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HZEMANTHUS carneus. 
Hairy pink Hemanthus. 
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HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord, Narcisst. Jussieu gen. 54. Div. II. Germen inferum. 
AMARYLLIDEX. Brown prod. 1. 296. Sect. I. Radix 
bulbosa. Flores spathacei umbellati, rarò solitarii, 
HEMANTHUS. Supra vol. 3. fol. 181. 
Obs. In germine HEMANTHI carnei ovula inversa summo angulo locula- 
mentorum affixa. Vix character in genere constans? 
H. carneus, folis 2 rotundo-ovatis acuminatis capoque pilis retrorsis un- 
dique hirsutis, spatha sphacelata reflexa umbella breviore, staminibus 
inclusis. 
Bulbus è laminis imbricato-bifariis introrsum gradatim longioribus com- 
presso-conieus. Fol. scapo tardiora duploque breviora, erecto-divergentia pu- 
bescentiam canam viridi-translucentia. Scapus (subspithameus ) compresso-co- 
lumnaris robustus, marmoratimpur purascens, retrorsim pilosus. Spatha im- 
paritér plurivalvis sphacelato-membranacea, valvis reflexis lanceolatis: um- 
bella laxiús multiflora, pedicellis teretibus subrubentibus glabris: cor. lete 
carnea, semunciam circitér longa, turbinata; tubus 3-4plo brevior limbo 
patente equali; lacinie ovali-v. obverso-oblonge. Stam. erecta; fil. duplo 
breviora limbo, disco tubuloso corolle adnata, alterné sublongiora, alba, 
stricta, subulata, erassiuscula: anth. erecta, introrse, ovali-oblonge, breves, 
mucronato-apiculate, ab imo dorso affixe, polline flavo. Germ. subrotundum 
ezsulcum estriatum parvulum semine Sinapeos vix majus glabrum rubido- 
virescens; loculamenta monosperma, ovulis oblongiusculis summo angulo 
loculamenti affixis. Caps. subglobosa, lutescens, magnitudine Pisi vel 
eirciter. 
An unpublished species, agreeing with lanceæfolius in 
several peculiarities which distinguish that species among its 
congeners, but differing specially from it by shorter and 
broader leaves shaggily furred on both sides, and by stamens 
shorter than the corolla instead of overtopping it. Its in- 
volucre or spathe is not coloured, nor disposed in the up- 
right posture, that affords the corollalike appearance ob- 
servable in the majority of this genus, as far as yet known. 
The three ovula of the germen of our plant were at- 
tached each to the upper corner of its cell and pointed di- 
rectly downwards. We are not aware how far this circum- 
stance extends in the genus, but shall attend to the investi- 
gation of the circumstance. 
