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3. E. LONGiPETALA Herb, in Bot. Eeg. xxiv. Misc. 79 ; Bot. 

 Mag. t. 3878; Baker in Saund. Eef. Bot. t. 264.— Bulb 1^-2 in. 

 diam., with a long cylindrical neck. Leaves about 6, lorate, stiffly 

 suberect, light green, 1^ ft. long, 1^ in. broad. Peduncle an- 

 cipitous, 2-3 ft. long. Flowers 5-10 in a nearly sessile umbel ; 

 outer spathe-valves ovate. Perianth-tube ^-^ in. long and broad ; 

 segments linear, 4 in. long. Staminal cup funnel-shaped, deflexed^, 

 at a right angle with the tube, 1^ in. long with the edge refiexeid 

 between the free tips of the filaments, which are 2^ in. long ; 

 anther small, linear-oblong. Style overtopping the anthers. 



Hab. Andes of Peru and South Ecuador, alt. 6000—8000 ft. Described 

 from a plant that flowered at Kew, May, 1878. Eeceived also alive from Messrs. 

 Wilson Saunders, Elwea, Henderson, Veitch, and Colonel Trevor Clarke. 



48. Vagaria Herb. 



Perianth-inhe short, funnel-shaped at the apex ; segments 

 equal, lanceolate, ascending, with a broad green keel. Stanwiis 

 inserted at the throat of the tube ; filaments quadrate at the base, 

 with a tooth on each side ; anthers small, oblong, versatile. Ovary 

 globose, 3-celled ; ovules 2-3 in a cell, attached to the middle of 

 the placenta ; style filiform ; stigma capitate. Capsule deeply 

 3-lobed, finally dehiscent. Seeds turgid, black. 



1. V. parviflora Herb. Amaryll. 226. Pancratium jjarviflurum 

 Desf. ; Delile in Red. Lil. t. 471. Vaginaria Kunth. Alinyra 

 Salisb. — Bulb globose, 1-| in. diam., with brown tunics and a long 

 neck. Leaves 4-6, linear, produced after the flowers, finally 2 ft. 

 long. Peduncle slender, ancipitous, 9-12 in. long. Flowers 6-8 

 in an umbel ; pedicels |— | in. long ; spathe-valves lanceolate. 

 Perianth-tube ^ in. long ; segments rather longer. {Stamens much 

 shorter than the segments. 



Hab. Syria, about Beyrout and Tripoli. Introduced into cultivation at the 

 Jardin des Plantes in 1815. Flowers in autumn. 



49. EuRYCLES Salisb. 



Perianth-iiibe cylindrical; segments subequal, oblong-lanceolate, 

 ascending. Stawens inserted at the throat of the tube, shorter 

 than the segments ; filaments bordered in the lower half, united in 

 a more or less distinct cup ; anthers linear-oblong, versatile. 

 Geary ampulla) form , 3-celled ; ovules 2 rarely 3 in a cell, medial ; 

 style filiform ; stigma capitate. Capsule globose, succulent. Seed 

 usually solitary, globose. — Pioutstuck a tunicated bulb. Leaves 

 broad, petioled, with lax arcuate main veins, connected by oblique 

 cross veinlets. Flowers many in an umbel, white. 



1. E. SYLVESTRis Salisb. in Trans. Hort. Soc. i. 337. E. aus- 

 tralis Schultes. E. amboinensis and australasica Loud. Pancratium 

 amboinense Linn. ; Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1419 ; Eed. Lil. t. 384. 

 P. austral asicuni Ker. in Bot. Reg. t. 715. P. nervifolium Sailsb. 

 Parad. t. 84. Crinuin nervosum L'Herit. Amaryllis rotundi/olia 

 Lam. — Bulb 3-4 in. diam. Leaf with a suborbicular cordate 

 cuspidate blade, 6-12 in. broad and a long petiole dilated at the 



