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Flowers bright red, copiously umbelled ; spathe 2-valycd. A large 

 proportion of the dried specimens I have seen are without leaves, 

 and cannot therefore be determined clearly. 



Leaves lorate . . Sp. 1-4. 

 Leaves Ungulate . . Sp. 5-8. 

 Flowers unknown . Sp. 9. 



1. B. JosEPHiN.E Gawl. in Bot. Reg. t. 192-198. Amaryllis 

 JosephincB Red. Lil. t. 370-372. A. Josephiniana Herb. A. 

 Grijfininna Herb. — Bulb 5-6 in. diam. Leaves 8-10, loraie, 

 glaucous or greenish, suberect, thick, closely ribbed, 2-8 ft. long, 

 H-2 in. broad; edge entire. Peduncle subterete, an inch thick, 

 li ft. long. Flowers 20-30, rarely 50-60, in an umbel ; pedicels 

 stout, stiffly erect, i-1 ft. long ; spathe-valves small, broad, with a 

 large cusp. Perianth bright red, 2i-3 in. long ; tube subcylindrical, 

 ^ in. long ; segments lanceolate. Stamens as long as the segments. 

 Capsule smaller, less conical, and not so strongly angled as in B. 

 gigantea. 



Hab, Central and Eastern districts of Cape Colony, Kaffraria, Orange Free 

 State, and Natal. It was originally described and figured from a plant that 

 flowered in the garden of Malmaison, the bulb of which was purchased in 

 Holland by the Empress Josephine, after whom it was named. 



2. B. GRANDiFLOKA Liudl. Bot. Reg. t. 1335.— Bulb large, ovoid. 

 Leaves lorate, obtuse, suberect, pale green ; edge scabrous. Pe- 

 duncle compressed, slightly glaucous, li ft. long. Flowers about 80 

 in an umbel; pedicels 8-6 in. long; spathe-valves deltoid-cuspidate. 

 Perianth pale red, 2 in. long ; tube scarcely any ; segments oblong- 

 lanceolate. Stamens rather shorter than the perianth-segments. 



Hab. Cape Colony. Known only from the figure, which was drawn from a 

 plant flowered in London by Mr. Tate in 1829. Herbert's var. Banksiana is 

 probably founded on a mismatching of leaf and flower. 



8. B. Slateriana Benth. Gen. Plant, iii. 727. Ammocharis 

 Slateriana Kunth. Amaryllis Banksiana Liudl. in Bot. Reg. 1842, 

 t. 11. — Bulb globose, 4-5 in. diam. Leaves about 6, lorate, 

 glaucous. Peduncle stout, compressed, ^ ft. long. Flowers 15-20 

 in an umbel ; pedicels 8-4 in. long ; spathe-valves lanceolate- 

 deltoid. Perianth bright rose-red, li in. long ; tube very short ; 

 segments lanceolate. Stamens and style shorter than the perianth- 

 segments. 



Hab, Cape Colony. Known only from the figure cited, which was drawn 

 from a plant flowered by J. H. Slater, Esq., at Newick Park, Uckfield, in 1849. 



4. B. MINOR Lindl. in Bot. Reg. t. 954. B. humilis Ecklon. — 

 Bulb ovoid, 2-3 in. diam. Leaves 8-4, lorate, half a foot long, an 

 inch broad. Peduncle stout, 6-9 in. long. Flowers 12-40 in an 

 umbel ; pedicels comparatively slender, 3-6 in. long ; spathe-valves 

 ovate, reflexing, 1^ in. long. Perianth pale red, l^-H in. long; 

 tube very short ; segments lanceolate. Stamens as long as the 

 perianth -segments ; anthers oblong, ^ in. long. Capsule acutely 

 turbinate, 1 in. long. 



