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69. Nerine. — Tube none, except an annular connexion; 
limb reflex ; filaments with a gibbous monadelphous 
base ; stigma ultimately trifid. 
Sectio 1. Regulares. — Perianth regular. 
Gerviine rectiore , revoluto-patente ;filamentis et stylo fasciculatis, 
rectioribus. Germen straighter, revolutely patent; filaments 
and style fasciculate, straighter. 
Centripetce. 
With centripetal inflorescence . 
1. Marginata. Jacq. Hort. Schoen. 1 . t. 
65. Am. marginata. 
2. Curvifolia. Bot. Mag. 725. 
3. Coriksca. Bot. Mag. 1089. 
Centrifuges. 
With centrifugal inflorescence. 
4. Ventista. Bot Mag. 1090. 
Var. 2. Sarniensis. Bot. Mag. 294. 
Var. 3. Rosea. Bot. Mag. 2124. 
Var. 4. Minor. 
Sectio 2. Distortse — Perianth distorted. 
Genuine deflexo ; perianthio filamentis et stylo sursum curvatis. 
— Germen deflex ; perianth, filaments, and style, curved 
upwards. 
Centripetce. 
5. Flexuosa. Bot. Reg. 172. 
6. Pulchella. Bot. Mag 2407. 
7. Lbcida. pi. 26. f. 3. Bot. Mag. 
2124. p. 2. A.laticoma. B.M. 497. 
Centrifuges. 
8. Humilis. Bot. Mag. 726. 
9. Undulata. Bot. Mag. 369. 
Hybridce. — Hybrid crosses. 
Centripetce. Centrifuges. 
1 . Mitchamiee, or Curvifolia-undulata. 4. Spofforthiae, or Venusta-undulata. 
PI. 43. — Versicolor. Herb. Appen- 
dix. Sterile. 
2. Haylocki, or Curvifolia-pulchella. 
Fertile. 
3. Pulchella-undulata. 
Inflorescence not yet ascertained. 
5. Pulchella-humilis. 6. Humili-undulata. 7. Curvifolia- 
venusta. 
The genus Nerine, though defined by a feature that 
cannot be mistaken, the gibbous union of the filaments at 
the point of their junction with the base of the segments of 
the perianth which has no tube, except the annular junction 
of the segments occupying about an eightli of an inch, con- 
tains more extraordinary variations than any genus of the 
same order. The first section consists of those whose germen 
is continued nearly straight from the peduncle, the perianth 
regular, expanded and revolute, and the filaments fascicu- 
