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HaMANTHUS cARNEUs. Harry, Pink 
HaMANTHUS. 
Class and Order. 
Hexanpria Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Amary.tue#. ) 
Generic Character. 
Spatha 3-multivalvis, corolleformis, umbella fovens, erec- 
ta, rarius patens. Cor. 6-partita, tubulosa, erecta, regula- 
ris; limbo erecto vel patenti, tubum rectum excedente; — 
laciniis angustis. Stam. summo tubo inserta, erecta, ex- 
serta. Anthere suberecte. Stylus setiformis. Stigma 
simplex vel brevissime trilobum. Bacca globosa oblongave, 
levis, trilocularis: loculis 1-spermis, sepius abortientibus. 
Ker. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Hamantnus * carneus ; foliis 2 rotundato-ovatis acuminatis 
scapoque pilis retrorsis undique hirsutis, spatha spha- 
celata reflexa umbella breviora, staminibus inclusis. — 
Ker. 7s, 
Hamantaus carneus. Ker, in Bot. Reg. t. 509. Schult. 
Syst. Veget. v. 7. p. 892. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 2. 
p. oF fe 
A native of the Cape of Good Hope, like all the rest of 
the Genus Hzmanruus, from which indeed the present spe- 
cies differs in the spatha or involucre not being coloured, 
nor disposed in the upright posture which affords the co- 
rolla-like appearance observable in the majority of the 
: <3 Genus: 
* From aia, blood, and aves, a flower ; on account of the deep red colour 
of the flower of the most common species, H. coccineus. i 
