens, triquetrous, and’ swollen towards the 
base ; capsule globose, 4 in. diam., with about 3 seeds -in a cell. 
Willd. Sp, Plant. ii. 31; Herb. Amaryllid. 288, ¢..29, fig.10; Kunth, — 
Enum. v. 624. 8. baueriana, Herb, Amaryllid. 394, t. 45, fig. 5. 
Hymenetron linguefolium, Salish. Gen, 128. 
Wesrtzen Recion: Little Namaqualand, Whitehead / 
Doubtfully distinct from 8. truncata. 
3. 8. angustifolia (Jacq. Ic. ii. t. 359); bulb ovoid, } in. diam., 
