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11. Nerine, Herb. (F.C. VI., 209.) 
Perianth regular or irregular with narrow, more or less 
crisped, spreading segments ; stamens inserted at the base 
of the segments ; filaments thickened at the base and often 
united, three shorter, anthers dorsihxed ; ovary 3-lcculed, 
few ovaled, style filiform, stigma slightly 3-lobed ; capsule 
deeply 3-lobed ; seeds globose, one or few in a cell. — Flowers 
red or rose-red in few- or many-flowered umbels ; bracts 2, 
lanceolate, leaves linear, produced with or after the flowers. 
A South African genus with 9 species at the Cape and 
3 in the Transvaal : many are in cultivation on account of 
the showy flowers. Nerine sarniensis, the Guernsey Lily, is, 
notwithstanding its name, a native of Table Mountain. It is 
said it obtained the name in this way. In 1680 a ship 
wrecked on the shore of Guernsey, and having quantities of 
bulbs of N. sarniensis on boardship, these were thrown ashore 
and became cultivated on the Isle. 
Key to the Species. 
Peduncle long, 11,-3 ft. long. 
Leaves 1 in. wide. 
Leaves in. wide. 
Peduncle short, 3-8 in. long. 
1. N. fiexuosa. 
2. N. angustifolia. 
3. N. lucida. 
1. N. fiexuosa , Herb , var. Sanderson /, Baker. (F.C. 
VI., 211, No. 4, var.) Barberton, Moodies, 4000 ft., near 
streams, Thorncroft, 444 ; without precise locality, Sanderson. 
2. N. angustifolia , Baker. Bulb small : leaves linear, 1 
ft. long, in. wide, appearing with the flowers ; peduncle 
stiff, erect, long ; umbel many-flowered, bracts ovate-lanceolate, 
coloured : pedicels very hairy ; perianth-segments pink, 
scarcely at all crisped ; stamens shorter than the perianth- 
segments : ovary hairy, style as long as the stamens. 
Sterk Hill, Lydenburg, flowering in June, growing in 
boggy ground on shady spots, Burtt-Davy, 453 ; Barberton, 
Galpin, 1018 ; Dalriach, Swazieland, Bolus, 12366. 
3. N. lucida , Herb. (F.C. VI., 214, No. 13.) Without 
precise locality, Todd, 22. 
12. Hessea, Herb. (F.C. VI., 189.) 
Perianth regular with spreading, obtuse segments ; 
stamens inserted at the base of the segments, filaments 
filiform or flattened at the base, anthers small, basifixed ; 
ovary globose, style subulate or swollen towards the base ; 
