264 Plants and their Ways in Sojith Africa 



Flowering in December. Fruit ripening about May. Coast, Central, 

 and Western regions. 



Fig. 239. — Hypoxis stellata, Linn., var. elegans, Pars. 



Amaryllis. — This plant gave the name to the whole order, 

 and its flowers are certainly beautiful enough to deserve the 

 honour. Flowers 6-12 in an umbel. Pedicels i-i^inch long. 

 Ovules many ; capsule large, round ; seeds few. Leaves 7-9, 

 growing after the flower, i foot long and -J to | inch broad. 

 The flowers are nearly regular, but the stamens curve upward. 

 Coast region, flowering in March. A. belladoniia, L., the only 

 South African species, has a rose or whitish perianth 3-3-I 

 inches long. 



Nerine. — Tube cut down nearly to the ovary ; lobes 

 curved and frequently waved along the edges, bright red or 

 pink, sometimes flecked with gold. Stamens of two lengths, 

 slightly declinate. Bulbs near the surface ; leaves produced 

 with or after the flowers. Umbels 10-40 flowers. 



