282 CXXXVII. AMARYLLIDEZ (BAKER). | Hypoxis. 
linear, half as long as the flowers. Perianth-limb } in. long; segments 
yellow, ovate or oblong, obtuse, outer hairy on the outside. Stamens 
half as long as the perianth. Ovary obconic, densely hairy ; stigmas free. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: in the region of the River Quango, Pogge, 424. 
Malange, Teusez, 249. 
No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 
15. H. Fischeri, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 143. Tuber large, 
perennial. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, 1-14 ft. long, 1 in. broad 
low down, coriaceous, persistently clothed on both surfaces with soft 
whitish hairs. Peduncle densely hairy, much shorter than the leaves. 
Raceme dense, many-flowered, 3-4 in. long; pedicels very short; 
bracts linear, hairy, much shorter than the flowers. Perianth-limb 
above 4 in. long; segments yellow, lanceolate ` outer very hairy outside. 
‘Stamens half as long as the perianth-limb. Ovary-obconic, very hairy ; 
stigmas free. 
East Tropical Africa. Without locality, Fischer, 611! 
No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 
16. H. polystachya, Welw. ex Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, 
Bot. i. 266. Tuber globose, perennial, 3 in. diam., crowned with the 
membranous relics of the old leaves. Leaves 10-14, ensiform, rigid, 
acuminate, 1-1 ft. long, 8-3 in, broad at the middle, glabrous on the 
face, slightly hairy on the back. Peduncles 6-8 to a tuber, stout, 
4-6 in. long. Raceme dense, 20-30-flowered, 3-4 in. long; bracts 
subulate, silky, $-} in. long; pedicels 3-1 in. long. Perianth yellow, 
4 in. long; outer segments hairy outside. Stamens half as long as 
the perianth ; anthers lanceolate-sagittate, longer than the filaments. 
Ovary turbinate, pilose, } in. long. Capsule circumscissile near the 
top.—Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe, xvii. 115. : 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; between Lopollo and Catumba, On hills, 
Welwitsch ! 
No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 
Var. andongensis, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 266. Leaves 
‘narrower, } in. broad, densely clothed on the back with white hairs. Peduncle com- 
pressed, 1} ft. long. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo, Welwitsch ! 
No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 
2. CURCULIGO, Gertn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. 717. 
Perianth with a tube-like beak above the ovary ; segments 6, sub- 
equal, spreading. Stamens 6, inserted at the base of the perianth- 
segments ; filaments short; anthers linear, basifixed. Ovary rostrate, 
3-celled ; ovules many, superposed ; style short, columnar ; stigmas 3, 
cuneate or distinct. Fruit indehiscent, sometimes baccate. Seeds 
small, subglobose; testa black, crustaceous; hilum beaked; embryo 
small, included in the fleshy or farinaceous albumen.—Rootstock 2 
