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subequal, undulate, spreading-recurved. Stamens in the throat, 
very long, erect or declined; anthers fixed by the middle, ver- 
satile, straight. Style filiform; stigma 3-fid. Capsule sub- 
lobose, membranous. Seeds few, angular.—Kunth, l.c. p 
615; Bot. Mag.t. 725, 294, 2124, 2407, 726, 1089, 369. 
Bulbous plants. Leaves narrow strap-shaped, appearing after the flowers. 
Scape solid ; umbel few- or several-flowered; spathe 2-leaved. Flowers pedi- 
celled, of moderate size, scarlet or pink.—Several species, of which J. 
Sarniensis (the Guernsey Lily) is common about Table Mountain. 
13. STRUMARIA, Jacq. 
Perianth-tube very short; limb deeply 6-parted, regular, 
persistent ; segments subequal, 3-nerved, spreading widely. 
Stamens mostly connate at base, adnate at base to the style; 
anthers fixed at back, mcumbent. Ovary many-ovuled ; style 
filiform, erect, with, a swollen, fleshy base ; stigma 3-fid. Cap- 
sule membranous, few-seeded.— Kunth, 1. c. p. 622. 
Small but elegant bulbous plants. Leaves appearing with the flowers, 
linear or strap-shaped. Scape solid; umbel many-flowered ; spathe 2- 
leaved ; flowers pedicelled, erect, white or rosy.—6 species, as here re- 
stricted. 
14. IMHOFTA, Herb. 
_ Perianth and other characters as in Strwmaria, but stamens 
inserted in the base of the perianth, their filaments dilated at 
base but separate, free from the style or slightly united to its 
base. Style much thickened at base-—<unth, l.c. p. 625; 
Bot. Maq. t. 1620. 
Habit of the last genus, from which this scarcely differs, Leaves filiform. 
—A4 species. 
15. CARPOLYZA, Salisb. 
Perianth-tube short, widening upwards; limb 6-parted, re- 
gular, deciduous; segments 3-nerved, the outer rather wider, 
mucronate beneath the lip. Stamens in the throat, 3 longer 
than the others; filaments decurrent; anthers emarginate, 
fixed at back scarcely above the 2-fid base, erect. Ovary few- 
ovuled ; style filiform (not swollen at base), erect; stigma 
3-parted, the segments filiform, patent-recurved. Capsule 
membranous, few-seeded. Seeds bulb-like—AKunth, 1. ¢. p. 
629; Bot. Maq. t. 1383. 
C. spiralis (Hessea spiralis, Berg) is a small but very elegant bulbous 
plant, found in wet places, flowering in April and May. Scapes filiform, 
4-6 inches high, spirally-twisted from the base to the middle, thence 
straight ; umbel 2-4-flowered; spathe 2-leaved. Leaves sviral, filiform. 
Flowers white. 
