OLIVIA. 61 



Leaves oblong, acute, 4-5 in. long, 2-2^ in. broad, cuneately 

 narrowed to a petiole shorter than the blade. Peduncle slender, 

 terete, 6-8 in. long. Umbel 6-8-flowered ; outer spathe-valves 

 lanceolate, 1-1|- in. long ; pedicels ^-1 in. Perianth-limb pale 

 lilac, 1^-2 in. long ; segments oblanceolate, J— I in. broad, the 

 lower only half as broad as the upper. Stamens 6, unequal, as 

 long as the perianth ; anthers yellow, ^ in. long. Style exserted ; 

 stigma distinctly tricuspidate. 



Hab. South Brazil; Province of Santa Catherina. Introduced by Dr. 

 Blumenau about 1876. Described from a plant sent from the ' Gardeners' 

 Chronicle,' and another from Mr. Wm. Bulh Flowers February to April. 



7. G. LiBONiANA Morren in Ann. Soc. Roy. Agric. Gand 1845, 

 t. 13 ; Lemaire in Jard. Fleur. t. 290. — Bulb small, 1 in. diam. 

 Leaves 5-6, contemporary with the flowers, sessile, oblong, acute, 

 3-4 in. long. Peduncle two-edged, a foot long. Umbel 6-8- 

 flowered ; spathe-valves lanceolate ; pedicels ^-f in. long. Perianth 

 pale lilac, 1-1^ in. long ; tube scarcely any ; segments oblanceolate. 

 Stamens shorter than the segments ; upper one suppressed. Style 

 shorter than the segments ; stigma capitate. 



Hab. Central Brazil ; Province of Minas Geraes. Discovered by M. Libon 

 in 1843. Differs from the other species by its sessile leaves and suppressed 

 upper stamen. 



25. Olivia Lmdl. 



Pm^mi/t funnel-shaped, erect or rather curved; tube short; 

 segments ascending, subequal, oblanceolate or oblanceolate-oblong, 

 obtuse. Stamens inserted at the throat of the perianth-tube ; 

 filaments filiform, about as long as the segments ; anthers oblong, 

 versatile. Ovary globose ; ovules 5-6 in a cell, fascicled at the 

 centre of the placenta ; style long, slender, tricuspidate at the 

 apex. Fruit a bright red pulpy berry. Seeds one or few, large, 

 globose, bulbiform. Bulb imperfect, consisting only of the leaf- 

 bases ; root-fibres very stout. Leaves numerous, distichous, per- 

 sistent. Peduncle stout, solid compressed. Flowers bright red- 

 yellow, scentless, many in an umbel, lanceolate. 



Subgenus Olivia propeb. — Flower rather curved, narrowly funnel- 

 shaped, resembling that of Cyrtanthus , . Sp. 1-2. 



Subgenus Imantophyllum. — Flower erect, more broadly funnel- 

 shaped, resembling that of Vallota . . Sp. 3. 



1. 0. NOBiLis Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 1182. Imantophyllum 

 Aitoni Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 2856. — Leaves about a dozen in a 

 tuft, lorate, very obtuse, bright green, 1-1-| ft. long, IJ-li in. 

 broad ; edge scabrous. Peduncle about a foot long. Flowers 

 40-60 in an umbel ; pedicels ^-1 in ; spathe-valves several, unequal, 

 greenish. Perianth curved ; tube narrowly funnel-shaped, |— ^ in. 

 long ; segments oblanceolate, tipped with green, about an inch 

 long. Stamens as long as the segments. Style exserted. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; South-western provinces. Introduced into cultivation 

 by Bowie in 1828. 



