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long, under an inch broad. Peduncle solid, compressed, 1-1^ ft. 

 long. Flowers 6-12 in an umbel, produced in March and April at 

 the Cape ; pedicels l~li in. long ; spathe-valves 2, large, green. 

 Perianth rose-red in the type ; tube -| in. long ; segments 2-3 in. 

 long, l^-f in. broad above the middle. Capsule globose, 1 in. diam. 

 J. pallida Red. Lil. t. 479, differs only by its pale flowers. 



Var. A. BLANDA Gawl. in Bot. Mag. t. 1450. Cobimjia hlanda 

 Herb. — Leaves more sheathing at the base, longer and broader, 

 reaching 2-3 ft. Flowers larger, lighter in colour, and opening 

 wider ; segments 3-4 in. long, 1-lf in. broad. 



Hab. Southern Provinces of Cape Colony. Introduced into cultivation in 

 1712. Many forms are named in gardens. Sweet calls the genus Belladonna, 

 and admits four species, B. purpurascens, pallida, pudica, and hlanda. See also 

 purpurascens, Flore des Serres, t. 911 ; and rubra, Flore des Serres, t. 1415. 



30. Ammocharis Herb. 



Perianth funnel-shaped, with a stout cylindrical tube and 6 equal 

 ascending oblanceolate-unguiculate segments. Stamens inserted at 

 the throat of the perianth-tube, about as long as the segments ; 

 filaments filiform, equally divergent ; anthers linear-oblong, versa- 

 tile. Ovary ampullseform, narrowed into a distinct neck, 3-celled ; 

 ovules numerous, superposed, sessile ; style filiform, a little longer 

 than the stamens ; stigma capitate. Fruit and seeds unknown. 



1. A. FALCATA Herb. App. 17. Amaryllisfalcata'L'Jlevit. Hmman- 

 thiisfalcatus Thunb. CrimimJ'alcatumJaGq. Hort. Vindob. iii. 34, t. 60. 

 Ammocharis coranica Herb. Amaryllis coranica Burchell in Bot. Reg. 

 t. 139 & 1219 (var. pallida). Genus Palinetes Salisb. — Bulb ovoid, 

 reaching a diam. of 6-9 in., not produced into a neck ; tunics very 

 numerous, brown, membranous. Leaves bifarious, lorate, spreading, 

 produced before the flowers in summer or autumn, reaching a length 

 of 1-2 ft., an inch broad, green, glabrous. Peduncle stout, lateral, 

 aucipitous, i-1 ft. long. Flowers 20-40 in an umbel, bright red, 

 fragrant, produced in the middle of winter ; pedicels 1-li in. long ; 

 spathe-valves large, ovate. Perianth-tube ^ in. long; segments 

 li-2 in. long. 



Hab. Central and Eastern regions of Cape Colony, from Beaufort and Port 

 Elizabeth, ascending the mountains to 5000 ft., northward to Natal. Probably 

 the fruit figured by Gawler in Bot. Mag. t. 1443, is that of a Brunsvigia, mis- 

 matched with the flowers. 



31. Brunsvigia Heist. 



Perianth funnel-shaped, erect or slightly curved ; tube short ; 

 segments lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, subequal. Stamens long, 

 dechnate, inserted at the throat of the perianth-tube, three shorter ; 

 filaments filiform ; anthers oblong, versatile. Ovary turbinate, 

 3-celled ; ovules numerous, superposed ; style filiform, declinate ; 

 stigma capitate. Capside turbinate, acutely triquetrous, narrowed 

 gradually to the base. Seeds green, subglobose, furnished with a 

 distinct funiculus. — Piootstock a large tunicated bulb. Leaves lorate 

 or Ungulate, produced after the flowers. Peduncle stout, solid. 



