Plate 2 '193. 



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STENOLIRION ELLIOTII, Baker. 



AMARYLLIDE.E. Tribe AmARYLLE^. 



Stenolirion, Baker {gen. nov.). PeriantJdum superum, tubo elon- 

 gate, cyhndnco hmbi obis lineavibus patulis. Stamina 6, ad fau e^ 

 tubi mserta, Wamentis liberis filiforrribus, antheris oblonc^is ve^ 

 satihbus dorsifixis Ovarium inforura, triloculare, ovulis in°nuoque 

 oculo pluribus ; stylus elongatus, filiformis stigmate simplice. ^ Frnc- 

 Z. Twr- .*^^""«fj^.q^«q"e loculo plura. testa laxa crassius- 

 Rnib,r •/"'?' ^Ibuminecartilagineo, embryone recto centrali. 

 Bulbus ovoideus tumcis multis memhranaceis apice truncatis. FoUa 

 plura, radxcaha romlata, synmdhia, linearia, firmuJa, maraine 



S^th T ,^^^^r"^"^ ^--'^' -^--^- Un^bell. 'paT^lZ. 

 bpath* valvce lanceolatce, memhranacet^, pedicellis brevibus. 



S. Elliotii, Baker (sp. unica). 

 (Na'siTsJ:^''*'''^ "^^'"''^ ' ^''''''^'' 4,000-5,000 feet. Scott Elliot 



f^^lhus 11 poll. diam. Folia semipedalia, 4-4* Jin. lata. Pedun- 

 culus 3-5-pollicans. Pemanthii tubus 2 poll, longus ; segmenta limbi 

 tubo pauIo breviora. i?acca 12-15 lin. diam. 



This interesting new genus resembles Crinum in habit, but differs 

 both from_ that genus and Ha^manthus in its seeds, which are so 

 numerous m each cell as to be angled by pressure.— J. G. Baker. 



Fig. 1. Margin of leaf. 2 and 3. Seeds. 1 and 3 enlarged. 



