Hemanthus. | CXXXVII. AMARYLLIDEH (BAKER). 391 
14. H. longipes, Zngl. Jahrb. vii. 332. Bulb globose, 1 in. diam. 
Leaves 3, shortly petioled, oblong, cuspidate, 6—9 in. long, 24—3 in. broad ; 
main veins indistinct, the inner 4 in. apart; cross-veinlets nearly 
horizontal. Peduncle central, moderately stout. Umbel many- 
flowered, 4-5 in. diam.; spathe-valves deciduous; pedicels 1-1} in. 
long. Perianth-tube 4 in. long; segments linear, half as long again as 
the tube. Filaments as long as the perianth-segments.—Notizbl. 
Königl. Bot. Gart. Berl. i. 1897, 290, with tab. 
Upper Guinea. Cameroons: Mungo, Buchholz, and without precise locality, 
Preuss, 874! 
Flowered in the Berlin Botanic Garden in 1897. 
15. H. Lindeni, V. E. Brown in Gard. Chron. 1890, viii. 436, 
jig. 85. Bulb globose. Leaves about 8, produced direct from the bulb ; 
petiole slender, nearly or quite as long as the blade; blade oblong, acute, 
rounded at the base, 9-12 in. long, 34—4 in. broad; main veins 9-10 
between the midrib and edge ; cross veinlets very fine, oblique. Peduncle 
stout, central, 1-14 ft. long. Umbel dense, 6-8 in. diam. ; pedicels 
1} in. long; bracts numerous, linear, 14—2 in. long. Perianth bright 
salmony scarlet, fading to pink; tube 8-10 lin. long; segments linear, 
d-nerved, above 1 in. long. Filaments bright red, 14-14 in. long; 
anthers oblong, A in. long. —IIl. Hort. 1890, t. 112. 
Lower Guinea. Congo, cultivated specimen, Linden ! 
16. H. brachyandrus, Baker. Bulb and leaves unknown. 
Peduncle slender, umbel dense, globose, many-flowered, 1-14 in. 
diam.; bracts several, ascending, membranous, lanceolate or oblong- 
lanceolate, 1 in. long ; pedicels very short. Perianth whitish ; tube 4 in. 
long; segments linear, ascending, } in. long. Stamens much shorter 
than the perianth-segments; filaments not longer than the oblong 
anthers. 
Upper Guinea, Sierra Leone: near Kundita, growing in water, Scott-Elliot, 
5082! 
17. H. bivalvis, G. Beck in Paulit. Harar, 452, Jig. 1. Bulb and 
leaves unknown. Peduncle nearly 1 ft. long, mottled with red towards 
the base. Umbel dense, many-flowered, 2—3 in. diam. ; spathe-valves 2, 
broad, ovate, green, ascending, bifid, above 2 in. long; pedicels shorter 
than the flowers. Perianth-tube under } in. long; segments linear, 
rather longer than the tube; papillose on the inner side below the tip. 
Filaments 1 in. long. 
Wile Land. Somaliland: Mount Haquin, near Harar, Paulitschke. 
No specimen at Kew. 
18. H. somaliensis, Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1895, 227. Leaves 3, 
produced on a short special stem contemporary with the flowers, shortly 
petioled, oblong, acute, } ft. long, cuneate at the base. Peduncle slender, 
lateral, 6-8 in. long. Umbel globose, 2-3 in. diam.; bracts very un- 
equal, oblong or lanceolate, ascending, 14 in. long; pedicels } in. long. 
