882 CXXYII. AMAETLLTDE^. 



scapes, numerous, strap-shapod. Scape tall, solid, compressed ; spathe 2- 

 leaved ; umbel few-flowered. Flowers large, sweet-scented, pedicelled,.rosy- 

 white. — A. Belladonna^ Linn., is well known in cultivation. 



9. BUPHANE, Herb. 



Perianth with a short, straight tube and 6-parted, reguLar 

 limb, deciduous, the segments narrovv, 3-5-nerved, widely 

 funnel-shaped, reflexed above, subequal. Stamens in the 

 throat, decurrent, spreading, subequal; anthers oblong, fixed by 

 the middle, straight after bursting. 0\ailes few ; style filiform, 

 inclined ; stigma subsimple. Capsule turbinate, depressed, 

 membranous, few-seeded. Seeds bulb-like. — Kunth, I. c. 602. 



Plants with large, coated bulbs. Leaves appearing after the flowers, 

 several, strap-shaped, elongate. Scape compressed, short ; umbel densely 

 many-flowered; spathe 2-leaved. Flowers pedicelled, erect, mixed with 

 filiform bracts. — 4 species, of which the poisonous B. loxicaria is the best 

 known : habit of HamantMs. 



10. BRUNSVIGIA, Gawl. 



Perianth with an evident, longer or shorter tube, curving 

 upwards, funnel-shaped, deeply 6-parted, deciduous ; segments 

 subequal, many-nerved, flat, recurved at the apex. JStamens 

 on the tube, much curved upwards ; anthers versatile, straight. 

 Ovules numerous; style curving with the stamens; stigma 

 truncate. Capsule 3-angled, membranous. Seeds few, sub- 

 globose, black-coated. — Kwith, I. c. 605 ; Bot. Mag. t. 2578. 



Plants with large bulbs, popularly " Candelabra Flowers." Leavea 

 broad, horizontal. Scape appearing in summer without the leaves ; umbel 

 many-flowered ; flowers on very long pedicels, red. Spathe 2-leaved. — 

 — Several species, dispersed. 



11. AMMOCHARIS, Herb. 



Perianth vdth. a tube widening upwards and a 6-parted re- 

 gular limb ; segments many-nerved, flat, convolute at base, 

 spreading-recurved, the alternate smaller. Stamens adnate 

 nearly to the base of the lobes, declined, then curving up- 

 wards ; anthers short, middle-fixed. Ovary many-ovuled ; 

 style curved like the stamens ; stigma obtuse. Capsule tur- 

 binate.— Z'i^iif/^ I. c. 611 ; Bot. May. t. 1413. 



Bulbous plants. Leaves vernal, linear-ensiform, not tubular at base. 

 Scape compressed, solid ; umbel many-flowered. Spathe 2-leaved. Flowers 

 pedicelled, suberect. — 3 species. 



12. NERINE, Herb. 



Perianth-tube scarcely any ; limb very deeply 6-parted, re- 

 gular or 2-labiate, deciduous ; segments narrow, 8-nerved, 



