384 CXXVII. AMARTLLIDE.E. 



16. HESSEA, Herb., not Berg. 



Perianth-tube very short ; limb G-partcd, regular, deciduous?; 

 segments narrow, subequal, very widely spreading. Stamens 

 united into a cup at base, erect, at length reflexed ; anthers 

 elliptic, fixed by their cordate base, erect. Style filiform, erect, 

 free at base ; stigma 3-fid ; ovules 1-2 in each cell. Seeds 

 subglobose. — Kunth, I. c. p. 630. 



Small, bulbous plants, separated from Strumaria. Leaves linear, ap- 

 pearing with the flowers. Scape solid ; umbel several-flowered ; spathe 2- 

 leaved. Flowers on long pedicels, rosy or white. — H. crispa is the com- 

 monest of tlie 4 or 5 known species. 



17. PANCRATIUM, Linn. 



Perianth persistent, with a long, straight tube, widening 

 into a funnel-shaped throat ; limb 6-parted ; segments many- 

 nerved, subequal, spreading. Corona turbinate-funnelshaped, 

 6-lobed, aduate to the limb, staminiferous between the entire 

 or 2-fid lobes. Stamens 6, erect, equal; filaments subulate, 

 decurrent ; anthers incumbent. Ovary many-ovuled ; style 

 filiform, ascending ; stigma capitellate, entire. Capsule mem- 

 branous. Seeds subglobose. — Kunth, I. c. p. 657. 



Bulbous plants, often growing near the sea. S]3ecimens of a very 

 singular new species of this genus (P. Chapmanni, Harv.) have recently 

 been sent me from Damaraland by Mr. Cliapmnn and Mr. Baines. It 

 has a bulbous root, about 1 in. long, f in. diameter. The leaves are very 

 slender, linear, like those of Gethyllis^ and the scape 3-4 inches high, bears 

 a solitary, subsessile flower, subtended by 2 small bracts. The flower is 

 large, white and vei'y delicate, and the generic characters quite those of 

 a Pancratium. 



18. GETHYLLIS, Linn. 



Perianth-tube filiform, very long, slender; limb 6-parted, 

 spreading. Stamens in the throat, 6-12,-18 ; filaments subu- 

 late, free or connate at base in parcels of 2 or 3 ; anthers 

 linear, fixed by the sagittate base, erect, straight or spirally- 

 twisted at tip. Ovary 3-celled ; cells very many-ovuled ; 

 style connate below with the tube of the perianth, above free 

 and exserted ; stigma capitate. Berry succulent, elongate, 

 club-shaped. Seeds very numerous, subcompressed, Ipng in 

 pulp.— JTwwM., I. c. 694 ; Bot. Mag. t. 1088. 



Small, bulbous plants, with linear, spirally- tw^isted leaves, appeadng at 

 a different season from the flowers. Scape 1-flowered, very short, hidden 

 (with the ovary) underground, the long tube of the corolla resembling a 

 scape. Spathe 1-leaved, membranous ; flowers sessile, white, delicate and 

 soon withering. The fruit rises above grou.nd to ripen, and is strongly 

 scented. It is known to colonial children by the name " Kukumakranka." 

 — 8 species are enumerated, but the number is probably overrated. 



