AMARYLLIDEAE. brown. (Sprekelia.) 507 



SPREKELIA HEIST., HERBERT. 



Amaryllis scct. d. Sprekelia Endl. 



Perigonium supcrum, corollaccum, hexapbyllum, subbi- 

 labiato-patens ; foliolis multincrviis, lanceolatis, intcrioribus 

 angustiorihus ; tribus (uno interiore, duobus exterioribus) 

 labiuni inferius constituentibus, genitalia inferne tubuloso- 

 involventibus. Stamina scx, vertici ovarii inserta, alterna- 

 tim inacqualia, declinata, apice curvato-adscendentia, ima 

 basi squainulis totidem interstamincis cincta. Antherac elon- 

 gatae, tetragono-lincares, acuto-submucronatae, dorso % su- 

 pra basim emarginato-bilobam affixae, mobiles; apertac ar- 

 cuatae. Ovarium inferuin, cum pedicello subgeniculatum, 

 trigonum, triloculare ; ovula in loculis crebra, biscriata, ho- 

 rizontalia. Coluinna stylina filiformis, teretiuscula, directionc 

 staminum. Stigma trifidum; laciniis recurvatis. Capsula . . . . 

 Herbae bulbifcrae, scapigerac, bulbo tunicato. Folia sero- 

 tina, rarius coaetanea, lorato-linearia. Scapus aucipiti- 

 teretiusculus, fistulosus, ufiijlorus; flore pedicellato, decli- 

 nato. Spatha monophylla, follicularis , antice usaue ad 

 medium fissa, bracteam includcns lincarifiliformem. 



1. S. FORMOSISSIMA Herh. App. 35. Ej. Amaryll. 134. t. 

 44. /. 41. Sweet. Brit. Floiv. Gard. ser. 2. /. 144. Benth. Plant. 

 Hartw. 25. Boem. Am. 143. Scapo nnifloro; foliis hystcran- 

 thiis, lorato-linearibus, obtusis, canalicufatis, virklibus; perigo- 

 nio nutante; rictu difformi, divaricato ; tubo fimbriato, brevissi- 

 ino ; staminibus inferne laciniis labii imi tubuloso-involutis, in- 

 clusis. (Ex Boem.) S. Heisteri Trew. Ehret. t. 24. Amaryflis 

 formosissima Linn. in Act. Holm. 1742. 93. t. 6. Ej. Spec. 420. 

 (Ditt. Elth. t. 162. f 196.) Ait. Kew. 1. 416. ed. 2. 2. 224. 

 Cnrt. Bot. Mag. t.Xl. et fol. 1450. Bed. Lil. *.5. Willd. Spec.2. 

 52". Paxton's Mag. 1. 149. ' Schidt. Sijst. 7. 809.— Amcrica mcri- 

 dionalis (Mexico in fissuris rupium: Hartw.), St. Hclena. 2\. — 

 Scapus tereti-anceps , laevis , purpurascens , fistulosus. Spatha 

 monophylla, uniflora, follicularis, erecfa, antice usquc paulo infra 

 mcdium fissa, membranacea, striaf a , purpurascens, marcescens. 

 Flos pediccllatus, inodorus; pcdicellus teretiusculus, vix anceps, 

 laevis, purpurascens, spatham superans, bractea] lineari-filiformi 

 exserta fultus. Perigonium supcrum, declinatum, hexaphvllum, 

 subbilabiato-patens, glabruin ; foliola subaequilonga, lancoolata, 

 acuminata, multincrvia, punicea, basi viridia, apice recurvata ; tria 

 exteriora dorso inferne obtusangulo-carinata; tria intcriora fere 

 duplo angustiora; ex his unum et ex illis duo (lahium inferius 

 constituentia) genitalia inferne tubuloso-semiinvolventia. Sta- 



