60 HANDBOOK OP AMARYLLIDE^. 



2-4 in. long. Leaves 6-8 ; blade oblong, deep green, above a foot 

 long, 4-5 in. broad, narrowed to a short channelled petiole with a 

 broad clasping base. Peduncle lateral, a foot long, subcompressed, 

 as thick as the finger. Umbel 10-1 2 -flowered, centripetal ; spathe- 

 valves thin, green, ovate-lanceolate; pedicels l-l^ in. long. Peri- 

 anth 2^-3 in. long, pale lilac ; tube very short ; segments oblan- 

 ceolate, ^ in. broad. Stamens shorter than the segments, one 

 standing up from the others ; filaments white ; anthers oblong, 

 pale lilac, ^ in. long. Style nearly as long as the segments ; 

 stigma capitate. 



Hab. South Brazil, introduced by Mr. Wm. Bull in 1876. Flowers in 

 January and February. Described from a plant that flowered at Kew in Feb- 

 ruary, 1878. 



3. Gr. HYAciNTHiNA Hcrb. App. 21 Bury Hexand. t. 14. Ama- 

 ryllis hyacintldna Gawl. in Bot. Keg. t. 163. — Bulb globose, 2-3 in. 

 diam. ; neck short. Leaves 4-5, developed after the flowers ; 

 blade oblong, acute, 6-9 in. long, 2-3 in. broad, rounded at the 

 base to a channelled petiole as long as the blade. Peduncle 1-2 ft. 

 long, slightly compressed. Umbel 8-10-flowered, centripetal ; 

 pedicels none or very short ; spathe- valves thin, lanceolate. 

 Perianth-limb 2 in. long, bright lilac ; tube very short ; segments 

 oblanceolate, acute, upper ^-^ in. broad, lower ^ in. Stamens 

 much shorter than the segments. Style declinate ; stigma capitate. 



Hab. Brazil, introduced in 1815. Described from a living plant sent by 

 Mr. Wm. BuU, November, 1880. A variety [micrantha) received from Messrs. 

 Sander & Co. in the winter of 1880 had flowers scarcely above an inch long. 



4. G. Intermedia Lindl. in Bot. Eeg. t. 990. — Bulb ovoid, 

 longer than in G. hyacintldna. Leaves oblong, acute, cuneately 

 narrowed into a long petiole. Peduncle slender, a foot long; 

 Umbel 6-10-flowered ; spathe-valves lanceolate, 1^ in. long ; pedi- 

 cels l-l-l long. Perianth pale lilac, 1-|~2 in. long; tube short, 

 funnel-shaped ; segments oblanceolate, f in. broad above the middle. 

 Stamens shorter than the perianth ; 5 declinate, one ascending ; 

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

 stigma capitate. 



Hab. Brazil. Described from a plant flowered by Mr. H. J. Elwes. 



5. G. PARviFLORA Gawl. in Bot. Keg. t. 511. — Bulb ovoid 2-3 in. 

 diam. Leaves 3-4 to a bulb, contemporary with the flowers, 

 oblong, acute, half a foot long, 2^-3 in. broad at the middle, 

 cuneately narrowed to a petiole as long as the blade. Peduncle 

 slender, terete, nearly a foot long. Umbel 10- 15-flowered ; 

 spathe-valves lanceolate, an inch long ; pedicels slender, -1-1 in. 

 Perianth pale lilac, |-1 in. long ; tube short : segments lanceolate- 

 unguiculate, l-12th to l-8th in. broad, upper broadest. Stamens 

 6, shorter than the segments ; anthers oblong. Style shorter 

 than the perianth ; stigma capitate. 



Hab. Province of Bahia, Brazil, Moricand 2305 ! Described from a plant 

 that flowered at Kew, February, 1877. Introduced in 1815. 



6. G. Blumenavia K. Koch et Bouche ; Carriere in Kev. Hort. 

 1867, 32 ; Hook fil. in Bot. Mag. t. 5666.— Bulb ovoid, 2 in. diam. 



