HANDBOOK OF AMARYLLIDE^ 



Suborder I.— AMARYLLE^. 

 Tribe 1. — Coronat.e. 



1. Cryptostephanus Wehc. 



Perianth narrowly fuunel-shaped ; segments oblong-lanceolate, 

 ascending, shorter than the more or less curved tube ; corona of 12 

 minute linear fleshy scales inserted at the throat of the tube. 

 Anthevfi 6, small, oblong, nearly sessile, inserted in a single row 

 above the middle of the tube. Ovary 3-celled ; ovules several, 

 superposed ; style half as long as the tube, filiform ; stigma 

 capitate. Fruit a globose scarlet berry, with 1-2 turgid seeds in 

 each cell. 



1. C. DENsiFLORUs Wclw. ) Baker in Journ. Bot. 1878, 193, 

 t. 197. — Rootstock a compact corm. Leaves 6-8, contemporary 

 with the flowers, lorate, glaucous, 1 ft. long, ^-|- in. broad. Pe- 

 duncle stout, 2-edged, shorter than the leaves. Umbel dense, 

 20-30-flowered ; pedicels short ; spathe-valves many, unequal, 

 greenish, lanceolate. Perianth dark purple, ^ in. long. Berry 

 ^ in. diam. 



Hab. Angola; Mountains of Huilla, 4000 — 5500 ft., flowering in October, 

 Welwitsch ! 



2. Narcissus Linn."^ 



Perianth hypocrateriform ; tube varying from obconic to 

 cylindrical ; segments subequal, spreading, ascending or reflexing ; 

 corona gamophyllous, inserted at the throat of the tube, small or 

 large, saucer-shaped, cup-shaped, or funnel-shaped. Stamens 6, 

 inserted in the tube of perianth ; filaments short or long ; anthers 

 erect, basifixed. Ocanj 3-celled ; ovules many, superposed ; style 

 filiform ; stigma small, 3-lobed. Fruit a membranous capsule with 

 loculicidal dehiscence. Seeds subglobose or angled by pressure ; 



* Reprinted, with many additions and alterations, from the ' Gardeners' 

 Chronicle ' for 1869. See ' The Narcissus ; its History and Culture,' by F. W. 

 Burbidge. London : L. Eeeve & Co. 1875. It contains figures and descrip- 

 tions of all the leading types ; and full details as to their history, culture, &c. 



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