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P. BUXIFOLIA Lam. (P. magellanica Gmel.) Plate XIII. 



Flowers bell-shaped, 5 cm. long (smaller than in Lapageria], at right 

 angles with the axis ; glands at base of the inner perianth. 



E. and W. Magellan ; Cordilleras of S. Patagon. (in flower Dec. 2O-Feb. 

 16; a shrub reaching to nearly 2 meters high J. B. Hatcher) ; Fuegia to 

 near Cape Horn. "Among the handsomest of the Antarctic American 

 Flora. Northwards to Valdivia it is replaced by Lapageria rosea." (J. 

 D. Hooker.) When not in flower it is difficult to determine its character 

 as a monocot. 



7. LAPAGERIA Ruiz. & Pav. 



Branching, climbing shrub, with coriaceous, 3~5-nerved, reticulate leaves, 

 whose short petiole is jointed below the blade, the lower part persisting- 

 twisted. Flowers i-few in the axils or terminal, large and handsome, with 

 short peduncle and numerous small imbricate bracts. Perianth-segments 

 distinct, connivent, the outer narrower ; a basal nectary inside. Anthers 

 introrse. Ovary i -celled, with 3 parietal placentae. Berry ovoid, subtri- 

 gonal, with many seeds. 



Only species : 



L. ROSEA Ruiz. & Pav. 



Leaves lance-ovate to subcordate, acuminate. Flowers flesh-colored, 

 sometimes white. 



(S. Chili; also cult, in greenhouses); Patagonia (?). 



Family 19. AMARYLLIDACE.E. 



Herbs (or tropical shrubs) from rhizomes or bulbs, with usually narrow, 

 entire leaves, and large, showy, perfect /lowers. Perianth-leaves 6, mostly 

 united below, bearing 6 stamens on their base. Ovary wholly or partly 

 inferior, 3-celled ; style simple or 3-lobed. Fruit a many-seeded capsule ; 

 or fleshy and i-3-seeded. Seeds oblong, mostly black. 



Species 800, chiefly in warm countries. 



KEY TO THE GENERA. 

 A. Rootstock bulbous. 



b\. Scape i -flowered. Capsule 3-lobed. i. Zeph)'ranthes,^.^\o. 



b2. Umbel 2-many-flowered. Capsule 3-celled. Anthers dorsifixed. 2. Hippeastrum, p. 310. 



A2. Rootstock fasciculate. Capsule wrinkled. Terminal inflorescence or i -flowered. Anthers 



basifixed. 3. Alstraemeria, p. 311. 



