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HLemanthus puniceus. Waved-leaved 

 Blood-Flower. 



Oafs and Order. 



Hexandria Monogvnia. 



Generic Character. — Fid. No. 1075. 



Obs. /« Hjmantho multifloro fruElus efl Bacca rubra, ommn» 

 wneris ; unde conjeSlura fub fine obfervationis nojlrce ad characlerem generi- 

 *um m fracitato Numero expungenda eft. G . 



Specific Ojarailer and Synonyms. 



H^EMANTHUS puniceus ; (radix e rhizomate craffo camofo 

 bulbiceps ;) foliis paucis petiolatis, petiolis 

 ftipitiformi-vaginantibus, laminis elliptico- 

 lanceolatis, undulatis, cofta media crafla in- 

 terfe£lis, ftipite petiolari parum longiori- 

 bus ; fcapo extrafoiiaceo ; involucro pluri- 

 valvi fubherbaceo- pallido umbellze multi- 

 florae coarftatae circumpofito fereque ifo- 

 nietro, valvis Ianceolato-oblongis. G. 



HJEMANTHUS puniceus. Linn. Sp. PL ed. 2. 1. 413. (excl. 

 Seba Szvertio Morifono et Rudbeckio.) Hort. 

 Kew. 1. 404. Thunb. Prod. 59. Gdcrtn. Frucl, 

 31. tab. ii. Willd. Sp. PI. 2. 25. 



HjEMANTHUS colcbici foliis, periantbio herbaceo. DHL 

 Hort. Eltb. 167. tab. 140. Trezv. Ehret. tab. 

 44 ; cptime. 



Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Was imported from 

 Holland and cultivated in 1722, at Eltham, by Dr. James 

 Sherard. 



A greenhoufe plant; flowers from May to June; feeds 

 abundantly. 



Bloom of a feeble yellowifh red colour, and not very 

 ornamental ; has no fcent. Our (pecimen was fent from Mr. 

 Barr's Nurfery, Ball's Pond, Iflington. G. 



