Handbook of the Amaryllideae, including the Alstroemerieae and agaveae / by J.G. Baker.

  • John Gilbert Baker
Date:
1888
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Credit: Handbook of the Amaryllideae, including the Alstroemerieae and agaveae / by J.G. Baker. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CARPOLYZA. differs by its spirally-twisted stem, longer stouter pedicels, and longer spatbe-valves. Hab. Cape Colony; Province of Uitenhage, Zeyher 1(J62 ! 8. H. gemmata Bentli. Gen. Plant, iii. 721. Strumaria gemmata Ker in Pot. Mag. t. 1620. Imhojia gemmata and Bure he11iana Herb. 1. Bergiana Kuntli.—Bulb globose, 1 in. diam.; neck 1-2 in. long. Leaves lorate, developed after the flowers, £ ft. long, ciliated with long fine hairs. Peduncle 1 ft. long. Umbel 10-20-fiowered ; pedicels 1-8 in. long ; spatlie-valves lanceolate. Perianth purplish white, in. long; tube none; segments oblanceolate, crisped. Stamens nearly as long as the limb. Style stout, cylindrical from a conical base. Capsule in. diam. Hab. Cape Colony; South-eastern and Central provinces, ascending to 5000 ft. on the Sneewbergen. 9. Carpolyza Salisb. Perianth with a short funnel-shaped tube ; segments linear- oblong, subequal, spreading. Stamens inserted in the perianth- tube ; filaments short, filiform ; anthers subglobose, minute, basi- fixed. Ovary globose, 3-celled; ovules few in a cell; style filiform; stigma tricuspidate. Capsule globose, membranous, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds few in a cell, subglobose, green.—Monotypic. 1. C. spiralis Salisb. Parad. t. 63. Strumaria spiralis Ait.; Bot. Mag. t. 1388. Hcemanthus spiralis Thunb. Crinum tenellum Jacq. Ic. t. 363. C. spirale Andr. Bot. Rep» t. 92. — Bulb ovoid, i-1 in. diam., with a long slender neck; tunics membranous. Leaves 2-4, contemporary with the flowers in June, subulate, very slender. Peduncle filiform, spirally-twisted, 2-4 in. long; spatlie- valves 2, linear. Perianth funnel-shaped, pinkish white; tube ^ in. long; segments ^ in. long. Capsule £ in. diam., with 3 rounded lobes. Hab. Cape Colony; South-western provinces only. 10. Gethyllis Linn.* Perianth liypocrateriform; tube long, cylindrical; segments subequal, oblong, acute. Stamens 6 or many in 6 clusters inserted in a single row at the throat of the tube ; filaments short; anthers linear, basifixed, soon curling up when the flower opens. Ovary 3-celled; ovules many, superposed; style long, filiform ; stigma capitate. Fruit succulent, clavate, indehiscent. Seeds globose, immersed in pulp; testa loose, hyaline.—Rootstock a tunicated bulb. Peduncle short, liypogoeous. Spatlie monophyllous, membranous. Leaves produced after the flowers, filiform, linear or lancceolate. Flowers whitish, fugitive. Habit of Crocus. Stamens six, undivided ...... Sp. 1-4. Stamens numerous, but arranged in six bundles . Sp. 5-9. * See my fuller Synopsis in the ‘ Journal of Botany,’ 1885, p. 225, with two plates. Masson’s drawings, recently discovered, have added very materially to our knowledge of the species.
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