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Nerine (To the species and varieties)

To the species and varieties described on p. 447, Vol. II., the following should now be added:

N. atrosanguinea (dark blood-coloured). fl. of a bright rosy-salmon, broadly campanulate, 2 1/2in. in diameter, several in an umbel. Winter. 1883. A fine garden hybrid between N. sarniensis Plantii and N. flexuosa. N. Cami (Dr. Cam's). fl. rosy-pink, distinctly flushed blue, 1 1/4in. long, campanulate; perianth segments linear-oblong, acute; umbel of about ten flowers, emerging from two pink bracts. 1882. A hybrid between N. curvifolia and N. undulata, producing its flowers at the same time as its leaves. N. flexuosa angustifolia (narrow-leaved). fl. pink; pedicels pubescent. l. linear, 1/8in. to 1/6in. broad. 1885. A very distinct plant. N. f. Sandersoni (Sanderson's). This differs from the type in the less-crisped perianth segments, which are more united in a cup at the base, the stouter pedicels and peduncles, and the broader leaves. 1885. N. Manselli (Mansell's). fl. bright rose-red, ten to twenty in an umbel. l. bright green, 1 1/2in. broad. 1886. A fine hybrid between N. flexuosa and N. curvifolia.

N. Moorei (Moore's). fl. six to nine; perianth bright scarlet, erect, the segments cut down to the ovary, oblanceolate, crisped, 1 1/4in. long, nearly 1/4in. broad; pedicels 3/4in. to 1in. long; peduncle about 8in. long. l. 9in. to 12in. long, 1/2in. to 3/4in. broad, curved, slightly twisted, blunt, thick and leathery, shining. 1886.