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anthers purplish, above ^ in. long. Style longer than the stamens; 

 stigma capitate. 



Hab. Andes of Peru, discovered by Pearce. First flowered by Messrs. 

 Veitch in 1869, and named in honour of Leopold, King of the Belgians. 



32. H. PROCERUM Lemaire in 111. Hort. xi. 408. Amari/Uis pro- 

 cera Duchartre ; Flore des Serres, t. 2077-8. A. Fiaynen Hook. fil. 

 in Bot. Mag. t. 5883. — Bulb large, ovoid, with a long neck. Leaves 

 about a dozen, distichous, falcate, ensiform, finally 2-3 ft. long, 

 11-2 in. broad, firm in texture, cartilaginous on the edge. Peduncle 

 1-1-|- ft. long, much compressed, ancipitous, shorter than the leaves, 

 l-lf in. diam. Umbel 4-12-flowered; spathe-valves 2-3 in. long, 

 exceeding the pedicels. Perianth-limb 5-Q in. long, lilac, not 

 starred at the throat ; tube very short ; segments oblanceolate, 

 acute, under an inch broad. Stamens much shorter than the limb ; 

 anthers yellow, |- in. long. Stigma capitate. 



Hab. South Brazil, near Petropolis. Introduced by Binot about 1863, in 

 which year it was described by Duchartre. Very distinct. 



33. H. EQUESTRE Herb. App. 31. Amaryllis eq it estris Ait.; Jacq. 

 Hort. Schoen. t. 63 ; Bot. Mag. t. 305 ; Bed. Lil. t. 32. A. imnicea 

 Lam. H. occidentale Boem. A. Belladonna Swartz, non Linn. — 

 Bulb stoloniferous, globose, 2 in. diam.; tunics brown; neck short. 

 Leaves 6-8, fully developed after the flowers, lorate, bright green, 

 1^ ft. long, If-lf in. broad, narrowed gradually to the point. 

 Peduncle terete, rather glaucous, 1|— 2 ft. long. Umbel 2-4- 

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

 Perianth-limb 4-5-in. long, 4 in. diam. when expanded ; tube 

 green, an inch long, obscurely coronulate at the throat ; base of 

 the segments yellowish green ; upper part bright red ; 3 outer 

 1^-1-|- in. broad ; 3 inner narrower, especially the lowest. Stamens 

 shorter than the segments ; anthers small, oblong. Stigma ob- 

 scurely 3-lobed. 



Hab. Throughout Tropical America from Mexico and the West Indies to 

 Chili and Brazil. Var. major Bot. Keg. t. 234 ; Bury, Hexand. t. 41, is a form 

 with very large flowers. The species was first noticed by Hermann in 1698. 

 Described from plants that flowered at Kew in 1873 and 1879. I cannot find 

 any specific character by which to distinguish A. Iloezli Eegel in Gartenflora, 

 1874, 290, t. 809, gathered by Eoezl in the Andes of Bolivia. H. harbatum 

 Herb. {Crinum barbatum Linn, herb.) is apparently not more than a white- 

 flowered variety of this species. H. pyrrochroum Lemaire in 111. Hort. t. 420, 

 and H. spathaceinn Sims in Bot. Mag. t. 2315, are probably both also varieties. 



34. H. RETicuLATUM Herb, in Bot. Mag. sub t. 2475. Amaryllis 

 reticulata L'Herit. Sert. Angl. 12, t. 14 ; Bot. Mag. t. 657 ; Andr. 

 Bot. Bep. t. 179 ; Bed. Lil. t. 424. Cohimjia reticulata Herb. 

 Leopoldia reticulata Herb. — Bulb subglobose ; neck short. Leaves 

 4-6, thin, oblanceolate, bright green, 2 in. broad above the middle, 

 narrowed gradually to the base. Peduncle nearly terete, a foot 

 long. Umbel 3-5-flowered ; spathe-valves lanceolate, 2 in. long; 

 X^edicels 1-1 f in. long. Perianth-limb 3|~4 in. long ; tube ^-1 in. 

 long, not coronulate at the throat ; segments obovate-unguiculate, 

 connivent in the lower half, an inch broad at the middle, bright 

 mauve-red, with copious cross-bars of a deeper shade. Stamens 



