58 HANDBOOK OF AMARYLLIDE^. 



Hab, Natal. Introduced by McKen about 1868. Flowers all through 

 winter and spring. Now common in cultivation. 



15. C. LUTESCENS Herb. Amaryll. 129, t. 33, fig. 14. Monella 

 ochroleuca Herb.— Bulb globose, 1 in. diam. Leaves 2-4, produced 

 with or after the flowers, linear, green, not twisted, a foot long. 

 Peduncle slender, a foot long. Umbel 2-3-flowered ; spathe-valves 

 lanceolate, green, an inch long ; pedicels shorter. Flowers yellow, 

 2 in. long ; tube slightly curved, very slender in the lower half, 

 ^ in. diam. at the throat ; segments oblong, ^-|-in. long. Stamens 

 distinctly biseriate ; filaments very short. Style exserted from the 

 tube ; stigma tricuspidate. 



Var. CooPERi Baker. C. lutescens Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 5374. 

 — Flowers more numerous. Pedicels and spathe-valves longer. 

 Perianth-segments more spreading, ovate, ^-^ in. long. 



Hab. Cape Colony, Eastern provinces, Natal, and Transvaal. Introduced 

 into cultivation by Mr. T. Cooper in 1863. 



Subgenus Gastronema [Herb.) 



16. C. UNiFLORUs Gawl. in Bot. Keg. t. 168. Amaryllis clavata 

 L'Herit. A. humilis Link. Gastronema clavatum Herb, in Bot. 

 Mag. t. 2291. — Bulb globose, |-1 in. diam. ; neck short. Leaves 

 1-2, linear, contemporary with the flowers, ^ ft. long, not twisted. 

 Peduncle slender, 6-9 in. long. Umbel 1-3-flowered ; spathe- 

 valves lanceolate, green, 1-1|- in. long; pedicel short if the flower 

 be solitary. Flower erect or suberect, 1-|~2 in. long, white, with 

 green or reddish-brown stripes ; tube funnel-shaped, ^-^ in. diam. at 

 the throat ; segments oblong, -|~f in. diam. at the throat. Stamens 

 biseriate ; filaments erect or incurved, ^ in. long. Style over- 

 topping the anthers ; stigma with 3 falcate branches. 



Hab. Throughout Cape Colony and Kaf raria. Flowers from September 

 to January. 



17. C. HELicTus Lehm. Delect. Sem. Hort. Hamburg, 1839, 7. 

 CyiJhonema Loddigesianum Herb. — Differs from the last mainly by 

 its spirally twisted leaves. 



Hab. Cape Colony, Eastern provinces. 



18. C. viTTATus Desf. ; Bed. Lil. t. 182.— Bulb globose, If in. 

 diam. Leaves 5-6, linear, contemporary with the flowers, not 

 twisted. Umbel 5-6-flowered ; spathe-valves 2, lanceolate, 1^ in. 

 long; pedicels very short. Flowers about 3 in. long, white, 

 striped with red-brown ; tube slender in the lower half, dilated 

 gradually to a throat \ in. diam. Stamens exserted from the 

 perianth-tube. Style overtopping the stamens ; stigma tricuspidate. 



Hab. Cape Colony. Known to me only from the figure cited. 



19. C. Smithianus Herb, in Bot. Mag. sub t. 3779.— Bulb 

 ovoid, l"! in. diam. Leaves 2-4, contemporary with the flowers, 

 linear, spirally twisted, rather glaucous, 6-9 in. long. Peduncle 

 slender, terete, | ft. long. Umbel 1-2-flowered ; spathe-valves 2, 

 lanceolate ; pedicels 1-li in. long. Flowers 1-2, erect, white 

 striped with green or red-brown, 3J-4 in. long; tube gradually 



