Tab. 5532. 



HiEMANTHUS incarnatus. 



Mesh-coloured Hamanthus. 



Nat. Ord. Amabyllide;e. — "Hexandbia Monogynia. 

 Gen. Char. {Vide supra, Tab. 5314.) 



Hvemanthus incarnatus; foliis recumbentibus amplis obovatis obtusis ciliatis, 

 scapo rubente immaculato, spatha multivalva, foliolis angustis acutis flore 

 brevioribus, periauthii tubo limboque incamatis, stylo exserto stamina non 

 excedente. 



ILemanthus incarnatus. Burch. Tab. Pict. 1818, ex Herb. Amaryll. 237. t. 31. 

 /.I. Kunih, Eiwm. Plant, v. 5. p. 598. • 



This species has considerable affinity with H. tic/rims, figured 

 at Tab. 1705 of this work, but it is a more elegant plant, with 

 broader leaves, the scape more slender, without the spots of //. 

 tigrinns, the divisions of the spatha smaller, narrower, and less 

 coloured, the flowers smaller and of a different colour. It was 

 originally discovered in South Africa by the late Dr. Burchell. 

 Our specimen was raised by Wilson Saunders, Esq., of Heath- 

 field, Reigate, from bulbs recently introduced through his col- 

 lector, Mr. Cooper. 



Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Flower with perianth removed:— magnified. 



SEPTEMBER 1ST, 1865. 



