2. Ovary with 1 fertile cell. Flowers regular, glabrous, in racemes.--Species 1. Natal and Kaffraria. =Barberetta= Harv. Ovary with 3 fertile cells. Flowers irregular, hairy, in panicles.--Species 2. Cape Colony. Used as ornamental plants. The roots contain a red dye-stuff. =Wachendorfia= L. 3. Ovary with 1 ovule in each cell. Flowers hairy, in panicles.--Species 2. Cape Colony. =Dilatris= Berg Ovary with numerous ovules in each cell. Flowers glabrous, solitary.--Species 1. Cape Colony. =Pauridia= Harv. FAMILY 34. AMARYLLIDACEAE Flowers hermaphrodite. Perianth corolla-like. Stamens 6, rarely (_Gethyllis_) more. Anthers introrse. Ovary inferior, rarely half-inferior or (_Walleria_) almost superior, 3-celled, with slightly projecting axillary placentas. Ovules inverted. Embryo small, straight, lateral, enclosed by the fleshy albumen.--Genera 33, species 310. (Including _HYPOXIDACEAE_.) (Plate 19.) 1. Underground part of the stem a bulb or a corm, rarely a short root-stock. Leaves all radical. Flowers solitary or in umbels; inflorescence surrounded by a spathe. [Subfamily =AMARYLLIDOIDEAE=.] 2 Underground part of the stem a root-stock. Flowers in spikes, racemes or panicles, rarely solitary or in umbels, but without a spathe. 27 2. Perianth furnished with a corona, which sometimes is reduced to a narrow ring or a crown of hairs. [Tribe NARCISSEAE.] 3 Perianth without a corona. [Tribe AMARYLLIDEAE.] 8 3. Stamens inserted within the corona. Corona cup-or ring-shaped or consisting of 12 scales. [Subtribe NARCISSINAE.] 4 Stamens inserted on the edge of the cup-or funnel-shaped corona; corona rarely reduced to a crown of hairs. 6 4. Corona of 12 free scales. Perianth tubular, red. Fruit a berry.--Species 2. Central Africa (British East Africa and Angola). =Cryptostephanus= Welw. Corona cup-or ring-shaped, undivided or lobed. Perianth bell-, funnel-, or salver-shaped, usually white or yellow. Fruit a capsule. 5 5. Perianth funnel-shaped, with a very short tube, yellow. Corona little developed, 6-or 12-lobed.--Species 1. North-West Africa. (_Carregnoa_ Boiss.) =Tapeinanthus= Herb. Perianth salver-or bell-shaped, with a more or less elongated tube.--Species 10. North Africa. Used as ornamental plants, in the preparation of perfumes, and in medicine; some species are poisonous. (Including _Aurelia_ Gay and _Corbularia_ Haw.) =Narcissus= L. 6. Perianth salver-shaped, with a cylindrical tube and linear segments, white. Corona funnel-shaped. Ovary with 2 ovules in each cell.--Species 1. West Africa. Used as an ornamental plant. [Subtribe EUCHARIDINAE.] =Hymenocallis= Salisb. Perianth funnel-shaped. Ovary with many ovules in each cell. [Subtribe PANCRATIINAE.] 7 7. Flowers white, regular. Corona large, cup-shaped. Stigma 1.--Species 8. Northern and tropical Africa. Some are used as ornamental plants, for the preparation of starch, and in medicine. =Pancratium= L.