382 CXXVII. AMARYLLIDEA. 
scapes, numerous, strap-shaped. Scape tall, solid, compressed ; spathe 2- 
leaved ; umbel few-flowered. Flowers large, sweet-scented, pedicelled, rosy- 
white.—A. Belladonna, Linn., is well known in cultivation. 
9. BUPHANE, Herb. 
Perianth with a short, straight tube and 6-parted, regular 
limb, deciduous, the segments narrow, 38-5-nerved, widely 
funnel-shaped, reflexed above, subequal. Stamens in the 
throat, decurrent, spreading, subequal; anthers oblong, fixed by 
the middle, straight after bursting. Ovules few; style filiform, 
inclined; stigma subsimple. Capsule turbinate, depressed, 
membranous, few-seeded. Seeds bulb-like.— Kunth, 1. e. 602. 
Plants with large, coated bulbs. Leaves appearing after the flowers, 
several, strap-shaped, elongate. Scape compressed, short; umbel densely 
rnany-flowered; spathe 2-leaved. Flowers pedicelled, erect, mixed with 
filiform bracts.—4 species, of which the poisonous B. towicaria is the best 
known : habit of Hemanthus. 
10. BRUNSVIGIA, Gawl. 
Perianth with an evident, longer or shorter tube, curving 
upwards, funnel-shaped, deeply 6-parted, deciduous ; segments 
subequal, many-nerved, flat, recurved at the apex. Stamens 
on the tube, much curved upwards ; anthers versatile, straight. 
Ovules numerous; style curving with the stamens; stigma 
truncate. Capsule 3-angled, membranous. Seeds few, sub- 
globose, black-coated.— Kunth, 1. c. 605; Bot. Mag. t. 2578. 
Plants with large bulbs, popularly ‘‘ Candelabra Flowers.” Leaves 
broad, horizontal. Scape appearing in summer without the leaves; umbel 
many-flowered ; flowers on very long pedicels, red. Spathe 2-leaved.— 
—Several species, dispersed. 
11. AMMOCHARIS, Herb. 
Perianth with a tube widening upwards and a 6-parted re- 
gular limb; segments many-nerved, flat, convolute at base, 
spreading-recurved, the alternate smaller. Stamens adnate 
nearly to the base of the lobes, declined, then curving up- 
wards; anthers short, middle-fixed. Ovary many-ovuled ; 
style curved like the stamens; stigma obtuse. Capsule tur- 
binate.— Kunth, l.c. 611; Bot. Mag. ¢. 1443. 
Bulbous plants. Leaves vernal, linear-ensiform, not tubular at base. 
Scape compressed, solid ; umbel many-flowered. Spathe 2-leaved. Flowers 
pedicelled, suberect.—3 species. 
12. NERINE, Herb. 
Perianth-tube scarcely any ; limb very deeply 6-parted, re- 
gular or 2-labiate, deciduous; segments narrow, 3-nerved, 
