AMARYLLIDEAE brown. (Clivia.) 585 



(teres Hook.), solidus, apice umbcllato-multijiorus. Spatha 

 polyphylla (plurivalvis Herb.), marcescens. Flores pedi- 

 cellati, bracteolis lincaribus distincti, nutantes, luteo-cro- 

 cei, apice virescentcs. Semina saepe in fructu germinan- 

 tia. (Herb.) Affinis Ilaemantho. Cyrtantho nonnisi ob ha- 

 bituui siniilis. (Limll.) Herbert inter Lycoridem et Haeman- 

 tbum posuit. 



1. C. nobilis Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1182. (Oct. 1828.) 

 Schult. Syst. 7. 892. Herb. Amaryll. 230. /. 36. f 6. t. 44. f. 29. 

 Roem, Am. 244. Imatophyllum Aitoni Hook. in Bot. Mag. t. 

 2856. (Oct. 1828.) — In inierioribus Africae australis. — Radi- 

 ces carnosae, fasciculatae. Folia disticha, ligulata, apice retusa, 

 obliqua, coriacea, atroviridia, margiue scabra, basi vaginantia. 

 Scapus crectus, plano-convexus, inargiuatus. Flores 48-50, longe 

 pedicellati, umbellati, penduli. Perigonium tubulosum, clava- 

 tum, 6-partitum, deciduum ; laciniis luteo-coccineis, apice vires- 

 centibus, obtusis, duplici ordine imbriatis, versus basim conna- 

 tis : cxterioribus paulo brevioribus. Stamiua 6, fauci tubi in- 

 serta, aequalia. Filamenta glabra. Antheraejparvae, ovales, vi- 

 ridi-luteae, versatiles. Ovarium inferum, luteo-viride, 3-locuIare, 

 polyspermum, sphacricum, vcntricosum ; ovula plurima, versus 

 basim axeos inserta. Columna stylina filiformis. Stigma subtri- 

 lobum. Fructus baccatus, indehiscens, ruber, apice pcrigonio 

 deciduo cicatrisatus, abortu monospermus. Semen (immaturum) 

 adsceudcus, glaberrimum, hyalinum, ovale; umbilico parvo, supra- 

 basilari; foramine basilari; rhaphe brevi, clevata; testa juniore 

 minutissime arcolata; albumine copioso. Lindl. verb. mut. Se- 

 mina circiter 6, subtriangularia, albida; integumento duplici, ex- 

 teriorc laxo et pulposo; albumine cereaceo-corneo ; embryonc 

 cylindraceo. Hook. Forma sub nomine C. pallidae in Horto 

 Berol. colitur. Descriptio floris sequitur: Perigonium supcrum, 

 tubuloso-infundibulare, dorso superne leviter arcuatum, 6-phyI- 

 lum ; foliola basim versus in tubum brevem coalita, inferne ro- 

 seo-flavida, superne virescentia; tria exteriora (sepala) lineari- 

 lanceolata, acutiuscula, canaliculata, ex his superius paulo bre- 

 vius, leviter arcuato-curvatum, lateralia rectiuscula, obsoletis- 

 sime falciformia; tria interiora (petala) paulo longiora, spathu- 

 lata, obtusa, canaliculata, parum inaequalia, quorum inferius 

 paulo longius, apice levissime recurvatum, lateralia rectiuscula. 

 Praefloratio imbritata : foliola tria exteriora, tria ineriora. Sta- 

 mina 6, tubo adnata, apicc tubi libera, crecta, petalina paulo 

 longiora , foliola perigonii interiora longitudinc subaequautia. 

 Filamenta flliformia, albida. Antherae oblongae, emarginatae, 

 dorso supra hasim bifidam affixae, ercctae, dorso planiusculae, 

 antice biloculares; loculis sulco profunde distinctis, versus mar- 

 ginem longitudinaliter dehiscentibus, croceo-flavis. Ovarium in- 



