Buphane
(a misprint, subsequently corrected by Herbert, for Buphone, from bous, an ox, and phone, destruction, in allusion to the poisonous properties of the plant; but Buphane is the name adopted by the authors of the "Genera Plantarum," and by Baker in his "Amaryllideae"). Originally Boophane. ORD. Amaryllideae. A small genus (two species) of greenhouse, bulbous plants, natives of tropical and South Africa. Flowers long-pedicellate, numerous in an umbel; perianth funnel or salver-shaped, with a short tube, and equal, linear lobes; involucral bracts two; scape solid. Leaves loriform, appearing late. For culture, see Brunsvigia, on p. 216, Vol. I.
B. ciliaris (ciliated). The correct name of the plant described on p. 216, Vol. I., as Brunsvigia ciliaris.
B. disticha (two-ranked). Cape Poison Bulb. The correct name of the plant described on p. 216, Vol. I., as Brunsvigia toxicaria.