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elongated. Stamens united by a large, white cup, the free parts of the 

 filaments filiform; anthers versatile. Ovary 3-celled; ovules 2 in each cell; 

 style long, filiform; stigma minute. Fruit a large, bulb-like, finally dehi- 

 scent capsule. (Greek "membrane" and "beauty.") 



Species about 30 in the tropical and warmer parts of America, 1 intro- 

 duced in the Philippines. 



♦L H. TBNUIFLORA Herb. 



Leaves crowded, narrowly lanceolate, fleshy, acuminate or acute, 0.5 to 

 1 m long, 6 to 7 cm wide. Scape erect, solid, somewhat compressed, about 

 0.5 m tall, bearing at its apex few to many, sessile, umbellate flowers, the 

 spathe subtending the flowers very thin, marcescent. Flowers fragrant, 

 the perianth-tube greenish below, whitish above, about 12 cm long, the 

 lobes linear, white, spreading, 10 cm long, 5 to 7 mm wide. The mem- 

 branaceous cup connecting the filaments white, funnel-shaped, 4 to 5 cm in 

 diameter. Anthers erect, green. (Fl. Filip. pi. 411, H. adnata.) 



Commonly cultivated for ornamental purposes, fl. most of the year. A 

 native of tropical America. 



7. EURYCLES Salisbury 



Rootstock a tunicated bulb, the leaves broad, petioled, with lax, arcuate 

 main-veins and oblique cross-veinlets. Flowers many, in a peduncled umbel, 

 white. Perianth-tube cylindric, the lobes subequal, ascending, oblong- 

 lanceolate. Stamens inserted at the throat, the filaments united in a 

 distinct, 12-toothed, cup; anthers versatile. Ovary 3-ceIled, the ovules 2 or 

 3 in each cell; style filiform. Capsule globose, suculent. 



Species 2, Malaya and Australia, 1 in the Philippines. 



1. E. ambolnensis (L.) LindL 



Bulb 5 to 10 cm in diameter. Leaf-blade suborbicular or broadly ovate, 

 base broadly cordate, shortly and abruptly acuminate, up to 25 cm long 

 and wide, the petiole longer than the blade, dilated at the base, the nerves 

 12 to 15 on each side of the midrib. Peduncle about as long as the leaves, 

 bearing from 15 to 30 flowers in a dense umbel. Perianth about 5 cm long, 

 the segments as long as the tube. (Fl. Filip. pi. 406.) 



Frequently cultivated, fl. June.-Aug., and probably in other months; of 

 very local occurrence in the Philippines. Malay Peninsula to northern 

 Australia. 



8. EUCHARIS Planchon 



Bulbs tunicated, the leaves petioled, oblong, green. Flowers large, 

 umbellate, white, fragrant, the outer spathe-valves 2 or 3, ovate-lanceolate. 

 Perianth-tube cylindric, slender, dilated above, the segments broad, spread- 

 ing, imbricate, subequal. Stamens inserted at the throat of the perianth- 

 tube, shorter than the segments, erect, the filaments broadly appendaged 

 below, the appendages united into a 12-toothed cup, the free parts of the 

 filaments stout, shorter than the appendages. Anthers versatile. Ovary 

 globose, 3-celled; ovules many; style filiform. Fruit deeply 3-lobed, finally 

 dehiscent. (Greek ?'well" or "true," and "graceful.") 



Species 6 or 8, natives of Colombia, most of them in cultivation. 



*1. E. GRANDIFLORA Planch. Amazon Lily. 



-Leaves oblong-elliptic, narrowed at both ends, acuminate, coriaceous, 26 

 to 35 cm long, about 15 cm wide, shining, the petioles stout, about 20 cm 



