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tlie base. Ovary fcw-ovnlecl ; style exscrtcd, erect ; stigma 

 8-lobed. Berry few-seeded. Seeds subglobose-compressed, 

 with a fleshy coat. — Kunth, I. c. 584 ; Bot. Mag. (Imantopliyl- 

 lum Aitoni) t. 285G. 



A very imperfectly bulbous plant, the base throwing out many tufted, 

 thick and fleshy fibres. Leaves numerous, radical, distichous, strap-shaped, 

 rigid, persistent. Scape plano-convex, solid, umbellately many-tlowered ; 

 spathe of several bracts. Flowers pedicelled, nodding, orange-scarlet, green- 

 tipped. — C. nobilis, the only species, grows in the Eastern districts. 



6. IMANTOPHYLLUM, Hook. 



Perianth 6-parted nearly to the very base, widely campanu- 

 late, the segments broadly obovate-lauceolate, subequal, the 3 

 inner rather larger. Stamens inserted near the base of the 

 segments and somewhat shorter, spreading ; anthers versatile. 

 Ovary few-ovuled; style thick, curved down, then turning 

 upwards, longer than the perianth. Berry fleshy, few-seeded. 

 Seeds subglobose, bulbiform. — Bot. Mag. t. 4783. 



/. miniatum, Hook., has the habit of Clivia, but its leaves arc much larger 

 and broader, less rigid, with ample clasping bases and acute apices, and the 

 flowers are erect or cernuous, opening Avideiy, nearly as in Vallota, orange* 

 scarlet, without green tips. — Native of Natal. 



7. H^MANTHUS, Linn. 



Perianth with a straight tube, and deeply 6-parted limb, de- 

 ciduous, the lobes narrow, 1-3-nerved, equal, erect or spread- 

 ing. Stamens on the summit of the tube, erect, exserted, 3 

 longer ; anthers fixed above the base. Ovary few-ovuled ; 

 style filiform, straiglit ; stigma simple. Berry globose or ob- 

 long, 1-2-celled. Seeds solitary, bulb-Hke. — Kunfh, I.e. 58G ; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 1315, 3373, 1239, 1523, 1075, 1705, 5378, 5532. 



Bulbous plants, glabrous or hairy. Leaves few, mostly 2, mostly broad 

 and short, coriaceous, thickish, erect or prostrate, rarely long, narrow and 

 channelled. Scape short, mostly compressed or flat, often mottled or 

 banded ; umbel densely many-flowered. Spathe mostly many-leaved, 

 rarely 2-leaved. — Many species, dispersed. 



8. AMARYLLIS, Linn. 



Perianth with a very short tube, funnel-shaped, G-parted, 

 subregular or irregular ; segments many-nerved, broad, undu- 

 late, spreading, somewhat revolute at the a{)ices. Stamens at 

 the summit of the tube, unequal, declined ; anthers fixed by the 

 middle, incumbent, curved into a circular arch after bursting. 

 Style declined ; stigma thickened, sub-3-lobed. Capsule ob- 

 ovate. Seeds globose, fleshy. — Kunth, I.e. GOO; Bol. Mag. t. 

 733, 1450, 2253. 



Fine bulbous plants. Leaves appearing at a different season from the 



