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19. Ungernia Bunge. 



Perianth regular ; tube funnel-shaped, naked at the throat ; 

 segments oblong, subequal, keeled with many close green ribs. 

 Stamens inserted into two rows near the throat of the tube ; fila- 

 ments filiform, nearly straight ; anthers linear-oblong, versatile. 

 Ovarij 3-celled ; ovules many in a cell ; style filiform ; stigma 

 capitate, minutely 3-lobed. Capsule membranous, deeply lobed 

 laterally, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds flat ; testa thin, black. — 

 liootstock a large bulb, with a long neck. Leaves lorate, not pro- 

 duced with the flowers. Peduncle solid. Umbel many-flowered, 

 with 2 spathe-valves. Differs from Lycoris by its numerous ovules 

 and discoid seeds. 



1. U. TRisPH^RA Bunge in Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc. 1875, ii. 

 271. Lycoris Sewerzowi Piegel, Gartenfl. t. 914. — Bulb 3 in. diam. ; 

 tunics many, thin, bright brown, jproduced | ft. above its neck. 

 Leaves lorate. Peduncle ^-1 ft. long. Umbel 6-15-flowered ; 

 central flowers erect, outer rather inclined ; pedicels 1-3 in. long, 

 stout, stiff; spathe-valves large, lanceolate. Perianth 1-1^ in. long; 

 tube i in. long, cylindrical in the lower half; segments reddish, 

 acute, -^ in. broad, keeled with 7-9 close ribs. Stamens shorter 

 than the segments. Capsule nearly 1 in. diam. Seeds 10-12 in 

 a cell. 



Hab. Khorassan, Bunge ! Turkestan, Seicerzoiv. Afghan boundary, 

 abundant, Aitchison 71^ ! Introduced into England alive by Dr. Aitchison 

 in 1886. 



2. U. FLAVA Boiss. et Haussk. Fl. Orient, v. 149. — Habit of 

 U. trisjjhcera, from which it differs by its yellow flowers and shorter 

 perianth-tube, gradually dilated from the base to the apex. 



Hab. South-western Persia, discovered by Dr. Hausskwecht. 



3. U. ? OLDHAaii Maxim, in Engler Jahrb. 1884, vi. 76.— Bulb 

 and leaves unknown. Peduncle a span long. Umbel many-flowered ; 

 spathe-valves rigid ; filiform bracteoles present. Perianth with 

 ovary If in. long ; limb reddish ; tube half as long as the revolute 

 linear segments. Stamens shorter than the limb. Ovules 12-15 

 in a cell. 



Hab. Japan. Known only from a single specimen given to Dr. Maximowicz 

 by a nativG botanist. Oldham's plant is not this, but Lycoris saiKjuinea. 



20. Lycoris Herb. 



Perianth funnel-shaped, rather irregular ; tube short, cylindrical, 

 dilated at the apex, sometimes scaly at the throat ; segments ob- 

 lanceolate, subequal, unguiculate. Stainens inserted near the throat 

 of the tube ; filaments long, filiform, declinate ; anthers oblong, 

 versatile. Ovary 3-celled ; ovules few in a cell ; style long, filiform; 

 stigma capitate, minute. Capsule membranous, loculicidally 3-valved. 

 Seeds few, turgid ; testa black, opaque. — Rootstock a bulb with mem- 

 branous tunics and a short neck. Leaves linear or lorate, not 

 usually developed with the flowers. Peduncle solid. Umbels many- 

 flowered ; spathe-valves 2, lanceolate ; pedicels often bracteolate. 

 Flowers red or yellow. 



