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18. H. PRATENSE Baker in Journ. Bot. 1878, 84. Habranthus 

 pratensis Herb. ; Bot. Eeg. 1842, t. 35. Rhodophiala am.arylloides 

 Presl. Placea pratensis Poepp. Stephanoma elegans Kunze. Ra-^ 

 hmnthus speciosus Herb. — Bulb ovoid, IJ-li in. diam. ; neck short ; 

 tunics dark brown. Leaves linear, contemporary with the flowers 

 in spring, 1-1| ft. long, ^-^ in. broad. Peduncle moderately stout, 

 1-2 ft. long. Umbel 2-4-flowered ; spathe-valves lanceolate, 2 in. 

 long ; pedicels 1-1^ in. long. Flowers bright red, ascending or 

 horizontal ; tube very short, appendiculate at the throat with 

 minute linear scales; segments 2^ in. long, oblanceolate, ^ in. 

 broad above the middle, subobtuse. Stamens declinate, more than 

 half as long as the limb ; anthers linear-oblong. Style declinate, 

 as long as the limb ; stigma capitate. 



Hab. Hills and plains of Chili, introduced into cultivation about 1840. 

 Keceived in 1872 alive from Mr. Tyerman. I cannot separate specifically Rho- 

 dophiola Volckmanni and R. Icsta Philippi, the latter a plant of the hills of 

 Atacama. 



Subgenus Macropodastrum. 



19. H. soLANDRiFLORUM Herb. App. 31 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2573 & 

 3771 ; Lindl. Collect, t. 11 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1200.— Bulb ovoid, 

 3-4 in. diam. ; neck short. Leaves lorate, 1| ft. long, above an 

 inch broad. Peduncle slightly 2-edged, l|-2 ft. long. Umbel 2-4- 

 flowered; spathe-valves lanceolate, 2-3 in. long; pedicels 1-1^- in. 

 long. Perianth-limb funnel-shaped, 7-10 in. long ; tube greenish- 

 cylindrical, 4-5 in. long ; segments greenish white, obovate, 4-5 in. 

 long, 1-1^ in. broad. Stamens shorter than the segments ; anthers 

 linear-oblong. Style as long as the segments ; stigma capitate. 



Hab. North Brazil, Burchell ! Gardner 3477 ! Guiana, Schomhurgk 700 1 

 Appun 2828 ! Venezuela, Fendler 1505 ! Columbia, Lehmann 2140 ! Flowers 

 in January. Introduced into cultivation in 1820. 



Subgenus Omphalissa. 



20. H. AULicuM Herb. App. 31. Amaryllis aulica Gawl. in Bot. 

 Mag. t. 3311 ; Bury, Hexand. t. 19 ; Lindl. in Bot. Eeg. t. 444, 

 1038. — Bulb ovoid, 3 in. diam. ; neck short. Leaves 6-8, lorate, 

 bright green. If ft. long, lf-2 in. broad. Peduncle stout, terete. 

 If ft. long. Umbel generally 2-flowered ; spathe-valves lanceolate, 

 red-brown, 3-4 in. long ; pedicels lf-2 in. long. Perianth-limb 

 5-6 in. long ; tube short, with a distinct incurved green corona at 

 the throat ; segments bright crimson, green at the base ; outer 

 segments and lowest mner about an inch broad above the middle ; 

 2 upper inner much broader. Stamens shorter than the segments ; 

 filaments bright red ; anthers f-f in. long. Style as long as the 

 segments ; stigma deeply trifid. Var. stenopetalum Bot. Eeg. t. 444, 

 has all the segments much narrower than in the type. 



Hab. Central Brazil, Gardner 5210 ! Regnell 440 ! Weir 314 ! Introduced 

 into cultivation in 1819. I cannot distinguish as species H. HeuseriamimKa,rst. 

 Fl. Columb. t. 102, gathered by Dr. Heuser at St. Paulo, H. robustum A. Dietr. 

 or Amaryllis Rougieri Carriere in Eev. Hort. 1882, 312, with coloured figure. A 

 form gathered by Balansa in Paraguay (529) has segments only ^ — | in. broad. 



