CXXTIT. AMAllYLLIDEiE. 883 



subequal, undulate, spreadiug-recurvcd. Stamens in the throat, 

 very long, erect or declined ; anthers fixed by the middle, ver- 

 satile, straight. Style filiform; stigma 3-fid. Capsule sub- 

 globose, membranous. Seeds few, angular. — Kunth, I. c. p. 

 615 ; Bot. Mag. b. 725, 294, 2124, 2407, 726, 1089, 369. 



Bulbous plants. Leaves narrow strap-shaped, appearing after tlie flowers. 

 Scape solid; umbel few- or several-flowered; spathe 2-lcaved. Flowers pedi- 

 eelled, of moderate size, scarlet or pink. — Several species, of whidi A''. 

 Sarniensis (the Guernsey Lily) is common about Table Mountain. 



13. STRUMARIA, Jacq. 



Perianth-tube very short ; limb deeply 6-parted, regular, 

 persistent ; segments subequal, 3-nerved, spreading widely. 

 Stamens mostly connate at base, adnate at base to the style ; 

 anthers fixed at back, incumbent. Ovary many-ovuled ; style 

 filiform, erect, with a swollen, fleshy base ; stigma 3-fid. Cap- 

 sule membranous, few-seeded. — Kunth, I. c. p. 622. 



Small but elegant bulbous plants. Leaves appearing with the flowers, 

 linear or strap-shaped. Scape solid ; umbel many-flowered ; spathe 2- 

 ieaved ; flowers pedicelled, erect, wliite or rosy. — 6 species, as here re- 

 stricted. 



14. IMHOFIA, Herb. 



Perianth and other characters as in Strumaria, but stamens 

 inserted in the base of the perianth, their filaments dilated at 

 base but separate, free from the style or slightly united to its 

 base. Style much thickened at base. — Kunth, I.e. p. 625; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 1620. 



Habit of the last genus, from which this scarcely differs. Leaves filiform. 

 — 4 species. 



15. CARPOLYZA, Salisb. 



Perianth-tube short, widening upwards; limb 6-parted, re- 

 gular, deciduous ; segments 3-nerved, the outer rather wider, 

 mucronate beneath the lip. Stamens in the throat, 3 longer 

 than the others ; filaments decurrent ; anthers emarginate, 

 fixed at back scarcely above the 2-fid base, erect. Ovary few- 

 ovuled ; style filiform (not swollen at base), erect ; stigma 

 3-parted, the segments filiform, patent-recurved. Capsule 

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

 629 ; ^ot. Mag. t. 1383. 



C. spiralis (Hessea spiralis, Berg) is a small but very elegant bulbous 

 plant, found in wet places, flowering in April and May. Scapes lUiform, 

 4-6 inclies higli, spirally-twisted from the base to the middle, tlience 

 straight ; umbel 2-4-flowered ; spathe 2-leaved. Leave.-* suiral, lihform. 

 Flowers white. 



