58 Ensatae. 



t Brunsvigia multiflora) Narcissus indicus flore liliaceo sphaericus Ferr. Flor. 12 . 

 t. 129, 130, 131. 



In prom. bon. spei: in dunis infra Constantiam et prope 



Zeekoe-valley , ad litus intra Leeuweberq , in Swartland. 



Fl. Mart., Apr. 0|<. 



Bulbus globosus, glaber, fibrillosus, raagnit. capitis in- 

 fantis. Scapus compressus, laevis, spithamaeus v. paulo lon- 

 gior, carnosus. Folia obtusa, striata , spithamaea, palmara 

 lata. Umbella 10 — 60flora. Pedunculi subteretes , sulcato-an- 

 gulati , glabri, inanes, uniflori: exteriores longiores palmares 

 v. spithamaei, prius florentes patentissimi ; interiores disci 

 breviores, digitales v. palmares, patenti-erecti. Spatha bi- 

 valvis , sessili-connata, ovata, sensim angustata, obtusa, con- 

 cava, digitalis, pedicellis multo brevior, rubra, glabra : intus 

 laciniae lineari-filiformes rubicundae ; inter pedunculos ramenta 

 purpurea eorum circ. lgt. Perigonium ad basin fere 6parti- 

 tum, curvum, subringens, pollicare, purpureum: laciniae lan- 

 ccolatae , acuminatae, obtusae, concaviusculae , apice patentes, 

 revolutae ; suprema intra 2 proximas laterales et infima extra 

 laterales sibi proximas ut in Gladiolis. Filamenta 3 ple- 

 rumque longiora, perigonio longiora, albo-purpurea ; antherae 

 oblongae, sulcatae , atropurpureae : pollen flavnm. Germen 

 planum , triangulare. Stylus filiformis , staminibus et peri- 

 gonio duplo plerumque brevior, incurvus , triqueter, sulcatus, 

 albo-purpureus. Stigma simplex, triangulare, obtusum. Cap- 

 sula obovata, triquetra, trisulca, glabra, apice 3-, basi uniloc. 

 Semina plurima , globosa, glabra, seminibus Sinapeos paulo 

 majora. Absoluta maturitate et disseminatione scapus emar- 

 eidus decidit et folia proveniunt. (Thb.) 



Cl. Gawl. 1. c. in diagnosi sua solito more dodrantali plan- 

 tam cultam , quam pro varietate 



/9. coccinea (floribus coccineis, flavo-viridi vittatis) 

 censeo , sequentibus describit: ,,Bulbus ovato-sphaericus , in- 

 tegumentis (fuscis) crustaceo-membranaceis , rhizomate infra 

 exstante, fibris tuberoso-crassis (crassitie calami) ; folia plura, 

 divaricato-bifaria, lingulato-obversa v. obovato-oblonga , ro- 

 tundato-acuminata , crassiuscula, plana, (5—8" longa, 2 — 3" 

 lata, glabra , striata) , scapo eompresso-columnari, inflores- 

 centiam longitudine parum excedente (8 — 12" alto , diametro 

 pollicari v. ultra) tardiora, exteriora humi recumbentia ; um- 

 bella numerosa, bracteato - interstincta, brachiato - dispansa; 

 pedunculi crassi, stricti, cum germine clavato-continui, rotun- 

 dato-trigoni, sulcati, flore aliquoties longiores (6" longi, cras- 

 sitie calami majoris) ; germen turbinatum , lobato - triquetrum 

 lobis compressis; perigonium decurvo-assurgens, hexapetalo- 

 partitum, urceolato-campanulatum, ad juncturam cum germine 

 eonstrictum, antice gibbum, orc obliquatum, recurvum, (bi- 

 pollicare, laete coccineum) : laciniis subaequalibus oblongo- 

 acuminatis, 4 lateralibus falcato-assurgentibus concavis, sum- 

 ma paulo majore revoluto - incumbente planS, (semipoll. latis, 

 utrinque fasci^ media longitudinali virescenti - flava notatis) ; 

 stamina '/s c ' rc - breviora, fasciculato - assurgentia : filamenta 

 cavitati nectariferae fundi adnata , filiformi - subulata , firma, 

 alterne longiora (rubra , antheris atropurpureis) ; stylus tri- 

 quetro - subulatus parum crassior, apiculo stigmatoso trifido 

 puberulo ; capsula obcordato-turbinata, alato-trigona, divari- 

 cato-venosa , angulis costatis (fere bipoll. , semipellucida , di- 

 Iute fusca, summitate profunde depressa) ; seminum testa nigra." 

 y. rubella: floribus roseis. (Sp. 1. c.) 



Semina omnium Brunsvigiarum viridia esse , haud nigra, 

 testatur W. H.,1. c. 



Species indescripta : 

 Brunsvigia albiflora Echl. top. Verz. 7. 



Species e genere exclusae: 



Brunsvigia ciliaris Ker = Buphane ciliaris. 



— coraeina Stend. = Ammocharis coranica. 



— coranica Schult. = — eoranica. 



— distieha avct. = Buphane disticha. 



— falcata Ker = Ammocharis falcata. 



— fulva Steud. = Coburgia fulva. 



— gr an diflora Lindl. = Amaryllis grandiflora. 



— Josephinae Ker = — Joscphinae. 



