HIPPEASTRUM. 51 



shorter than the perianth. Stigma faintly 3-lobed. Seeds fewer 

 and less compressed than in the other species. 



Var. H. STRiATiFOLiuM Herb. Amaryllis reticulata var. strinti- 

 folia Herb, in Bot. Mag. t. 2513 ; Bot. Reg. t. 352 ; Bury, Hexand. 

 t. 48. — Leaves broader, with a distinct white keel. Perianth- 

 segments hardly at all reticulated with cross-bars. 



Hab. South Brazil. There is a specimen at the British Museum, dried 

 from the gardens of Messrs. Lee, of Hammersmith, in 1781. It was introduced 

 in 1777. The only indigenous specimens I have seen were gathered by Burchell 

 in March, 1826, on the shores of Botafogo Bay and near the village of Sao 

 Domingas. 



35. H. STYLOSUM Herb, in Bot. Mag. t. 2278. AmanjUis stylosa 

 Bury, Hexand. t. 33. A. maranensis Gawl. in Bot. Eeg. t. 719. 

 A. staminea Seub. — Bulb globose, 3 in. diam. Leaves 4-6, bright 

 green, lorate, l^-lf in. broad. Peduncle li ft. long. Umbel 3-8- 

 flowered; spathe-valves lanceolate; pedicels 1-2 in. long. Perianth- 

 limb 4 in. long, bright flesh-red; tube ^ in. long, obscurely fimbriate 

 at the throat ; segments oblong, acute, under an inch broad. 

 Stamens a little exserted ; anthers linear-oblong, ^ in. long. Style 

 much exserted ; stigma capitate. 



Hab. Guiana and North Brazil, Burchell 9819 ! Gardner 1167 ! Introduced 

 by Lord Carnarvon from Marantham in 1821. Described from a plant flowered 

 by Messrs. Backhouse in May, 1878. 



Subgenus Lais. 



36. H. RUTiLUM Herb. App. 41. Amaryllis riitila Gawl. m Bot. 

 Eeg. t. 23 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1449. H. hulhulosum var. rutilum 

 Herb. — Bulb subglobose, stoloniferous, 2-3 in. diam. ; neck short ; 

 tunics pale. Leaves 6-8, lorate, bright green, a foot long, above 

 an inch broad. Peduncle glaucous, slightly compressed, a foot long. 

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

 slender, as long as the spathe. Perianth-limb 3-4 in. long ; tube 

 green, cylindrical, f in. long, obscurely coronulate at the throat ; 

 segments oblong, acute, bright crimson, with a green keel extending 

 halfway up, f-1 in. broad at the middle, the lower inner narrower. 

 Stamens shorter than the segments ; filaments red ; anthers linear- 

 oblong, \ in. long. Style as long as the limb ; stigma trifid. 



Var. H. FULGiDUM Herb. Amaryllis fidgida Gawl. in Bot. Eeg. 

 t. 226 ; Bury, Hexand. t.26. A. miniata Sims in Bot. Mag. t. 1943 ; 

 Bury, Hexand. t. 35, nonR. &P. A. hrasiliensis Tratt. Tab. t. 333. 

 H. suhbarhatum. Herb, in Bot. Mag. t. 2475. H. hulbidosum, vars. 

 subbarbatum, uuguiculatum, fulyidum, Simsiamim, and equestriforme 

 Herb. — Moreroljust. Bulb 3-4 in. diam. Leaves broader. Perianth- 

 limb 4-5 in. long ; tube 1 in. long ; segments bright scarlet, with a 

 green base and keel in the lower half, more ovate, 3-4 in. long, 

 outer 1-1:^ in., inner lower about f in. broad. 



Var. H. CROCATUM Herb. Amaryllis crocata Gawl. in Bot. Reg. 

 t. 38. — Habit as robust and leaves as broad as in fiihjiduin, but 

 flower smaller, saffron-coloured, with more undulated segments. 



Var. ciTRiNUM Baker. Amaryllis crocata Bury, Hexand. t. 16. — 

 Flower bright yellow. 



