Classification of Plants 189 



time and placed in the dark, the flower will continue to open for several 

 months. They are called " Chinkering Chees " because of the sound made by 

 the scapes when rubbed together. The Greek name means " Bird laughter." 



Gloriosa. — Perianth segments clawed, spreading. Fila- 

 ments slender ; anthers versatile. Style long ; stigma 3-lobed. 

 Seeds many, bright red. Flowers large and handsome. Root- 

 stock tuberous; stem slender, climbing hke Littonia by the 

 curled leaf tips. 



From Albany to Natal. Sandy hills. 



Sandersonia. — Perianth tube tapering toward the throat, 

 globose. Flowers bright yellow, hanging on slender stalks 

 from the upper axils of the leaves. Leaves sessile alternate, 

 2 to 4 inches long, \X.o\ inch broad. 

 Found in the Eastern region. 



Order Amaryllidace^. 



Flowers perfect, regular, or nearly so. Outer segments 

 of the perianth coloured. Stamens usually 6, rarely 3 or 

 many. Anthers long or short, basifixed or swinging. Ovary 

 inferior, 3-celled ; placentation axile ; style none ; stigmas 

 three. Fruit usually a 3-valved capsule, sometimes a berry. 

 Capsule opening midway between the partitions (loculicidal), 

 or splitting around at the centre. Seeds usually many. 



Usually stemless herbs with radical leaves. Rootstock a bulb or corm. 

 Flowers in umbels, corymbs, racemes, or single. Distinguished from the 

 lily family by the inferior ovary. 



Tribe I. HvpoxiDEiE. — Rootstock a corm. Flowers without a spathe 



below, usually yellow, and hairy outside, 

 Fanridia. — Stamens 3, 

 Curculigo. — Stamens 6. Fruit indehiscent, produced into a long 



beak. 

 Hypoxis. — Stamens 6. Perianth without a tube. Capsule splitting 



around at the centre. 



Tribe II. Amaryllide^. — Rootstock a bulb. Leaves all radical. Flowers 

 never hairy outside, usually in an umbel with a spathe below. 

 * Anthers basifixed. 



Hessea. — Anthers small. Perianth cut down to the base. 

 Carpolyza. — Anthers small. Perianth with a tube. 



