I 



Ammocharis.] cxxxvii. amaryllide^ (baker). 405 



above J in. long ; segments oblong-lanceolate, acute, 2 in. long. Capsule 

 the size of a pigeon's egg ; pericarp thin, membranous. 



ZiO-wer Guinea. Hereroland, BelcJc, 48a. 



Also Great Namaqualand. 



No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 



11. BBUNSVIGIA, Heist. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. 728. 



Perianth funnel-shaped, straight or slightly curved ; tube very 

 short ; segments lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, subequal. Stamens 

 long, declinate, inserted in the perianth-tube ; filaments filiform, free ; 

 anthers oblong, versatile. Ovary turbinate, 3-celled; ovules few or 

 many in a cell ; style filiform, declinate ; stigma capitate. Fruit 

 turbinate, acutely angled. Seeds green, 'globose, with a distinct funi- 

 cule. — Rootstock a large tunicated bulb. Leaves lorate or Ungulate, 

 produced after the flowers. Peduncle stout, solid. Flowers bright red, 

 many in an umbel ; spathes 2-valved. 



Species 10, the others all South African. 



1. B. Kirkii, Baker, Handh. Amaryllid. 99. Bulb and leaves 

 unknown. Apex of peduncle above 1 in. diam. Flowers 30-40 in an 

 umbel; spathe-valves Ungulate, reflexed, IJ in. long; pedicels acutely 

 angled, stiffly erect, J-1 ft. long. Perianth 1 in. long; tube short; 

 segments lanceolate. Filaments longer than the perianth-segments; 

 anthers small, oblong. Capsule turbinate, acutely apgled, J-| in. long. 

 Seeds 1 in a cell, globose, green, the size of a smaU pea. 



IMEozamb. Dlst> German East Africa : Usagara mountains, Kirk ! British 

 Central Africa : Stevenson Road, between Lakes Nyasa and Tanganyika, 4000- 

 5000 ft., Scott'Elliot, 8276 ! 



An unnamed species of Brunsvigia is stated by Dr. Schiuz (Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. 

 App. iii. 47) to occur both in Amboland and Hereroland. 



12. NERINE, Herb. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. ui. 728. 



Perianth funnel-shaped, cut down nearly or quite to the ovary, 

 erect or rather decurved ; segments equal, oblanceolate, falcate, usually 

 more or less crisped. Stamens inserted at the base of the perianth- 

 segments ; filaments filiform, thickened at the base, suberect or declinate, 

 3 shorter ; anthers oblong, dorsifixed, versatile. Ovary globose, ;>-lobed ; 

 ovules few in a cell, superposed ; style filiform, straight or declinate ; 

 stigma obscurely tricuspidate. Capsule globose, deeply 3-lobed, mem- 

 branous. Seeds 1 or few in a cell, globose. — Rootstock a tunicated 

 bulb. Leaves usually linear, produced with or a little after the flowers. 

 Umbels few or many-flowered : spathe-valves 2, lanceolate. Flowers 

 pale or deep red. — Imhojia, Heist. 

 Species 15, all South African. 



Peduncle long, slender, terete . . . . 1. iV'. undulala. 



Peduncle short, stout, angled . . . . . 2. N. lucida. 



