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Var. MINOR Baker. A. luteiis Baker, I. c, is a dwarf mountain 

 form, with a short peduncle, and narrow perianth-segments. 



Hab. Mountains of Natal and the eastern provinces of CajDe Colony, 

 ascending to 5000 ft. on the Sneewbergen. Flowers October to February. 



14. Chlidanthus Herb. 

 (Coleoyliyllum Klotzsch.) 



Perianth erect, regular ; tube long, cylindrical ; limb funnel- 

 shaped, with subequal oblong segments. Stamens inserted at the 

 throat of the perianth-tube ; filaments short, subulate from a deltoid 

 base ; anthers ligulate, erect. Ovary oblong, 3-celled ; ovules very 

 numerous ; style longer than the tube ; stigmas linear, recurved. 

 Capsule loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds many, flat ; testa black. — 

 Monotypic. Habit of Crinum § Flatyaster, but flowers yellow, and 

 stamens and seeds totally different. 



1. C. FRAGRANs Herb. App. 46 ; Lindl. Collect, t. 34 ; Bot. Mag. 

 t. 640 ; Flore des Serres, t. 326. — Bulb large, ovoid. Leaves 

 about 6, contemporary with the flowers in June, linear, obtuse, 

 glaucous, erect, I in. broad. Peduncle solid, 2-edged. Flowers 

 1-4 in an umbel, fragrant, bright yellow; spathe-valves 2, large, 

 lanceolate ; pedicels or very short. Perianth-tube 1^-3 in. long, 

 tinged with green; segments oblong, cuspidate, IJ-ll in. long. 

 Anthers ^ in. long. 



Hab. Andes of Peru, Pavon ! Mattheios 3180 ! Quito, Lehmann 391 ! 

 Catamarca, Lorentz. The living specimens I have seen were sent by Col. Trevor 

 Clarke and Dr. Wallace, the latter from bulbs gathered by Roezl. I cannot niake 

 out from the description that the Mexican G. Ehreiibergli Kunth, is more than 

 a mere form of the Andine species. 



15. Sternbergia W. & K. 



Perianth funnel-shaped ; tube short or moderately long ; seg- 

 ments lanceolate or oblong, equal, permanently ascending. Stamens 

 inserted at the throat of the tube ; filaments long, filiform ; anthers 

 oblong, dorsifixed, versatile. Ovary 3-celled ; ovules many, super- 

 posed ; style filiform ; stigma capitate or shortly 3-lobed. Fruit 

 fleshy, scarcely dehiscent. Seeds subglobose, sometimes strophiolate ; 

 testa thin, blackish. — Bulb with many tunics and a long neck. 

 Leaves lorate, vernal or autumnal. Peduncle short ; spathe single, 

 membranous, tubular below the middle. Flowers bright yellow. 



Sternbergia proper. Peduncle short. Flowers autumnal. 



Leaves vernal. Perianth-tube long, cylindrical. . Sp. 1-2. 

 Oporantlms. Peduncle produced. Flowers and leaves 



contemporary. Perianth-tube short, funnel-shaped . Sp. 3-4. 



1. S. coLCHiciFLORA W. & K. PI. Ear. Hung. ii. 172, t. 159 ; 

 Eeich. Ic. Germ. t. 372, figs. 823-4 ; Lindl. in Bot. Keg. t. 2008. 

 Amaryllis citrina Sibth. & Sm. Fl. (xrsec. t. 311. A. colchicijiora 

 Ker. S. cetnensis Schult. S. Schuherti Schenk. — Bulb ovoid, 

 |-f in. diam. Leaves 4-6, linear, produced in spring with the 



