584 LILIACE^. 



perigonial tute straigbtish, linear, little longer than the expanded limb : lobes narrowly 

 linear ; stamens spreading. — I adopt Eraser's name on account of the resemblance of this 

 species with C. braeteatum, W. (Jacq. Schoenbr. 4. t. 495 ; C. asiaticum. Red. Lil. 6. f . 348), 

 to which IVaser's plant was reduced by Ker. The lesser number of flowers, the narrow 

 petiole, the bulb probably less columnar, and the American habitat speak for its peculiarity : 

 if however it should not prove distinct, Willdenow's name is to be adopted, as C. asiati- 

 cum, L., rests'chiefly upon the authority of Eumphius, and from the original figure {Herb. 

 Amboin. 6. t. 69) its leaves appear to be oblong, with parallel ribs. Leaf-blade 9"-10"long, 

 3"-4" broad, petiole 5" long, 5'" broad; pedicels as long as the ovaries ; perigonial tube 4"-, 

 3" long, 2"'-3"' diam., lobes 3" long, if" broad.— Hab. Jamaica !, Wullschl. ; [an island 

 near the coast of Florida; along the sea {Fras.}]. 



13. C. gigantemn, Aadr. Leaves lanceolate-oblong, acuminate, tapering into the 

 broad petiole, scabrous at the margin : lateral ribs slightly curved ; flowers about 8-12, 

 sessile, white ; perigonial tube cernuous, linear, almost twice as long as the campanulate- 

 infundibular limb ; lobes oval-oblong, blunt with a minute point ; stamens declined. — Red. 

 lU. 4. t. 181. — C. petiolatum. Herb. — Leaves (the petiole included) 24'-3' long : blade 4", 

 petiole near the base 1" broad ; perigonial tube 5", limb 3" long, lobes 14"'-18"' broad. — 

 Hab. Jamaica !, March ; [Brazil ; Western trop. Africa to the Cape]. 



8. AMARYLLIS, i. 



Perigonial tube short i limb infundibular, often unequal, 6-partite. Stamens inserted 

 into the tube of the perigone : filaments long -. anthers incumbent. Stgle simple. Capsule 

 usually loculicide : seeds black, compressed. — Leaves rosulate from a bulb ; flowers umbel- 

 late-single, rarely clustered: spathe i-vahed, or tubular. 



Sect. 1. HiPPEASTUuM, Herb. — Spathe %-vahed, l-many -flowered. Perigone nodding. 



14. A. equestris, Ait. Leaves oblong-linear with a bluntish point, about as long as 

 the 2(-4)-flowered scape ; perigone "cinnabar-coloured :" tube slender, hairy at the throat, 

 gradually dilated into the spreading limb : lobes ovate-oblong, pointed, subequgl ; stamens 

 included ; stigma blunt. — Bot. Mag. t. 305. — Hippeastrum, Herb. JH. oocideutalc, Roem. 

 A. Belladonna, Sw. (nun L.), Mey. Esseq. ! — Leaves 1" broad ; perigone 3"-5" (tube about 

 1") long. — Hab. Jamaica!, Al., March; Antigua!, Wullsehl.; Barbadoes ; Trinidad; 

 [Portorico ! to Guiana !]. 



Sect. 2. Zephybanthes, Herb. — Spathe tubular, \-flowered. Perigone suberect, infun- 

 dibular, subequal. Stigma Z-fld, 



15. A. tubispatha, Ker. Leaves few, linear, channelled, about as long as the scape ; 

 spathe ii-fid, half as long as the pedicel; perigone white, greenish at the base, as long as 

 the pedicel : tube very short ; segments obovate-oblong, subequal, twice as long as the three 

 longer stamens ; anthers 3'" long ; style included, exceeding the stamens. — Bot. Mag. 1. 1586. 

 -^Zephyranthes, .fferi.— Leaves 3'" broad; perigone 2"-14" long.— Hab. Jamaica; An- 

 tigua I, Wullschl. ; [French islands I]. 



16. A. carinata, Spreng. Leaves linear, channelled ; spathe monophyllous, slit on one 

 side, exceeding the included pedicel; perigone rosy, much longer than the pedicel : tube 



i» short: segments obovate-oblong, pointed, subequal, exceeding the subequal stamens; anthers 

 8'" long ; style included, shortly exceeding the stamens.— £o<. Mag. t. 2594.— Zephyran- 

 thes, iTerf.- Leaves 2"'-4"' broad ; spathe 1"-1 V, perigone 2i"-3" long.— Hab, Jamaica I, 

 March ; [Mexico to Brazil]. 



9. HYPOXIS, Z. 



Perigonial limb 6-partite, spreading, persistent. Stamens inserted into its base : anthers 

 erect, introrse. Style simple. Capsule 3-celled, evalved, many-seeded, seeds black, sub- 

 globoae, laterally attached by a retiuaculum-like funiculus.— Leaves grass-like, plaited, rosu- 

 late from a bulb ; flowers sitigle, or fascicled, supported by bracts. 



