AMARYLLIDEAE brown. (Cyrlantluis.) 535 



comprossiusculus, crassitie digiti, 1-2-pedalis, inferne viridis, 

 superne rubescens rore glauco, foliis longior. Umhclla laxa, 

 10-12-flora. Spatha bivalvis, ferc bipollicaris. Fedicelli recurvo- 

 rcflcxi, 9-13 lin. longi, virides , crassitie pennae columbinae, 

 bracteolis linearibus membrauaceis florc brevioribus intermixti. 

 Perigonium elongaio-cylindraceo-infundibuliforme, subcarnosum, 

 firmulum, exius hexagono-sulcatum, fripollicare; tubus curvalus, 

 superne sensim amplior, laete coccincus; laciniae subercctae, 

 ovafae vel obovato-cllipticac, acuminatae, aurantiacae, margi- 

 nem vcrsus flavescenii-viridique mixtae, tubo friplo et nltra bre- 

 viores ; exteriores paulo angustio'res, acutac ; interiores latiores. 

 Ovarium trigono-ovatum, viride, laeve, pedicello brevius. Sfa- 

 mina dimidio tubo decurrenter adnata, basim laciniarum aftin- 

 gentia, Filameuta virescenti-flava. Antherae ovali-oblortgae, per- 

 pendiculares. Columna siyliua erecfa, subspiralifer triquetro- 

 filiformis, virescens, in stigma subpubescens capilellafum (frilo- 

 bum Scluilt.) teriuinatus. Ex Roem. Ab hac pluribus recedit 

 descriptio Jacquiiiiana subsequens: Planfa speciosa , glabra. 

 Bulbus funicafus, subrotundus , diamefro 4-uncialis , castaneus. 

 Folia plura, disticha, basi mutuo amplexantia, fere sesquipeda- 

 lia, 2 unc. lata, obtusa, integerrima, obliqua, coriacea, sublilis- 

 sime lineafa, glauca, erecto-patula, succo viscoso et acri sca- 

 tentia. Scapus teres , levissime compressus, bipedalis, inferne 

 pollicem crassus et viridis, superue rufescens, totus rore glauco 

 tectus, erectus. Spatha indeterminafe multivalvis ; valvulis lan- 

 ceolatis, acutis, fere biuncialibus, reflexis, brevi emarcidis. Pe- 

 dicelli uniflori, umbellati, circiter 12, breves, crassuli, virides, 

 cernui, ramentis interstincti. Flores penduli, 3-unciales. Peri- 

 gonium coriaceum, rigidulum, utrinque flavum, foris circa me- 

 dium longc cinnabarinum, ad oras limbi viridulum , ex fundo 

 succum aqueum dulcem copiose cxsudans. Stamina 6, inclusa. 

 Filamenta filiformia, tubo adnata, declinala, fria paulo longiora, 

 tlavescentia, Antberae lineares, erecfae, flavae. Ovarium ob- 

 longum, obtuse trigonum. Columna stylina filiformis, declinata, 

 parum exserta, viridis. Stigma viride, obfusum. Jacq. verb. muf. 

 An buc? C. puniceus Eckl. Topogr. Verz. Roem. Am. 48. C. 

 obliquo major, flores obscure rubri. 



2. C CARNEUS JAndl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1462. Herb. Am. 129. 

 Roem. Am. 48. Floribus 8 vel pluribus, pendulis, subventrico- 

 sis, 3-pollicaribus, angustioribus quam in C. obliquo, carneis, ad 

 basim pallidioribus : foliis obtusioribus quam in C. obliquo; fila- 

 mentis altius insertis. Herb. — Cap. b. spei. — Bulbus ovalis, 

 castaneus, pugni magnitudine, collo subterraneo. Folia post 

 scapum, erecfa, sesquipcdalia , lorafa, obtusa, glauca, margine 

 lutescentia, bis spiralia. Scapus erectus, teres, glaucus, spira- 

 liter torlus, pedalis vel ultra. Bracteae exteriores ovato-lanceo- 

 latae, acuminafae, obtusae, apice canaliculatae, interiores subu- 

 lafae , pedicellorum longitudinc. Umbella 7-8-flora. Pcdicelli 



