384 CXXVII. AMARYLLIDES. 
16. HESSEA, Herb., not Berg. 
Perianth-tube very short ; limb 6-parted, regular, deciduous ?; 
segments narrow, subequal, very widely spreading. Stamens 
united into a cup at base, erect, at length reflexed; anthers 
elliptic, fixed by their cordate base, erect. Style filiform, erect, 
free at base; stigma 3-fid; ovules 1-2 in each cell. Seeds 
subglobose.— Kunth, 1. c. p. 630. 
Small, bulbous plants, separated from Strwmaria. Leaves linear, ap- 
pearing with the flowers. Scape solid ; umbel several-flowered; spathe 2- 
leaved. Flowers on long pedicels, rosy or white-—H. crispa is the com- 
monest of the 4 or 5 known species. 
17. PANCRATIUM, Linn. 
Perianth persistent, with a long, straight tube, widening 
into a funnel-shaped throat ; limb 6-parted ; segments many- 
nerved, subequal, spreading. Corona turbinate-funnelshaped, 
6-lobed, adnate to the limb, staminiferous between the entire 
or 2-fid lobes. Stamens 6, erect, equal; filaments subulate, 
decurrent ; anthers incumbent. Ovary many-ovuled; style 
filiform, ascending ; stigma capitellate, entire. Capsule mem- 
branous. Seeds subglobose—Kunth, 1. ¢. p. 657. 
Bulbous plants, often growing near the sea. Specimens of a very 
singular new species of this genus (P. Chapmanni, Harv.) have recently 
been sent me from Damaraland by Mr. Chapman and Mr. Baines. It 
has a bulbous root, about 1 in. long, ¢ in. diameter. The leaves are very 
slender, linear, like those of Gethyllis, and the scape 3-4 inches high, bears 
a solitary, subsessile flower, subtended by 2 small bracts. The flower is 
large, white and very delicate, and the generic characters quite those of 
a Pancratium. 
18. GETHYLLIS, Linn. 
Perianth-tube filiform, very long, slender; limb 6-parted, 
spreading. Stamens in the throat, 6-12-18; filaments subu- 
late, free or connate at base in parcels of 2 or 3; anthers 
linear, fixed by the sagittate base, erect, straight or spirally- 
twisted at tip. Ovary 3-celled; cells very many-ovuled; 
style connate below with the tube of the perianth, above free 
and exserted; stigma capitate. Berry succulent, elongate, 
club-shaped. Seeds very numerous, subcompressed, lying in 
pulp.— Kunth, l. c. 694; Bot. Mag. t. 1088. 
Small, bulbous plants, with linear, spirally-twisted leaves, appearing at 
a different season from the flowers. Scape 1-flowered, very short, hidden 
(with the ovary) underground, the long tube of the corolla resembling a 
scape. Spathe 1-leaved, membranous ; flowers sessile, white, delicate and 
soon withering. The fruit rises above ground to ripen, and is strongly 
scented. It is known to colonial children by the name ‘“ Kukumakranka.” 
—8 species are enumerated, but the number is probably overrated. 
