386 CXXXVII. AMARYLLIDEE (BAKER). [ Hippeastrum. 
6. HIPPEASTRUM, Herb. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. 724. 
Perianth funnel-shaped; tube usually short, rarely long, often 
furnished with minute scales or a distinct neck at the throat; segments 
ovate, subequal or the lowest of the inner row narrower. Stamens 
declinate, inserted at the throat of the perianth-tube ; filaments filiform ; 
anthers linear or linear-oblong, versatile. Ovary 3-celled ; ovules many, 
superposed ; style long, filiform, declinate; stigma capitate or trifid. 
Capsule globose, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds flattened, with a thin 
black testa.—Rootstock a bulb with membranous tunics. Leaves 
lorate or linear. Peduncle hollow. Flowers large and showy, few 
in. an umbel. 
Species 30, all inhabiting the tropical and subtemperate regions of the New 
World. 
1. H. Regine, Herb. Append. 31. Bulb globose, 2-3 in. diam. 
Leaves lorate, fully developed after the flowers, 2-3 ft. long, 14 in. 
broad at the middle. Peduncle 1} ft. long, umbel 2—4-flowered ; 
Spathe-valves lanceolate. Perianth bright red, 4-5 in. long; tube 
funnel-shaped, Ä in. long; throat with a large greenish-white star ; 
segments ovate, acute, 1-1} in. broad. Style as long as the perianth- 
limb; stigma faintly 3-lobed.—Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 48. Ama- 
ryllis Regine, Linn. Syst. ed. x. 977 ; Bot. Mag. t. 453. Hippeastrum 
africanum, Welw. ex Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 49. 
Lower Guinea. Princes Island, in aboriginal woods, 3500 ft., Welwitsch, 
4023 ! 
Dr. Welwitsch regarded this as indigenous, but I cannot distinguish it from one of 
the best known American species. 
7. HA MANTHOS, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. 730. 
Perianth erect, hypocrateriform ; tube subcylindrical ; segments 
equal, linear or lanceolate, usually spreading. Stamens inserted at the 
throat of the perianth-tube; filaments filiform, often longer than the 
segments; anthers small, oblong. Ovary globose, 3-celled ; ovules 1-2, 
large, pendulous from the centre of the axile placenta; style long, filiform; 
stigma minutely tricuspidate. Fruit globose, baccate. Seeds often 
solitary ; testa pale, membranous.—Rootstock a tunicated bulb. Leaves 
oblong or lorate, membranous in all the Tropical African species. 
Flowers densely umbellate, usually bright red ; bracts more than 2, mem- 
branous, reflexing or ascending. 
Species 40, all the others in Sonth Africa, except one in Arabia and one in Socotra. 
“NERISSA. Perianth-segments and spathe-valves 
spreading. 
Peduncle lateral as regards the tuft of leaves. 
Perianth-segments 1-nerved, 
Perianth-segments 3—3 in. long 1 
Perianth-segments 1 in. long : : : 2 
