24 HANDJ500K OF AMARYLLIDEiE. 



1. G. SPIRALIS Linn. fil. Siippl. 198; Bot. Mag. t. 1088. Papina 

 spiralis Timnb. — Bnlb globose, 1-1 ^ in. diam. ; neck 1-2 in. long. 

 Leaves 4-6, subulate or linear-subulate, spirally-twisted, glabrous, 

 produced after the flowers. Perianth-tube 2-3 in. long ; limb 

 1-1^ in. long, white, tinged red on the outside ; segments oblong- 

 lanceolate, \-\ in. broad. Stamens 6, about 1^ in. long ; filaments 

 as long as the anthers. Style just overtopping the stamens. Fruit 

 clavate, 2-3 in. long, under ^ in. diam. G. rosea Ecklon is a form 

 with small flowers, tinged red on the outside. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; South-western provinces. Flowers in December, and 

 fruits in February. 



2. G. A'ERTiciLLATA E. Br. Prodr. 290 ; Baker in Journ. Bot. 

 1885, 226, tab. 259, fig. 2. — Bulb small, ovoid, with a purple- 

 spotted cylindrical neck 1^-2 in. long. Leaves 4-5, narrow-linear, 

 glabrous, circinate. Perianth-tube 3-4 in. long ; limb white, an 

 inch long ; segments lanceolate, acute. Stamens 6 ; filaments 

 filiform, as long as the anthers. Style just overtopping the stamens. 

 Fruit yellow, clavate. 



Hab. Cape Colony. Described from a drawing and specimen of a plant 

 collected by Masson at Piquet Bay in 1790. 



3. G. viLLosA Linn. fil. Suppl. 198. Papiria viUosa Thunb. — 

 Bulb small, ovoid; neck 1-1^ ii^- long. Leaves 5-10, produced 

 after the flower, linear, ^ in. broad, densely stiffly hairy. Perianth- 

 tube pilose, 2-4 in. long ; limb about an inch long, tinged outside 

 with pink ; segments lanceolate, ^ in. broad. Stamens one-third 

 the length of the perianth-limb. Style straight, reaching to the 

 tip of the anthers. Fruit clavate, yellow, 2 in. long, ^ in. diam. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; South-western provinces, Thunberg ! Masson ! 



4. G. LONGisTYLA Bolus in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 396. — Bulb 

 ovoid or subgiobose, with a long neck. Leaves 12-18, linear, 

 3-4 in. long, covered with linear white lacerated centrally-fixed 

 scales. Perianth-tube 2 in. long ; limb an inch long ; segments 

 oblong-lanceolate, ^ in. broad. Stamens 6, about half as long as 

 the limb. Style exserted ^ in. beyond the tip of the segments, 

 attenuated upwards. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; Sneewbergen range, discovered by Mr. Tyson {Bolus 842). 



5. G. AFRA Linn. Sp. PI. 683; Lindl. Bot. Reg. t. 1016.— Bulb 

 globose, 1^-2 in. diam. ; neck 2-3 in. long. Leaves 12-20, linear, 

 twisted, glabrous, strongly ribbed. Perianth- tube 3-4 in. long ; 

 limb whitish, l-|-2 in. long ; segments oblong or oblanceolate- 

 oblong, -|-f in. broad. Stamens 9-12, about ^ in. long; anthers 

 as long as the filaments. Style just overtopping the anthers. 

 Fruit yellow, clavate. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; Southern provinces, Burchell 7209 ! ZeyJier 1663 ! A 

 plant that flowered at Kew, August, 1887, had the 6 stamens variously broken 

 up into 2, 3, or 4, and the segments much flushed with red outside. 



6. G. Britteniana Baker in Journ. Bot. 1885, 227, tab. 260.— 

 Bulb subgiobose, 2-3 in. diam., with a purple-spotted neck 1-| in. 

 long. Leaves 12-15, linear, glabrous, spirally-twisted. Perianth- 

 tube stout for the genus, 2-3 in. long ; limb pure white, 2 in. long; 



