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long ; spatlie-valves ovate, shorter than the pedicels. Perianth 

 erect, bright scarlet, 1:^ in. long, cut down to the ovary ; segments 

 lanceolate, but little crisped, |- in. broad. Stamens and style sub- 

 erect, a little longer than the perianth. 



Hab. South-western districts of Cape Colony. Known to me only from 

 the figure cited. 



Hybrid Xerines. 



The following hybrid Nerines were raised long ago by Dean 

 Herbert, viz. : — 



1. N. MitchamicB Herb. Amaryll. t. 5, and N. versicolor, between 

 curvifulia and undidata. 



2. N, Haylocki, between curvifulia and pulchella. 

 8. N. jmlche/lo-uiultdata. 



4. N, SpoforthicE, between venusta and undulata. 



6. N. pulchello-humilis, 



6. .V. humilis-undulata. 



7. iV. cur vifuiio -venusta. 



The foUowmg are the principal crosses that have been raised of 

 late years by Messrs. O'Brien, Leichtlin, Cam, and other experi- 

 menters : — 



8. N. amahilis, between imdica and humilis. 



9. iV. Caini, between curvifulia and undulata. 



10. N. atrosam/uinea, between Vlantii emd flexunsa. 



11. N. cinnaharina, between Fothergilli and flexuosa. 



12. N, O'Brieni, of which carminata and carulea are forms, 

 between pudica and Flantii. 



13. N, erubescens, between flexuosa and undulata. 



14. N. elegans, between ^t'.rj/osa and rosea. 



15. N. Meadotvbankii, between sarniensis and Fothergilli. 



16. N. Mansellii, between Jie.vuosa and Fothergilli. 



17. N. roseo-crispa , between undulata and flexuosa. 



18. N. excellens Moore in 'Florist,' 1882, t. 567, between Jiexuosa 

 and humilis major. 



88. Strumaria Jacq. 



Perianth funnel-shaped, cut down to the ovary; segments equal, 

 spreading, oblanceolate. Stamens inserted at the babe of the seg- 

 ments ; filaments filiform, usually united with one another and the 

 dilated style towards the base ; anthers oblong, versatile. Ovary 

 globose, 8 celled ; ovules few, superposed; style swollen and tri- 

 quetrous towards the base, tricuspidate at the stigmatose apex. 

 Capsule small, globose, membranous, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds 

 one or few in a cell, globose, green, bulbiform. — Rootstuck a tunicated 

 bulb. Leaves lorate or linear, contemporary with the flowers. 

 Peduncle slender, solid, terete. Flowers umbellate, small, whitish 

 or reddish ; spathe-valves 2, sujall, lanceolate. Three out of the 

 four species do not exist in the English herbaria. 



