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flowered ; spatlie-valves lanceolate ; i)edicels short, slender. 

 Perianth 1|- in. long ; tube very short ; segments oblanceolate, 

 crisped, spreading more widely than in the other species and more 

 recurved, ^ in. broad. Stamens declinate, nearly twice as long as 

 the segments. Style 2|-3 in. long. 



Hab. China and Japan, widely spread and long cultivated. Introduced 

 into English gardens in 1750. Noticed by Koempfer in 1712. 



21. HiPPEASTRUM J/«r6.* 



Perianth funnel-shaped, usually more or less declinate ; tube 

 usually short, rarely long, often furnished with minute scales or a 

 distinct neck at the throat ; segments nearly equal or the lowest of 

 the inner row narrower. Stamens inserted at the throat of the tube, 

 more or less declinate ; filaments filiform ; anthers linear or linear- 

 oblong, versatile. Ovarij B-celled ; ovules many, superposed ; style 

 long, declinate ; stigma capitate or trifid. Capsule globose, loculi- 

 cidally 3-valved. Seeds usually flattened, with a thin black testa. — 

 Rootstuck a bulb with membranous tunics. Leaves linear or lorate. 

 Peduncle hollow. Flowers usually 2 or more in an umbel, rarely 

 solitary, but, if so, the spathe is bifid down to the base, and the 

 pedicel furnished at the base with a linear bracteole. Flowers 

 usually bright red or whitish. 



* Leaves linear. 



Subgenus 1. Habranthus (Herb.). — Perin nth openly funnel-shaped; 



tube short. Stigma trifid. 



Umbel 1-2-flowered . Sp. 1-5. 



Umbel 3-6-flowered . Sp. 6-10. - 



Subgenua 'Z. Phycella [Lindl.). — Perianth narrowly funnel-shaped; 



tube short. . . . . Sp. 11-13. 



Subgenus 3. Rhodophiala (Presl). — Perianth openly funnel-shaped; 



tube short. Stigma capitate. 



Umbel 1-flowered . Sp. 14-16. 



Umbel 2-6-flowered . Sp. 17-18. 



'■^'* Leaves lorate. 

 Subgenus 4. Macropodastrum. — Perianth with a long tube. Stigma 



capitate ..... Sp. 19. 



Subgenus 5. Omphalissa [Salish.]. — Perianth with a short tube, 



closed in by a distinct neck at the throat. 



Stigma trifid . . Sp. 20-23. 



Stigma capitate . . Sp. 24-26. 



Subgenus 6. Aschamia (Salisb.). — Perianth with a short tube, not 



closed in at the throat. Stigma capitate. 



Perianth-tube very short Sp. 26-32. 



Perianth-tube ^-1 in. long Sp. 33-35. 



Subgenus 7. Lais (SaHsb.). — Perianth-tube short, not closed in at 



the throat. Stigma trifid . . Sp. 36-38. 



* See Baker in Journ. Bot. 1879, 79. 



