TAPEINANTHUS. 16 



3. Tapeinanthus Herb. 

 [Tajoeinagle Herb. ; Carrecfnoa Boiss.) 



Pe riant h-i\ihe short; segments equal, narrow, spreading; corona 

 nearly obsolete. Stamens in two rows at or a little distance below 

 the throat of the perianth-tube ; filaments filiform, longer than the 

 versatile anthers. Ovary 3-celled, turbinate ; ovules many in a 

 cell ; style filiform, as long as the stamens ; stigma capitate. 

 Fruit a small globose capsule dehiscing loculicidally at the apex. 

 Seeds oblong, black, shining. 



1. T. HUMiLis Herb. Amaryll. 190, 414. Pancratium humile 

 Car. Carrcfpioa lutea Boiss. Amaryllis exigua Schousb. Lapiedra 

 yracillima Baker. — Bulb globose, ^ in. diam ; tunics brown, mem- 

 branous, produced 1-1|- in. above its neck. Leaves 1-3, filiform, 

 2-3 in. loijg, produced in November. Peduncle very slender, 

 2-6 in. long. Flowers 1-2, erect ; spathe membranous, tubular 

 at the base. Perianth bright yellow, |- in. long ; tube very short, 

 funnel-shaped ; segments lanceolate. Stamens nearly as long as 

 the perianth- segments ; anthers linear-oblong. 



Hab. Spain and Morocco, very rare. Flowers in October. Carregnoa 

 duhia'WiWk., seems to be, as pointed out by Janka, a form of Narcissus serotinus. 



4. Place A Miers. 



Perianth funnel-shaped, slightly declinate ; tube scarcely any ; 

 segments oblong, acute, subequal. Corona funnel-shaped, mem- 

 branous, inserted at the base of the segments, deeply cut ; divisions 

 emarginate. Stamens inserted inside the corona; filaments filiform, 

 declinate, upper 3 shorter ; anthers oblong, versatile. Ovary tur- 

 binate, 3-celled; ovules many, superposed; style filiform, declinate; 

 stigma capitate, faintly 3-lobed. Capsule unknown. — Rootstock 

 a tunicated bulb. Leaves 2-3, linear, contemporary with the flowers 

 in autumn. Peduncle long, hollow. Umbel many-flowered ; spathe- 

 valves 2, lanceolate; pedicels bracteolate. Flowers inodorous, white 

 or yellow, striped with red. 



1. P. ORNATA Miers in Bot. Pieg. xxvii. t. 50. — Bulb ovoid, 1 in. 

 diam. Leaves 2, linear, as long as the peduncle, ^-^ in. broad. 

 Peduncle G-9 in. long, attenuated upwards. Umbel 4-6-flowered ; 

 spathe-valves lanceolate ; pedicels slender, 1-3 in. long. Perianth- 

 limb 1-1 5^ in. long ; segments ^ in. broad at the middle, minutely 

 cuspidate, white, with conspicuous stripes of red-purple, distinctly 

 unguiculate. Corona ^-^ in. long. Stamens half as long as the 

 limb ; filaments red-purple. Style nearly as long as the limb. 



Hab. Chili ; Valley of Aconagua, Miers ! Eeed ! Santiago, Philippi ! 



2. P. GEANDiFLORA Lemairc in 111. Hort. t. 574. — Bulb above 

 1 in. diam. ; neck short. Leaves 3, linear. If ft. long, very acumi- 

 nate. Peduncle If ft. long. Umbel 6-8-flowered ; spathe-valves 

 lanceolate, Ih in. long, tinged with red; pedicels 1^-2 in. long. 

 Perianth-limb 2 in. long; segments oblong, acute, white, with 

 bright red stripes, h in. broad. Corona f in. long, red-purple; 

 segments emarginate. Stamens half as long as the perianth. 



