388 CXXXVII. AMARYLLIDEZ (BAKER). [ Hemanthus. 
3. H. micrantherus, Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 140. Bulb and 
leaves unknown. Peduncle slender, lateral. Umbel 3 in. diam.; 
spathe-valves lanceolate, reflexed, withered at flowering time ; pedicels 
slender, about 1 in. long. Perianth-tube ł-} in. long; segments 
narrowly linear, reflexing, 4 in. long. Filaments as long as or rather 
longer than the perianth-segments ; anthers 4 lin. long. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Ugalla; on the banks of the Ugalla 
River, Bohm, 28a. 
No specimen in the Kew Herbarium, 
4, H. rupestris, Baker in Gard. Chron. 1877, vii. 656. Bulb 
small, globose. Leaves 2 from the summit of a short slender special 
stem; petioles slender, 14-2 in. long ; blade oblong, 6 in. long, 4 in. 
broad, rounded at the base; main veins 8-9 between the midrib and 
edge, the inner }-} in. apart; transverse veinlets very oblique. 
Peduncle slender, lateral as regards the leafy stem, 3-9 in. long. 
Umbel dense, globose, 3 in. diam. ; pedicels 4—3 in. long; spathe- 
valves 4—5, linear-oblong, reddish, reflexing, 1-14 in. long. Perianth 
bright red ; tube } in. long ; segments linear, twice as long as the tube. 
Filaments } in. long; anthers oblong, A in. long.—Baker, Handb. 
Amaryllid. 64. 
Upper Guinea. Niger Territory: Nupe, in rocky places, Barter, 1505! 
5. H. Mannii, Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 6364. Bulb globose, 14-2 
in, diam. Leaves 5-6 at the summit of a short special stem, contem- 
porary with the flowers, shortly petioled, oblong, cuspidate, 4 ft. long, 
2-24 in. broad; main veins about 10 on each side of the petiole ; trans- 
verse veinlets close, very oblique. Peduncle slender, 8-12 in. long. 
Umbel 3-4 in. diam., less dense than in H. multiflorus ; pedicels short ; 
spathe-valves small, lanceolate, reflexing. Perianth bright red; tube 
4-4 in. long; segments lanceolate, 3-nerved, 3—4 in. long. Filaments 
as long as the perianth-segments; anthers small, oblong.—Baker, 
Handb. Amaryllid. 63. 
Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone: Bagru River, Mann, 897! Liberia : cultivated 
specimen, Carder! 
6. H. eurysiphon, Harms in Engl. Jahrb. xix. Beibl. 47, 27. 
Bulb globose. Leaves shortly acuminate, developed after the bon 
Pedunele lateral, cylindrical, } in. diam. Flowers 30-35 in an umbel, 
bright red; spathe-valves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate oF 
acute; pedicels about half as long as the flowers, under 1 in. long. 
Perianth-tube cylindrical, about 4 in. long, Ae in. diam. ; e 
linear-lanceolate, reflexing, about # in. long. Stamens not longer than 
the perianth-segments. 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro; Marangu, 7000 ft., 
Volkens, 1498. 
No specimen at Kew. 
7. H. multiflorus, Martyn, Monogr. with figure. Bulb globose, 
2-3 in. diam. Leaves 3—4, produced on a short special stem, oblong, 
