CXXVn. AMAKYr>LlDEiE. ^^70 



reriantli-tube widening upwards, 

 trumpet-funnelshaped, 

 Segments flat, subeqiial ; pedi- 

 cels elongate 10. Brunsvigia. 



Segments convolute at base, 3 



smaller; pedicels shoi'tish . . 11. Ammochauis. 

 (b) Scape 1-flowered and ovary concealed 

 under ground ; perianth-tube filiform, 

 very long, scape-like; limb spi'eading ; 



stamens 6, 12 or 18 18. Gethyllis. 



(2) Periantli 6-parted to the base or nearly so. 



Very imperfectly bulbous- or fibrous-rooted 

 plants. 

 Perianth fiumel-shapcd, nodding ; segments 

 green-tipped ; stamens slightly exserted ; 



style erect 5. Clivia. 



Perianth widely bell-shaped; segments bi-oad, 

 1-coloured ; stamens shorter than seg- 

 ments ; style curved down then turning up 6. Imantoi'UYLLUM. 

 Perfectly bulbousn'ooted plants. 



Perianth deciduous ; style filiform, not swoll- 

 en at base. 

 Anthers middle-fixed, versatile ; filaments 



very long 12. NEiiiNE. 



Anthers basifixed, erect. 



Filaments separate, decurrent on the 



short tube . . .• 15. Carpolyza. 



Filauicnts united into a cup at base . . 16. Hessea. 

 Perianth persistent ; style swollen at base. 

 Stamens connate at base and adnate to 



the swollen base of style 13. Strumakia. 



Stamens dilated at base but free from base 



of style 14. Imhofia. 



Suborder 2. Hypoxidese. Bulbous- or fibrous-rooted. Scapes 1- or 

 many-flowered, not umbelliferous. Leaves often striate or plaited. Perianth 

 often discoloured or rough and hairy on the outer surface. Capsule long in- 

 dehiscent, at length splitting. Seeds with a black, hard coat, (Gen. 19-21.) 

 Perianth with a long, slender, scape-like tube ; sta- 

 mens 6 li>. CURCULIGO. 



Perianth 6-parted nearly to the base, persistent. 



Stamens 6, epigynous 20. Hypoxis. 



Stamens 3, opposite the inner segments of perianth 21. Paukidia. 



SuBOEDER 1. Amaryllideae. (Gen. 1-18.) 



1. VALLOTA, Herb. 



Perianth funnel-shaped, 6-fid, subrcgular, Avith a straight, 

 slender tube gradually widening in the throat. Stamens G, 

 those opposite the inner segments on the summit of the tube, 

 those o|)posite the outer segments inserted lower down, all 

 decurrent, subequal, si)reading ; anthers incuinbent. Style 

 declined ; stigma subcapitate, 3-lobed. Cai)suk^ ^-{-aiigled. 



