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Stamens nearly as long as the segments. Style reaching to the 

 tip of the segments, shortly trifid. 



Hab. Peru ; Porto de Sta. Maria, Pavonl (Herb. Mus. Brit.). 



14. Z. MINIMA Herb. Amaryll. 172, t. 24, fig. 3. A. j^arvida 

 Senbert. A. minima Griseb. — Bulb globose, |~f in. diam. ; neck 

 1-1|- in. long. Leaves filiform, contemporary with the flowers in 

 April. Peduncle very slender, 2-4 in. long. Spathe -|— | in. long, 

 tubular in the lower half. Pedicel much shorter than the spathe. 

 Perianth-limb about |- in. long, yellow, tinged outside with red ; 

 tube very short ; segments obovate, acute, ^ in. broad. Stamens 

 more than half as long as the limb. Stigma trifid. Capsule 

 globose, I in. diam. 



Hab. Buenos Ayres, Tweedie ! Entre Eios and Cordoba, Lorentz I 

 Hieronymus ! 



15. Z. VERECUNDA Herb, in Bot. Mag. t. 2583 ; Baker in Eef. 

 Bot. t. 356. Z. sessilis Herb. ; Baker in Eef. Bot. t. 212. Z. striata 

 Herb, in Bot. Mag. t. 2593. Z. Graliamiana Herb. Amaryll. 175, 

 t. 29, fig. 2. Amaryllis verecunda and striatula Schultes fil. — Bulb 

 ovoid, f-1 in. diam. ; neck 1-2 in. long. Leaves 3-6, contemporary 

 with the flowers in spring and summer, narrow linear, green, 

 |-1 ft. long. Peduncle slender, 3-9 in. long. Spathe about an 

 inch long, tubular in the lower half; segments lanceolate. Ovary 

 sessile. Perianth-limb 1^-2 in. long, white, more or less tinged 

 outside or keeled with red ; tube -^—f in. long ; segments obovate, 

 \-^ in. broad. Stamens reaching halfway up the segments. Style 

 trifid, reaching to the tip of the segments. Capsule-valves orbicular, 

 ^— J in. broad. 



Hab. Highlands of Central Mexico, ilarizrer; 220 ! Andrieux ^'lOl Graham 

 358 ! Bourgeau 240 ! Schaffner ! Eeceived living from Mr. Wilson Saunders, 

 Colonel Trevor Clarke, Messrs. Backhouse, &c,. The imperfectly-known Z. 

 pallida Roem. {A. minuta H. B. K.) is probably a form of this species. 



16. Z. CANDIDA Herb, in Bot. Mag. t. 2607; Lodd. Bot. Cab. 

 t. 1419 ; Bury, Hexand. t. 25. Amaryllis Candida Lindl. in Bot. 

 Eeg. t. 724. A. nivea Schultes fil. — Bulb ovoid, 1 in. diam. ; neck 

 1-2 in. long. Leaves bright green, subterete, contemporary with 

 the flowers in autumn and lasting through the winter, above a foot 

 long. Peduncle slender, 6-9 in. long. Spathe an inch long, bifid 

 halfway down. Pedicel shorter than the spathe. Perianth -limb 

 11-2 in. long, pure white or slightly tinged with red outside ; tube 

 none ; segments ^ in. broad. Stamens scarcely half as long as the 

 segments. Style -|-| in. long ; stigma minutely 3-lobed. Capsule 

 i in. diam. 



Hab. Marshes of La Plata, abundant, Tweedie ! Entre Eios, Lorentz ! 

 Widely spread in cultivation. Described from sj)ecimens in the Kew herbaceous 

 ground, Sept. 1869. 



17. Z. ciTRiNA Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 6605. — Bulb globose, 

 1-| in. diam., copiously stoloniferous. Leaves 3-4, contemporary 

 with the flower in August, bright green, deeply channelled down 

 the face, a foot long, ^ in. broad. Peduncle f ft. long, ancipitous, 

 green, tinged with red towards the base. Spathe under an inch 



