o7S CXXA^T. n.EMUDORACE^>. 



II., the only species, was discovered on the Isonio river, Caffraria, bj Mr. 

 Henry Bowkcr and Mrs. F. W. Barber, and tlie genus is dedicated to the 

 latter in gratitude for her many discoveries of new plants in the frontier 

 districts. With the foliage of Wachendorfia, it has very different iiowers 

 and ovarv. 



Order CXXVII. AMARYLLIDE^. 



Perianth superior, petaloid, regular or subirregular, 6- 

 cleft, tlie outer segments overlapping the inner. Stamens (j 

 (rarely more), inserted on the perianth, sometimes cohering 

 by their dilated bases into a cup (or corona) ; anthers open- 

 ing inwards. Ovary inferior, 3-celled ; ovules rarely definite ; 

 style 1 ; stigma 3-lobed or subentire. Fruit either a 3-celled, 

 loculicidal capsule or a berry. Seeds albuminous. — Grenerally 

 bulbous rooted plants, stemless or caulescent, with ensiform 

 leaves, and handsome, liliaceous flowers. This Order differs 

 from Liliacece by the inferior ovary. I here adopt Mr. Her- 

 bert's genera, but many of them have very trivial distinctive 

 characters. 



Suborder 1. Amaryllidese verse. Bulbous- or rarely fibrous-rooted. 

 Leaves radical. Scapes umbelliferous, rarely 1-flowered. Perianth com- 

 pletely petaloid. Seed-coat not crustaceous. (Gren. 1-18.) 

 (1) Perianth with an evident tube and 6-parted limb. 

 Perianth furnished in the throat with a tubular, 

 6-lobed corona, bearing stamens between its 



lobes 17. Panceatium. 



Perianth destitute of corona. 



(a) Scape rismg above the soil, bearing an 

 umbel. 

 Scape hollow within. 



Perianth funnel-shaped, the slender 

 tube gradually widening into a 



s[)reading limb 1. Vallota. 



Perianth cylindrical - funnelshapedj 



with an erect or erecto-patent limb 2. Cyktantuus. 

 Perianth-tube slender below, bell- 

 shaped above, the limb reflexed . 3. Cyphoxema. 

 Scapes solid (often compressed). 



Lobes of perianth 1-3- or 5-nerved, 

 narrow. 

 Spathe of several leaves ; stamens 



erect, 3 shorter ; style straight . 7. H-EMANTiirs. 

 Spathe 2-leaved ; stamens subequal, 



spreading; style inclined ... 9. BtlPHANE. 

 Lobes of perianth many-nerved, broad. 

 Perianth-tube long and slender, not 



much wider in the throat ... 4. Crinum. 

 Perianth-tube very short ; limb 

 funnel-shaped, with undulate, 

 spre:iding lobes 8. Amakyllis. 



