Tas. 4745. 
HASMANTHUS mysienis. 
Showy Hamanthus. 
Nat. Ord. AMARYLLIDACEm,—HEXANDRIA MonoGynia. 
Gen. Char. Perigonium superum, corollaceum, Jimbo 6-partito, regulari, de- 
ciduo; tudo recto; laciniis angustis, 1—3-nerviis, eequalibus, erectis vel stel- 
lato-patentibus. Stamina 6, summo tubo inserta, erecta, exserta; alterna (peta- 
lina?) longiora. Filamenta filiformia. Anthere oblong, utrinque bifide, dorso 
supra basin affixee. Ovarium inferum, triloculare; ovula in loculis solitaria vel 
gemina, collateralia, pendula (pauca e loculorum angulo centrali adscendentia vel 
pendula, Endl.), anatropa. Colwmna stylina filiformis, recta. Stigma simplex, 
obsolete trilobum vel trifidum. Bacca globosa vel oblonga, abortu 1-3-locularis. 
Semina in loculis solitaria, loculum replentia ; festa membranacea, adnata ; raphe 
immersa ; hilum basilare chalaze apicali discolori jungens. Hmdryo minimus, in 
basi albuminis dense carnosi ; extremitate radiculari hilum attingente.—Herbe, 
paucis Africanis tropicis exceptis, Capenses, bulbifere, scapigera, glabra vel 
pubescentes ; bulbo tunicato, sepius bifariam squamoso ; folia pauca, sepius bina, 
coriacea, crassiuscula, plerumque plana, orbiculata, erecta vel humistrata, rarius 
angusta, elongata, canaliculata, rarissime petiolata, oblonga, petiolis vaginantibus, 
Scapus drevis, solidus, plerumque compressus, basi sepius bracteis duabus radi- 
calibus interdum coloratis stipatus, multiflorus. Flores crebri, pedicellati, umbel- 
lati, erecti, bracteis angustis ramentaceis interstincti. Spatha ut plurimum poly- 
phylla, foliolis erectis, coloratis, umbella longioribus, rarius diphylla vel reflexa. 
Kth. ex Endl. 
Ha&MANTHUS insignis ; elata subcaulescens, foliis pluribus oblongis submembra- 
naceis inferne longe cylindraceo-vaginatis, vaginis inferne punctato-maculatis, 
scapo caulis foliiferi prope basin orto inferne tereti maculato superne com- 
. presso-angulato, involucri polyphylli bracteis amplis foliaceis exterioribus 
umbella longioribus, floribus numerosissimis, perianthii laciniis erectis. 
A truly fine and handsome plant. Bulbs were sent to us from 
Natal, through the kindness of the Rev. Mr. Rouper, of Wichhall, 
near Brighton. The near ally of this is H. puniceus, most un- 
satisfactorily figured in Bot. Mag. t. 1315, much worse in Re- | 
douté’s Liliacées, tab. 320, and very faithfully in Trew, Ehret. t. 
44, and to H. magnificus, if we may judge by Mr. Herbert having a 
formerly called it H. puniceus, var. magnifica ; that is, it belongs 
OCTOBER Ist, 1853. 
