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2. B. ciLiARis Herb, in Bot. Mag. subt. 2573. Amaryllis ciliarls 

 Linn. Hamauthiis ciliaris hmn. ; Jacq. Fragm. t. 40, fig. 1, & t. 41, 

 fig. 1. Brimsvigia ciliaris Gawl. ; Lindl. in Bot. Keg. t. 1153. 

 Cohuvfjia ciliaris Herb. Crossyne ciliaris Salisb. — Bulb globose, 

 3-4 in. diam. Leaves 4-6, spreading, Ungulate, rigidly coriaceous, 

 ^-1 ft. long, densely ciliated with brown or straw-coloured bristles 

 ^-^ in. long. Peduncle stout, 4-6 in. long. Flowers 50-100 in a 

 dense umbel; pedicels rigid, triquetrous, 3-4 in. long; spatlie- 

 valves much shorter than the pedicels. Perianth-tube small, cam- 

 panulate ; segments lanceolate, dull purple, reflexing, ^— | in. long. 

 Capsule l-^ in. diam. 



Var. B. GUTTATA Herb. Amaryll. 240, tab, 22, fig. 1. — Leaves 

 narrower ; bristles subulate, ^-^ in. long. 



Hab. Southern provinces of Cape Colony. Sketched by Masson in 1795 

 (var. guttata), and introduced into cultivation by Burchell. 



28. Crinum Linn.-'' 

 Perianth hypocrateriform or funnel-shaped ; tube long, cylin- 

 drical, straight or curved ; segments linear, lanceolate or oblong, 

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

 filaments long, filiform ; anthers linear, versatile. Ovanj 3-celled ; 

 ovules few in a cell, sometimes two only, sessile or immersed in the 

 thick placenta ; style long, filiform, more or less declinate ; stigma 

 minute, capitate. Fruit irregular in shape, finally bursting. Seeds 

 large, green, bulbiform, with very thick albumen. — Bootstock a 

 large bulb, with membranous tunics and a produced neck. Leaves 

 persistent, usually broad. Peduncle solid. Flowers few or many in 

 an umbel, white or reddish; pedicels short; spathe-valves 2, broad. 



Subgenus Stenaster. Perianth erect, hypocrateriform; segments 

 linear. Stamens spreading. 

 Species of Tropical Asia . . . Sp. 1-8. 

 ,, Austraha and Polynesia . Sp. 9-11. 

 ,, Tropical Africa . . . Sp. 12-24, 

 ,, Tropical America . . Sp. 25-26. 



Subgenus Platyaster. Perianth erect, hypocrateriform; segments 



lanceolate. Stamens spreading. 



Species of Tropical Asia . . . Sp. 27-34. 



,, Australia .... Sp. 35-38. 



„ Tropical Africa . . . Sp. 39-44. 



,, Tropical America . . Sp. 45-52. 



Subgenus Oodonocrinum. Perianth funnel-shaped ; tube perma- 

 nently curved; segments oblong, ascending. Stamens and 

 style contiguous, declinate. 



Species of Tropical Asia . . . Sp. 53-55. 



,, Australia . . . . Sp. 56. 



„ Tropical Africa . . . Sp. 57-68. 



The Cape .... Sp. 69-76. 



,, Tropical America . . Sp. 77-79. 



* Reprinted, with additions and alterations, from ' Gardeners' Chronicle,' 

 1881, i. 763. 



