82 AMAEYLLIDACEAE. 



flowers on a scape about a foot high, from ovoid bulbs about 2' thick; its 6 

 stamens are exserted beyond the 6 linear-oblong recurving perianth-segments. 

 It is frequent in gardens. [Amaryllis sarniensis L.] 



Nerine flexuosa (Jacq.) Herb., Pink Nerine, also South African, recorded 

 by Jones, has declined pink flowers from similar, somewhat smaller bulbs. 

 [Amaryllis flexuosa Jacq.; Nerine pulchella Herb.] 



Eucharis grandiflora Planch., Amazon Lily, Colombian, occasional in 

 gardens, has globose bulbs about 2' thick, oblong leaves about 1° long and 5' 

 wide on petioles 1° long, umbelled white flowers, with a nearly cylindric tube, 

 an expanded throat and 6 spreading oblong, blunt segments about 2' long, the 

 staminal cup of six connate segments V long. [E. amasonica Linden.] 



Cyrtanthus Mackenii Hook., f., Ifafa Lily, South African, grown at 

 Water View in 1915, has ovoid bulbs about IV in diameter, linear leaves 6-12' 

 long and about I' wide, the several, umbellate, pure white, very fragrant 

 flowers borne on a scape about as long as the leaves, the perianth with a narrow, 

 gradually dilated tube about 2' long, its spreading segments J' long, the slender, 

 exserted style tipped by a slightly 3-lobed stigma. 



Amaryllis Belladonna L., Belladonna Lily, South African, with large 

 bulbs, the scape about 2h° high bearing an umbel of short-pedicelled, rose- 

 colored, fragrant flowers about 3' long, the corolla-lobes somewhat spreading, 

 is planted in flower-gardens, blooming before the long narrow strap-shaped 

 leaves appear. In Amaryllis the stamens are separate, not connected by a mem- 

 brane, and not exserted beyond the corolla. 



Curculigo recurvata Dryand., Curculigo, East Indian, is a stemless her- 

 baceous plant, with dark green, narrowly oblong, acute, strongly parallel- 

 veined, arching leaves 2°-3° long, the petioles short, stout and channeled; the 

 rather small yellow flowers are in short, dense spikes borne on hairy, curved 

 peduncles about as long as the petioles ; the corolla is about I' broad, the ovary 

 beaked. It is frequently grown for ornament. 



Stembergia lutea (L.) Ker., Sternbergia, of the Mediterranean region, 

 reported as grown in flower-gardens, has a deep bulb l'-2' thick, slender scapes, 

 1-4 from each bulb, mostly somewhat shorter than the narrowly linear leaves, 

 the bright yellow flower about 2' high, the 6-lobed corolla funnelform. 

 [Amaryllis lutea L.] 



Polianthes tuberosa L., Tuberose, Mexican, frequent in flower gardens, 

 has a tuberous rootstock, erect stems ll°-2>° high bearing several narrowly 

 linear leaves, the lower ones l°-li° long, and a terminal spike of white, fra- 

 grant flowers, the perianth-segments about 8" long, the stamens borne at about 

 the middle of the perianth-tube. 



Leucojum aestivumL., Summer Snov^flake, European, occasionally grown 

 in gardens, has bulbs about V thick, linear leaves about 1° long, and a scape 

 bearing several white nodding flowers, the corolla-segments with greenish tips. 



Doryanthes Palmeri W. Hill, Palmer's Doryanthes, Australian, seen at 

 the Agricultural Station in 1913, resembles an Agave, having a basal tuft of 

 narrow leaves up to 6° long, the outer ones recurved, the inner nearly erect, all 

 with brown, tubular tips, entire-margined. The flowering stem arises -to a 

 height of about 25°, surmounted by a panicle, about 3° long, of scarlet flowers. 



Alstroemeria inodora Herb., Alstroemeria, Brazilian, grown at Mount 

 Hope in 1914, has tuberous rootstocks, erect leafy stems about 2° high, the 

 leaves of sterile stems narrowly oblong, petioled, 3'-4' long, those of flowering 

 stems linear-lanceolate and smaller, the umbelled, terminal flowers with 6 

 spatulate segments about 2' long, rose-colored and cinnamon-brown mottled. 

 [A. nemorosa Graham.] 



