392 CXXXVII. AMARYLLIDEZ (BAKER). | Hemanthus. 
Perianth-tube }-4 in. long ; segments linear, ascending, as long as the 
tube. Filaments twice as long as the perianth-segments; anthers 
very small. Berry globose, the size of a pea. 
Nile Land. Somaliland: summit of the Golis range, 5900 ft., Miss Edith Cole ! 
Mrs, Lort-Phillips ! 
19. H. Nicholsoni, Baker. Leaves unknown. Peduncle slender. 
Umbel 3 in. diam. ; spathe-valves 2, small, lanceolate, spreading ; pedicels 
l in. long. Perianth-tube slender, cylindrical, 4 in. long; segments 
linear, 1-nerved, 4 in. long, not spreading. Stamens as long as the 
perianth-segments ; anthers small, oblong, yellow. Style finally 4 in. 
longer than the perianth-segments. 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: North Nyasaland, Nicholson ! 
Seems to be intermediate between the two sections. 
8, BUPHANE, Herb.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. 730. 
Perianth erect, hypocrateriform ; tube short, subcylindrical or cam- 
panulate; segments equal, linear or lanceolate. Stamens inserted at 
the throat of the perianth-tube; filaments straight, filiform; anthers 
oblong, versatile. Ovary turbinate, 3-celled; ovules 2 in a cell, colla- 
teral, sessile at the middle of the axile placentas; style subulate; stigma 
capitate, obscurely 3-lobed. Capsule turbinate, loculicidally 3-valved. 
Seeds solitary, globose, green.—Rootstock a very large tunicated bulb. 
Leaves coriaceous, ensiform or lingulate. Peduncle stout, small. Flowers 
small, red, densely umbellate ` spathe of two large ovate valves. 
Species 3, all African, 
1. B. disticha, Herb. in Bot. Mag. sub t. 2578. Bulb subglobose, 
6-9 in. diam., with very numerous brown membranous tunics. Leaves 
8-16, distichous, ensiform, glabrous, suberect, often undulate, 1-1} ft. 
long. Peduncle stout, compressed, glaucous, 4—1 ft. long. Umbel dense, 
3-1 ft. diam.; pedicels 2—4 in. long; spathe-valves ovate, 2-3 in. long. 
Perianth-tube subcylindrical, 1-4 in. long; segments linear, ł-1 1n. 
long. Stamens equalling or a little exceeding the perianth-segments. 
Capsule turbinate, ł in. long—Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 73. B. 
toxicaria, Herb. loc. cit. Amaryllis disticha, Linn. f. Suppl. 195; 
Paterson’s Travels, 51. Hamanthus toxicarius, Thunb. Prod. 59 ; Fi. 
Cap. edit. Schultes, 298. 
Lower Guinea. Angola, Welwitsch, 4924, 4025, 4026! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Lake Tanganyika, Cameron ! between 
Lake Nyasa and Lake Tanganyika, 6000-8000 ft., Thomson! Higher Plateau, north 
of Lake Nyasa, Thomson! British Central Africa: Nyasaland: Stevenson Road, 
Scott-Elliot, 8444! Magomero, Meller ! Blantyre, Buchanan ! 
Also in South Africa. 
