102 HANDBOOK OF AMARYLLIDE.'E. 



Hab. Orange Fiee State, sent to Kew by Mr. Ayres in 1879. Flovv-ers in 

 October and November. 



7. N. HUMiLis Herb. App. 19. Amaryllis humills Jacq. Hort. 

 Schoen. i. 36, t. 629 ; Bot. Mag. t. 726 ; Keel. Lil. t. 449. — Bulb 

 ovoitl, 1-1-|- in. cliam. Leaves about 6, linear, bright green, chan- 

 nelled down the face, a foot long, ^ in. broad. Peduncle slender, 

 Bubterete, -i-l-i- ft. long. Flowers 10-20 in a centrifugal umbel ; 

 pedicels slender, l-lh in. long; spathe- valves lanceolate, as long 

 as the pedicels. Perianth deflexed, pink or rose-red, 1-1 i in. long ; 

 segments oblanceolate, crisped. Stamens declinate, rather shorter 

 than the perianth. Style declinate, as long as the perianth. 



Hab. Cape Colony. Differs from fiexuosa by its dwarfer habit, narrower 

 more deeply channelled leaves, and centrifugal umbel. 



8. N. UNDULATA Herb. App. 19. Amaryllis imdiilata L. ; Mill. 

 Ic. t. 8 ; Bot. Mag. t. 869 ; Eed. LiL t. 115 ; Jacq. Hort. Vind. iii. 

 t. 13. H(F.yminthus undulatns Thunb. Nerine crispa Hort. — Bulb 

 ovoid, f-1 in. diam. Leaves 4-6, linear, bright green, 1-1^- ft. 

 long, l-^ in. broad. Peduncle slender, 1-1^ ft. long. Flowers 

 8-12 in a centrifugal umbel; pedicels slender, 1-1| in. long; 

 spathe-valves lanceolate, as long as the pedicels. Perianth-limb 

 pale pink, about f in. long ; segments oblanceolate, much crisped. 

 Stamens and style declinate, about as long as the perianth. Cap- 

 sule \ in. diam. ; seeds solitary in the cells, globose. 



Var. MAJOR Tratt. Tab. t. 894. N. aucta Koem. Amaryllis 

 amta Tratt. — Perianth-segments larger and less crisped. A form 

 intermediate between ^V. tiiidiilnta and huDiilis. 



Hab. Cape Colony, northward to the Orange Free State, where it was 

 found by Mr. Thomas Cooper. 



9. N. LucmA Herb. Amaryll. 288, tab. 26, fig. 8. Amaryllis 

 lucid(( Burchell. A. laticoma Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 497. Brunsvicjia 

 lucida Herb. — Bulb 8-4 in. diam., produced into a short neck. 

 Leaves 4-6, contemporary with the flowers, linear, spreading, 

 flaccid, a foot long, i-| in. broad, scabrous on the edge. Peduncle 

 stout, aucipitous, 4-8 in. long. Flowers 20-40 in a centripetal 

 umbel ; pedicels 8-4 in. long, straight, moderately stout ; spathe- 

 valves ovate-lanceolate, much shorter than the pedicels. Perianth- 

 limb 1^-2 in. long, pale or bright red, cut down to a campanulate 

 tube; segments oblanceolate-unguiculate, ^ in. broad, hardly at all 

 crisped. Stamens and stjde declinate, bright red, nearly as long as 

 the segments. Capsule depresso-globose, ^^ in. diam. 



Hab. Central regions of Cape Colony, northward to the Gariep. It was 

 introduced by Burchell, but is not in cultivation at present. 



10. N. MARGiNATA Herb. Amaryll. 283. Amaryllis marginata 

 Jacq. Hort. Schoen, i. 34, t. 65. Brumriyia viaryinata Ait. Zmhojia 

 viaryinata Herb. Eiisena inaryinata Eoem. — Bulb ovoid, 2-3 in. 

 diam., with imbricated dark brown membranous tunics and very 

 btrong root-fibres. Leaves about 4, produced after the flowers, 

 spreading, lingulate, obtuse, 6-9 in. long, 2-2^ in. broad, with a 

 reddish crisped cartilaginous edge. Peduncle stout, ancipitous, 

 ^ ft. long. Flowers 12-20 in a centripetal umbel ; pedicels 1^-2 in. 



