Buphane. | AMARYLLIDER (Baker). 243 
firm in texture ; leaves 8-16, ensiform, distichous, erect, coriaceous, 
glaucous, closely ribbed, narrowed gradually to the point, finally 
1-1} ft. long, 1-1} in. broad, hairy on the margin, not ciliated, 
often much undulated ; peduncle stout, ancipitous, glaucous, 4-1 ft. 
long ; flowers very numerous, bright red, arranged in a dense umbel ; 
pedicels 2-4 in. long; spathe-valves deltoid, 2-3 in. long ; perianth- 
tube infundibuliform or subcylindrical, }-} in. long; segments of 
the limb linear, #-1 in. long; stamens equalling or a little exceed- 
ing the perianth-segments; anthers yellow, oblong, };—} in. long; 
ovary turbinate, green, 4 in. diam. ; style red, rather curved, slightly 
exceeding the stamens; capsule turbinate, } in. long, } in. diam. 
Herb. Amaryll. 239; Kunth, Enum. v. 603; Baker, Handb. 
Amaryllid.73, Amaryllis disticha, Linn. fil. Suppl. 195 ; Paterson’s 
Travels, 51, cum icone. B. towxicaria, Herb. loc. cit. Haemanthus 
toxicarius, Thunb. Prodr. 59; Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 298; Jacq. 
Fragm. it. 39 & 41, fig. 1; Gawl.in Bot. Mag. t. 1217. Brunsvigia 
toxicaria, Gaul. in Bot. Reg. t. 567. Amaryllis toxicaria, Dietr. 
Syn. 1181. Hemanthus sinuatus, Thund. ex Kunth, Enum, v. 600. 
Coast Region; Uitenhage Div.; Sand Fontein near Coega River, Burke ! 
and grassy heights between Uitenhage and Enon, under 1000 ft., Drége, 4523a ! 
Albany Div. ; between Assegai Bosch and Rautenbach’s Drift, Burchell, 4194 ! 
Centrat ReGion: Interior Region, Thunberg! Somerset Div.; Bruintjes 
Hoogte, 3000 ft., MacOwan, 2134! and Fish River, Burke! Victoria West 
rin ; Hine, between Brak River and the Uitvlugt 3000-4000 ft., Drege, 
Katanari Recion: Griqualand West Div.; Griqua Town, Burchell, 1881/2 ! 
Bechuanaland ; Pellat Plains near Takun, Burchell, 2247/3! 
Eastern Rucion: Natal; Inanda, Wood, 1401! Clairmont, Wood, 1584! 
and on the Drakensberg, Bolus, 2834 ! 
Extends to Angola, Welwitsch! and the mountains round Lake Nyassa, 
Thomson! and Lake Tanganyika, Cameron ! 
3. B. ciliaris (Herb. in Bot. Mag. sub t. 2573) ; bulb globose, 
3-4 in. diam. ; tunics brown, truncate at the top; leaves 4—6, spread- 
ing, lingulate, rigidly coriaceous, 3-1 ft. long, 2-4 in. broad, closely 
ribbed, spotted with red beneath, densely ciliated with persistent, 
ascending, brown or stramineous flattened bristles 4-4 in. long; 
pedunele solid, ancipitous, 4-6 in. long, 3 in. diam. ; flowers 
50-100 in an umbel ; pedicels rigid, triquetrous, 3-4 in. long ; spathe- 
valves deltoid, much shorter than the pedicels; perianth with a 
small campanulate tube ; segments lanceolate, spreading or reflex- 
ing, dull purple, 4 in. long; stamens shorter than the perianth- 
segments; anthers minute, oblong ; ovary turbinate, 4 in. diam. ; 
style slightly declinate ; capsule turbinate, triquetrous, }-4 in. diam. 
Herb. Amaryllid. 240, t. 36, fig. 8; Kunth, Enum. v. 604; 
Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 74. Amaryllis ciliaris, Linn. Sp. Plant. 
ed. 2,422; Linn. fil. Suppl. 195. Hemanthus ciliaris, Linn. Sp. Plant. 
ed, 2,413; Thunb. Prodr. 59; Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 299 ; Jucq. 
Fragm. t. 40, fig.1 § t. 41, fig.2. Brunsvigia ciliaris, Gawl. in Bot. 
Reg. sub t.193 ; Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1153. Coburgia ciliaris, Herb. 
in Trans. Hort. Soc. iv. 181. Crossyne ciliaris, Salisb, Gen. 117. 
