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Perianth-tube greenish, 2|— 3 in. long ; segments hnear, 3 in. long. 

 Staminal cup regularly funnel-shaped, 1|- in. long, usually toothed 

 between the free tips of the filaments, which are about as long as 

 the cup ; anthers linear, ^ in. long. Style overtopping the anthers. 

 Ovules 2 in a cell. 



Hab. Southern United States, Chapman ! Bahamas, Hort. Saunders ! 

 Described from a plant flowered by Mr. Wilson Saunders in 1871, and since 

 received from Messrs. Bull and Ware. First introduced by Fraser about 1816. 

 Very near H. caribcea. 



19. H. EXPANSA Herb. App. 44. Pancratmm expmisum Sims in 

 Bot. Mag. t. 1941. — Leaves longer, narrower, and more erect than 

 in H. caribaa. Peduncle ancipitous, 2 ft. long. Mowers 9-10 in 

 a sessile umbel ; outer spathe-valves large, deltoid. Perianth-tube 

 more slender than in H. caribcea, 3^-4 in. long ; segments linear, 

 4 in. long. Staminal cup funnel-shaped, an inch long, with a 

 small tooth between the free tips of the filaments, which are 2 in. 

 long ; anthers linear, -| in. long. Style overtopping the anthers. 

 Ovules 2 in a cell. 



Hab. West Indies. Intermediate between H. carlbcea and Uttoralis. 

 Described from a plant sent by Mr. Elwes, which flowered at Kew, July, 1878. 



20. H. MACEOSTEPHANA Baker in Gard. Chron. 1879, i. 430 ; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 6436. — Bulb ovoid, 2 in. diam., with brown tunics and 

 a produced neck. Leaves 8-9, multifarious, oblanceolate, bright 

 green, deltoid at the apex, 2-|~3 ft. long, 2-3 in. broad above the 

 middle, narrowed to an inch above the base. Peduncle shorter than 

 the leaves. Flowers 6-10 in a centripetal umbel; pedicels very 

 short ; spathe-valves lanceolate. Perianth-tube greenish, 3 in. 

 long ; segments linear-lanceolate, a little longer than the tube. 

 Staminal cup broadly funnel-shaped, 2 in. long, 2 in. diam. at the 

 throat, obscurely 3-toothed between the arcuate-incurved free tips 

 of the filaments, which are an inch long ; anthers linear, -J in. long. 

 Style overtopping the anthers. 



Hab. Described from living plants sent in March, 1879, from Sir Philip 

 Egerton and the Duke of Northumberland. Probably it is the hybrid between 

 H. speciosa and calathina, mentioned by Herbert in Journ. Hort. Soc. ii. 18. 



21. H. GALVESTONENSis Bakcr. Choretis galvestonensis Herb. 

 Amaryll. 221. — Leaves linear, 1^-2 ft. long, f-1 in. broad. Peduncle 

 1-li It. long. Flowers 4-6 in a sessile umbel; outer spathe-valves 

 large, ovate. Perianth-tube greenish, 1^-2^ in. long ; segments 

 linear, 2^ in. long. Staminal cup regularly funnel-shaped, 1-1 J in. 

 long, not si^reading at the edge ; free tips of filaments f in. long ; 

 anthers linear, ^ in. long. Style overtopping the anthers. 



Hab. Texas, Drummond 370 ! 412 ! Hall 630 ! 



22. H. Palmeri S. Wats. Cont. ix. 301. — Bulb narrowly oblong, 

 4-5 lin. diam. Leaves linear, a foot long, | in. broad. Peduncle 

 slender, under a foot long. Flower solitary, with 3 narrow linear 

 spathe-valves. Perianth-tube 3^-4 in. long ; segments as long as 

 the tube, a line broad. Staminal cup funnel-shaped, 1^ in. long, 

 acuminately lobed between the free tips of the filaments, which are 

 one- third shorter than the segments. 



Hab. Florida ; Biscayan Bay, Dr. Palmer 554. Gathered in 1874, 



