62 HANDBOOK OF AMARYLLIDE^. 



2. 0. Gardneri Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 4895. — Leaves 10-12 in 

 a tuft, ensiform, bright green, 1^-2 ft. long, 1-1| in. broad, 

 narrowed gradually to the point. Peduncle 1-1-|- ft. long. Flowers 

 12-20 in an umbel ; pedicels 1-1^ in. ; spathe-valves several, 

 lanceolate, greenish, 1-| in. long. Perianth curved ; tube nar- 

 rowly funnel-shaped, -|— | in. long; segments connivent, oblan- 

 ceolate, obtuse, 1^ in. long. Stamens as long as the segments. 

 Style much exserted. 



Hab. Natal and the Transvaal. Introduced into cultivation byiCaptain 

 Garden in 1855. 



Subgenus Imantophyllum. 



3. C. miniata Kegel Gartenflora 1864, 131, t. 484. Imanto- 

 phyllum miniatum Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 4783 ; Eev. Hort. 1859, 

 125, t. 29-30 ; Flore des Serres, t. 949-950, 2373-2374. Leaves 

 16-20 to a tuft, ensiform, bright green, narrowed to the point, 

 l-|-2 ft. long, 1-1-2 in. broad. Peduncle stout, ancipitous, 1-1-|- ft. 

 long. Flowers 12-20 in an umbel; pedicels 1-2 in.; spathe- 

 valves several, lanceolate or linear. Perianth erect, bright scarlet, 

 with a yellow throat; tube broadly funnel-shaped, ^-|- in. long; 

 segments about 2 in. long, inner segments broader than the outer. 

 Stamens shorter than the perianth-segments. Style reaching to 

 the tip of the segments. Berry ovoid, bright red, an inch long. 



Hab. Natal. Introduced into cultivation by Messrs. Backhouse of York, 

 in 1854. There are many named garden varieties, two of the finest being grandi- 

 fiora and Lindeni (111. Hort. n.s. t. 343). Imantophyllum cyrtanthiflorum, figured 

 Flore des Serres, t. 1877, is a garden hybrid between miniata and nobilis. 



26. H^MANTHUS Linn. 



Pericmth erect ; tube subcjdindrical ; segments equal, linear or 

 lanceolate, spreading or permanently ascending. Stamens inserted 

 at the throat of the perianth-tube ; filaments filiform, often longer 

 than the segments ; anthers small, oblong, versatile. Ovary 

 globose, 3-celled ; ovules sessile or in collateral pairs from the 

 centre of the placenta ; style filiform ; stigma minutely tricuspidate. 

 Fruit globose, baccate. Seeds often solitary ; testa pale, mem- 

 branous. — Piootstock a tunicated bulb. Leaves broad, obtuse, thin 

 or fleshy. Peduncle stout, solid. Flowers red or white, densely 

 umbellate ; spathe-valves more than 2, erect or spreading, mem- 

 branous. 



Subgenus Nerissa (Salisb.). Leaves membranous. Spathe-valves 

 and perianth- segments spreading. 



Peduncle lateral. Leaves on a produced special 



stem ; petiole short ..... Sp. 1-6. 



Peduncle central. Leaves springing direct from 



the bulb, with a long petiole .... Sp. 7-9. 



Subgenus Gyaxis (Salisb.). Leaves membranous. Spathe-valves 

 and perianth -segments permanently ascending Sp. 10-13. 



