380 CXXVII. AMAHVLLIDE^E. 



!Sceds compressed, black, wiugcd. — Kunth, Enum. v. p. 531 ; 

 Bot. Mar/, t. 1130. 



A handsome b\ilbous plant. Leaves distichous, linear-strapshapcd, ap- 

 pearing with the flowers. Scape fistular, bearing a few-flowered umbeL 

 Spathe 2-leaved ; flowers pedicellate, about 3 in the spathe, bright scarlet. 

 — Eastern district. 



2. CYRTANTHUS, Ait. 



Perianth tubular- funnelsliaped, with an 'erect or spreading, 

 6-fid, subequal limb, the inner lobes wider ; tube straight or 

 curved. Stamens 6, inserted above the middle of the tube, 

 sti\iight or deflexed, included, the alternate longer ; anthers 

 incumbent. Style erect or declined, exserted ; stigma slightly 

 3-lobed. Capsule 3-angled. Seeds compressed, black. — Kunth, 

 Enum. V. p. 533 ; Bof. Mag. t. 271, 1133, 2471, 2634, 2291, 

 3779, 5374. 



Bulbous plants, of which there many species in the Eastern district and 

 at Natal. Leaves flat or channelled, linear. Scape fistular ; spathe 1- or 

 many-flowered. Flowers pedicellate, often pendulous or cernuous, scarlet 

 yellow or white, rai'cly striped. 



3. CYPHONEMA, Herb. 



Perianth with a straight tube, slender and cylindrical below, 

 bell-sha]ied above ; limb regular, reflexed. Eilaments in- 

 curved, the sepaline in the middle of the tube, the petaline in- 

 serted higher. Style slender ; stigma 8-lobed. — Kunth, I. c. 



541: 



C. Loddigesianum, Herb., is a bulbous plant, with a solitary, vernal leaf 

 and a 2-flowered, autumnal, hollow scape. Flowers whitish, striped with 

 green, If inches. Pedicels erect. 



4. CRINUM, Linn. 



Perianth-tube long and slender, not much widening in the 

 throat ; limb G-parted ; segments subequal, many-nerved, 

 erect, spreading or reflexed. Stamens on the summit of the 

 tube, elongate, spreading or declined ; anthers versatile, in- 

 cumbent. Style erect or declined ; stigma obtuse. Capsule 

 membranous, depressed, irregularly bursting, few-seeded. 

 Seeds angular-globose, often viviparous. — Kunth, I. c. 547 ; 

 Bot. Mar/, t. 2352. 



Bulbous plants. Leaves multifarious. Scape solid, many-flowered.— 3 

 Cape S]5ecie3, Eastern. 



5. OLIVIA, Lindl. 



Perianth with a short tube, funnel-shaped, subeqnally G- 

 parled, the inner lobes a little longer. Stamens on the sum- 

 mit of the tube, erect, slightly exserted ; anthers fixed above 



