98 HANDBOOK OF AMARYLLIDE^. 



Hab. Uitenhage and other South-eastern provinces of Cape Colony. A 

 western plant sketched by Masson about 1795, and two forms gathered by Drege 

 (8546) in the province of Clauwilliam, are like this in flower, but the leaf is not 

 known. 



5. B. GiGANTEA Heist. Monog., with figure. B. multijlora Ait. ; 

 Gawl. in Bot. Mag. t. 1619. Amaryllis orientalis Linn. ; Jacq. 

 Hort. Sclioen. i. 38, t. 74. Hamanthus orientalis Thunb. Briinsvhjia 

 orientalis Ecklon. B. nihricaulis Roem. — Bulb very large. Leaves 

 about 4, spreading, Ungulate, closely ribbed, 3-5 in. broad, usually 

 under a foot long. Peduncle red or green, 8-12 in. long, as thick 

 as a man's finger. Flowers 20-30 in an umbel ; pedicels stout, 

 strongly ribbed, 4-6 in. long ; spathe-valves deltoid. Perianth 

 curved, bright red, 2-2i in. long; tube broad, ^-^ in. long; 

 segments lanceolate. Stamens and style rather exserted ; anthers 

 ^ in. long. Capsule acutely triquetrous, 2-3 in. long. 



Hab.- South-western provinces of Cape Colony. Inti'oduced into cultivation 

 about 1700, and figured hy Sweet, Ferrari, Barrelier, and Morison. The genus 

 was named by Heister in 1753, in compliment to the reigning Duke of Brunswick. 



6. B. CoopERi Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. t. 330. — Bulb ovoid, 

 8-4 in. diain. Leaves 4-6, Ungulate, spreading horizontally, 

 8-4 in. broad, tbick in texture, closely ribbed, minutely granulated; 

 edge scabrous. Peduncle very stout, above a foot long. Flowers 

 12-16 in an umbel ; pedicels stout, 4-6 in. long ; spathe-valves 

 broad, ovate. Perianth bright red, 2-2^ in. long; tube very short; 

 segments oblong-lanceolate. Stamens as long as the perianth- 

 segments. Capsule turbinate, acutely angled, 1^-2 in. long. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; mountains of the Eastern provinces, ascending to 

 5000—6000 ft. on the Witbergen, Drege 3518 ! 



7. B. STRIATA Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, ii. 231, Amaryllis striata 

 Jacq. Hort. Sclioen. i. 36, t. 70. A. nervosa Poir. — Bulb ovoid, 

 the size of a wahiut. Leaves 4-6, lingulate, spreading or suberect, 

 4-6 in. long, 2^ in. broad, subcoriaceous, closely strongly ribbed ; 

 edge scabrous. Peduncle 6-8 in. long, ^ in. diam. Flowers 10-20 

 in a dense umbel ; pedicels slender, 1-3 in. long ; spathe-valves 

 ovate, 1-1^ in. long. Perianth bright red or rose-red, suberect, 

 1-1:1^ in. long; tube cylindrical, ^ in. long; segments oblong-lanceo- 

 late. Stamens and style exserted. Capsule comparatively small. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; South-western provinces. Sketched by Masson in 1788. 



8. B. Radula Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, ii. 230. Amaryllis Radula, 

 Jacq. Hort. Sclioen. i. 35, t. 68. Cohuryia Badula Herb. — Bulb 

 globose, larger than a hazel-nut. Leaves 2, spreadhig, liugulate, 

 obtuse, 2-3 in. long, 1-1|- in. broad, covered all over the surface 

 with rough papillae. Peduncle ancipitous, not more than 2-3 in. 

 long. Flowers 3-5 in an umbel; pedicels 1-1|^ in. long; spathe- 

 valves ovate, reddish, -| in. long. Perianth f-1 in. long; tube very 

 short; segments lanceolate. Stamens as long as the perianth- 

 segments. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; Karoo, near the Elephant's lliver. Sketched by 

 Masson in 1790. 



9. B. RADULosA Herb. Amaryll. 281, t. 22, fig. 2. — Leaves 

 spreading, lingulate, obtuse, 8-9 in. long, 3-3|- in. broad at the 



