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Hab. West Indies, Venezuela, and New Granada. One of the commonest 

 species of the genus in cultivation. Eeceived living from Messrs. Bull, Hen- 

 derson, &c. It is in Koyle's Himalayan collections as a garden plant. Z. 

 Spoffortlnana Herb, in Bot. Keg. t. 1746, is a garden hybrid between this species 

 and carinata. 



5. Z. MESOCHLOA Herb, in Bot. Keg. t. 1361. Z. acuminata and 

 favescens Herb. ; Kunth, Enum. v. 487. Amaryllis mesochloa 



Seubert. — Bulb ovoid, f-1 in. diam. ; neck 1-1^ in. long. Leaves 

 narrow linear, contemporary with the flowers in spring. Peduncle 

 slender, 4-9 in. long. Spathe 1-1^ in. long, cylindrical in the 

 lower half. Pedicel |-2 in. long. Perianth-hmb 1-2 in. long, 

 white or faintly tinged outside with red, rarely yellowish ; tube 

 none ; segments acute, under ^ in. broad. Stamens half as long as 

 the limb. Style deeply trifid. Capsule ^ in. diam. 



Hab. Buenos Ayres, Anderson, Ttveedie ! Cordoba, Catamarca, and 

 Entrerios, Lorentz ! Paraguay, Balansa 525 ! 527 ! Z. flavescens Herb, is a 

 form with the flowers straw-coloured when they first open. Amaryllis entreriana 

 0. Hoffm. in Linnaa, xliii. 137, is probably a variety. 



6. Z. LiNDLEYANA Herb. Amaryll. 174, t. 35, fig. 5. Z. nervosa 

 Mart, et Gal. Enum. 4. — Bulb globose, f in. diam. ; neck short. 

 Leaves narrow linear, contemporary with the flowers, 6-9 in. long. 

 Peduncle slender, i-l ft. long. Spathe 1-1 ^ in. long, trifid only at 

 the tip. Pedicel about as long as the spathe. Perianth bright red, 

 1-|~2 in. long ; tube greenish, |— f in. long ; segments obovate- 

 cuneate, f in. broad. Stamens half as long as the limb ; stigma 

 trifid. 



Hab. Mountains of Mexico, Galeotti 5415 ! Bourgeau 2273 ! Schaffner 541 1 

 Flowered at Kew in June, 1865. 



7. Z. Wrightii Baker. — Bulb globose, f in. diam. ; neck an 

 inch long. Leaves 2-3, narrow linear, erect, short, contemporary 

 with the flowers. Peduncle slender, 4-5 in. long. Spathe f in. 

 long, tubular in the lower two -thirds. Pedicel nearly as long as 

 the spathe. Perianth-limb bright red, l^-lf in. long ; tube -J--^ in. 

 long ; segments obovate, ^ in. broad above the middle. Stamens 

 reaching halfway up the limb. Style trifid, overtopping the stamens. 



Hab. Cuba, C. Wright 3247 ! Distributed as Z. Lindleyana, but, I think, 

 distinct from the Mexican plant. 



8. Z. ROSEA Lindl. in Bot. Keg. t. 821 ; Herb, in Bot. Mag. 

 t. 2537 ; Bury, Hexand. t. 13. Amaryllis rosea Spreng. A. carnea 

 Schultes fil. — Bulb globose, f in. diam. ; neck scarcely any ; tunics 

 thin, brown, shining. Leaves about 6, spreading, linear, bright 

 green, ^ in. broad, contemporary with the flowers in October. 

 Peduncle slender, 4-6 in. long. Spathe |— f in. long, bifid at the 

 tip only. Pedicel much longer than the spathe. Perianth bright 

 red, about an inch long ; tube short, greenish ; segments obovate, 

 1^ in. broad. Stamens much shorter than the limb. Style trifid, 

 nearly as long as the limb. 



Hab. Cuba, C. Wright 3248 ! Described from a living plant from Messrs. 

 Veitch, Oct. 1878. Probably it is identical with A. bifolia Lam., founded on an 

 unpublished figure of Plumier. 



