134 HANDBOOK OF AMARYLLIDE^. 



Hab. Central Brazil ; Provinces of Baliia, Goyaz and Minas Geraes, 

 Martins, Burchell ! Gardner ! 



2. A. isABELLiNA Herb. Amaryll. 86. — Flowering stem 3 ft. 

 long ; leaves simple, distant, rigid, lanceolate, ascending, at most 

 4-5 in. long ; edges thickened, stramineous. Umbel simple, 

 10-15-flowered; bracts numerous, minute, lanceolate; pedicels 

 1-1^ in. long. Perianth 1^ in. long; segments all oblanceolate, 

 acute, not spotted, ^ in. broad, reddish yellow, conspicuously 

 tipped with gi-een. Stamens as long as the segments. 



Hab. Central and Southern Brazil ; gathered by Isabelle, Sello, Tweedie 

 and lately by Dr. Glaziou (6734). 



3. A. STENOPETALA Schcnk in Mart. Fl. Bras. iii. 174. Flower- 

 ing stem 3-3| ft. long. Leaves lanceolate, rigid, sessile, resupinate, 

 the central ones the largest, 2-2| in. long; ^ in. broad. Umbel 

 simple, mauy-flowered ; pedicels ^-f in. long; bracts many, linear, 

 sometimes longer than the pedicels. Perianth under an inch long ; 

 segments oblanceolate ; inner ones acuminate. Stamens as long 

 as the perianth. 



Hab. Central Brazil ; Serra de Manuel Gomez, Fold 1639. 



4. A. ScHENKTANA Balvcr. A. cmiea Schenk in Mart. Fl. Bras, 

 iii. 172, non Vellozo. — Flowering stem 1|— 2 ft. long. Leaves 

 remote, lanceolate, rigid, not resupinate, the central ones an inch 

 long, \ iu. broad. Umbel simple, 4-5-llowered ; pedicels 1-1|- in. 

 long; bracts 5-6, linear, ^|- in. long. Perianth horizontal; seg- 

 ments reddish, unspotted ; outer oblanceolate-spathulate, inner 

 narrow. Stamens included, the three inner half as long as the 

 limb. 



Hab. Central Brazil ; San Joao das Antas, Fuhl. Must be very near 

 A. isabellina. 



5. A. Gardneri Baker in Journ. Bot. 1877, 261. — Sterile stem 

 a foot long, its leaves spaced out over the upper third, lanceolate, 

 3 iu. long, ^-f in. broad, sharply nibbed. Fertile stem 3 ft. long ; 

 its leaves few, small, lanceolate, rigid, ascending. Umbel simple, 

 5-6-flowered ; bracts small ; pedicels 2 in. long, not bracteolate. 

 Perianth 1|^ in. long; inner and outer segments both oblanceolate 

 unguiculate, unequal in leugth, ^ in. broad. Stamens rather 

 shorter than the segments. 



Hab. Central Brazil ; Iroviuce of Goyaz, Gar(7?ier 4369 ! 



6. A. platyphylla Baker in Journ. Bot. 1877, 261. — Sterile 

 stem 1^ ft. long ; its leaves oblong, subpetiolate, reaching 4 in. 

 long, li-lf in. broad, firm in texture, strongly ribbed. Flowering 

 stem above 2 ft. long, its leaves small, distant, ascending, rigid, 

 lanceolate. Umbel simple, 6-flowered ; bracts many, small, lan- 

 ceolate ; pedicels 1-1-| in. long. Perianth If in. long ; segments 

 all oblanceolate, acute, about i in. broad. Stamens distinctly 

 shorter than the perianth-limb. 



Hab. Central Brazil ; Province of Goyaz, Gardner -i:3G8 I 



7. A. LONGisTYLA Schcnk in Mart. Fl. Bras. iii. 173. — Flowering 

 stem 2-3 ft. long. Leaves linear, not resupinate, firm in texture, 



