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21. H. ORGANENSE Hook. in Bot. Mag. sub t. 3803. Amaryllis 

 aulica var. glaucopliylla Bot. Mag. t. 2983. A. Gardneri Seubert. 

 A. correiensis Bury, Hexand. t. 9. — Bulb large; neck short. Leaves 

 5-6, lorate, glaucous, 1-1^ ft. long, li in. broad, acute. Peduncle 

 stout, 1^ ft. long. Umbel generally 2-flowered ; spatlie-valves 

 lanceolate, 3-4 in. long ; pedicels much shorter than the spathe. 

 Perianth-limb 5-6 in. long ; tube ^ in. long, funnel-shaped, with a 

 small incurved green corona at the throat ; segments bright crim- 

 son, with a green keel in the lower half, oblong, acute ; outer 

 l|~lf in. broad at the middle ; inner lower much narrower. 

 Stamens nearly as long as the segments ; filaments bright red ; 

 anthers linear-oblong, ^ in. long. Style as long as the segments ; 

 stigma deeply trifid. 



Hab. Souch Brazil; Organ Mountains, alt. 4000 — 5000 ft., Bowie and 

 Cunnirigham ! Gardner 686 ! 688 ! Glaziou 8992 ! Closely allied to H. aulicum. 



22. H. PsiTTACiNUM Herb. App. 31. Amaryllis psittacina Gawl. 

 in Bot. Reg. t. 199 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1204 ; Bury, Hexand. t. 23. 

 — Bulb 3-4 in. diam. ; neck produced. Leaves 6-8, lorate, 

 glaucescent, 1-1^ ft. long, 1-1-|- in. broad. Peduncle stout, 2-3 ft. 

 long. Umbel 2-4-fiowered ; spathe-valves lanceolate, longer than 

 the pedicels. Perianth-limb 4-5 in. long ; tube very short, broadly 

 funnel-shaped, with a distinct incurved greenish red corona ; seg- 

 ments oblong, acute, undulated, 1-lJ in. broad, with a crimson 

 edge, a green keel, and crimson stripes radiating from the keel. 

 Stamens much shorter than the limb. Style shorter thah the limb; 

 stigma trifid. 



Hab. South Brazil, introduced into cultivation in 1814. Flowers in spring. 

 H. GriJJini Herb. (Bot. Mag. tl 3528) is a line hybrid between lisittacinum and 

 Jolinsoni. 



23. H. CALYPTRATUM Herb. App. 31. Amaryllis calyptrata Gawl. 

 in Bot. Eeg. t. 164; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 864. A.fulvovirens Schott. 

 A. unguiculata Morren. — Bulb globose, 3 in. diam. ; tunics brown ; 

 neck short. Leaves 5-6, lorate, acute, bright green, 1|— 2 ft. long, 

 2 in. broad. Peduncle terete, green, 2 ft. long, |~| in. diam. 

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

 shorter than the spathe. Perianth -limb 4 in. long ; tube funnel- 

 shaped, f in. long, with a distinct incurved corona at the throat ; 

 segments oblong-unguiculate, acute, 1^-1^- in. broad, pale yellow, 

 reticulated on the face with cross-bars of green. Stamens exserted; 

 anthers linear-oblong, ^ in. long. Style exserted ; stigma deeply 

 trifid. 



Hab. Brazil, Gardner 687 ! Introduced in 1816. Described from a plant 

 flowered by Messrs. Veitch in May, 1877. 



24. H. Cybister Bentli. in Gen. Plant, iii. 725. Sprekelia 

 Cybister Herb, in Bot. Reg. 1840, t. 33 ; Bot. Mag. t. 3872 ; Flore 

 des Serres, t. 455-6. — Bulb ovoid, brown, 2 in. diam. Leaves 

 produced after the flowers, lorate, green, 1-li in. broad. Peduncle 

 above 2 ft. long, glaucescent, subterete, purple downwards. Umbel 

 4-6-flowered ; spathe-valves lanceolate, reddish ; pedicels stout. 

 Perianth-limb 3-4 in. long ; tube very short, with an incurved 



