Tapeinanthus
(from tapeinos, low, and anthos, a flower; in allusion to the dwarfish habit of the plant). SYNS. Carregnoa, Gymnoterpe, Tapeinaegle. ORD. Amaryllidae. A monotypic genus. The species is a small, tunicated-bulbous plant, which has not yet been successfully cultivated in this country. T. humilis (dwarf). fl. solitary or twin, 3/4in. in diameter; perianth yellow, funnel-shaped, with a very short tube, the segments narrow-oblong, erecto-patent, sub-equal, with a small scale at their base; scape very slender, 3in. to 4in. high. l., perfect one appearing late, filiform, with a small, stipitate sheath at base. Spain, Tangiers, 1887.
