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principal species crossed were Reginm, reticulatiim, vittatum, auliciwi, 

 and sulandrifloruin ; and YB>vely equestre, psittacimim, fabjidum, and 

 stijlosum. Since 1870 jmrdimim and Leopoldi have been largely 

 used, especially the latter. 1 will only attempt here to enumerate 

 a few of the hybrid types which have been figured or to which Latin 

 names have been given. 



Forms nearest lieymcB : — Johnsoni Bury, Hexand. 1. 1 ; brasiliensis 

 Red. Lil. t. 469 ; Gravince Melazzo ; Carnarvonia A. DC. PI. Rar. 

 Hort. Genev. t. 9 ; spectahile Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 159. 



Forms nearest aidiciim: — Ackermanni; Ackennamii pulcherntna 

 Moore, Mag. 1850, ii. 5 ; Chehoni Floral Mag. t. 545 ; Mendeli 

 Floral Mag. n. s. t. 167; also Floral Mag. t. 97, and new series, 

 tabs. 77, 347, and 359. 



Forms nearest reticidatwn: — Sweetii, Colvillei, praclara, formosa, 

 gloriosa, and Goweni. Recent forms, Flore des Serres, t. 2427 ; 

 Floral Mag. t. 383, and new series, tabs. 22 and 153. 



Forms nearest solandrijiorum : — Crossed with vittatum, it gives 

 ambiguum Bot. Mag. t. 3542 ; also forms figured Bot. Reg. t. 876, 

 and Gartenflora, tabs. 949 and 956 ; also picta Bury, Hexand. t. 5, 

 a fine cross with Johmoni, figured Bury, Hexand. t. 46, Harrisoni 

 Bury, Hexand. t. 21, and marginata, Croomii, Haylocki, Herberti, 

 and Carnarvuni. 



Vittatum. has been largely crossed with the four foregoing species. 



Pardinum gives the spotted types in Veitch's recent hybrids. A 

 fine cross between this and Leopoldi is figured Gard. Chron. 1877, 

 fig. 136. 



Forms near Leopoldi : — A form very near the type is Hendersoni 

 Floral Mag. n. s. t. 117. The best hybrids recently raised by Mr. 

 Heal for Messrs. Veitch at the present day have an open regular 

 flower, with scarcely any tube and much imbricated segments, 

 derived from Leopoldi, combined with a brilliant scarlet colour, 

 probably derived from Eegince through Johnsoni. 



22. Vallota He}'b. 



Perianth erect, with a long broadly funnel-shaped tube and 

 6 equal ascending oblong connivent segments, with a pulvinate callus 

 at the base. Stamens inserted below the throat of the perianth- 

 tube; filaments filiform; anthers oblong, versatile. Ovary 3-celled; 

 ovules many, superposed ; style filiform ; stigma capitate. Capsule 

 ovoid-oblong, obtusely angled, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds black, 

 compressed, produced into a wing at the base. 



1. V. PURPUREA Herb. App. 29. Amaryllis purpurea kii.', Gawl. 

 in Bot. Mag. t. 1430. A. speciosa L'Herit. Crinum speciosum 

 Linn. fil. — Bulb large, ovoid. Leaves subdistichous, lorate, con- 

 temporary with the flowers, finally 1-|~2 ft. long, dying down in 

 autumn. Peduncle hollow, slightly 2-edged, 2-3 ft. long. Umbel 

 6-9 flowered ; spathe-valves oblong-lanceolate, 2-3 in. long ; 

 pedicels shorter. Flowers erect, bright scarlet ; tube longer than 

 the segments, f in. diam. at the throat ; segments about 2 in. long, 

 1 in. broad. Stamens reaching halfway up the segments. Style 



