176 AMARYLLIDEZ (Baker). [ Hypowis. 
Souta Arrica: without locality, Zeyher, 1665! : 
Coast Recon: Malmesbury Div.; by the Berg River, Burke! sandy 
places near Cape Town, Thunberg ! near Rondebosch, Pappe ! 
2. H. alba (Linn. fil. Suppl. 198) ; corm globose, }—} in. diam. ; 
tunics densely beset with erect black bristles; produced leaves 3-4, 
erect, subterete, firm in texture, glabrous, 2-3 in. long; peduncle 
slender, erect, usually 1-flowered, with a lanceolate bract near the 
base, rarely forked; perianth-limb 3-4 in. long, white inside, 
glabrous, and tinged with red or green outside; segments oblong- 
lanceolate; anthers linear, basifixed ; ovary clavate, glabrous, } in. long, 
capsule green, obconic, membranous. Thunb, Prodr. 60; Fl. Cap. 
edit. Schult. 303 ; Jacq. Collect. iv. 135, t. 2, fig. 1; Fragm. 13, t.7, 
jig. 4; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii.102. H. affinis and dubia, 
Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 774-5. H.obliqua, Eckl. et Zeyher, 
asic. 420, non Jacq. H. crassifolia, Pappe MSS. H. tabularts, 
Eckl. Top, Verz. 10. 
Var. B, gracilis (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 102); leaves very narrow, 
and not so firm in texture; perianth-limb }-4 in. long. H. alba, Lodd. Hot. 
Cab. t. 1074. H. minor, Eckl. Top. Verz. 10. 
Var. y, Burkei (Baker, loc. cit.) ; peduncles usually forked low down; bracts 
linear, foliaceons, 1-2 in. long; ovary cylindrical, }-1 in. long, narrowed into 
a distinct beak. A robust aquatic variety. 
Sours Arrica: without locality, Sieber, 126! Harvey, 104! 105! Zeyher, 
4132! Var. +, Thunberg ! : 
Coast Region: near Cape Town, Thunberg! Cape Flats, Burchell, 8570! 
Bolus, 2813! Schlechter, 624! Paarl Mountains, 1000-2000 ft., Drége! be- 
tween Paarl and Lady Grey Railway Bridge, under 1000 ft., Drege, 2395! 
Var. B, Caledon Div.; Klein River Berg, 1000-3000 ft., Zeyher, 4131! at the 
foot of mountains near the mouth of Bot River, 400 ft., Bolus, 7478! Union- 
dale Div. ; Lange Kloof, between Wagenbooms River and Apies River, Burchell, 
4940! Knysna Div.; near Melville, Burchell, 5495! Uitenhage, Harvev, 135! 
Albany Div.; near Grahamstown, 2000 ft., MacOwan, 1222! Var. y, Worcester 
Div.; Wagenbooms River, Burke ! 
3. H. curculigoides (Bolus in Hook. Ic. t. 2259 A); corm small, 
globose, crowned with a ring of fibres; leaves usually 2, rarely 3, 
linear, erect, entire, 2-3 in.long at the flowering time, } lin. broad ; 
peduncle slender, glabrous, 1-flowered, 8-4 in. long; perianth- 
segments oblong-lanceolate, 3 in. long, yellow, glabrous and much 
tinged with green outside ; stamens more than half as long as the 
perianth-segments ; ovary clavate, glabrous, } ia. long. 
Var. 8, H. Schlechteri (Bolus in Hook. Ic. t. 2259 B); flowers smaller 
- in the type, orange-yellow inside, tinged with red outside ; perianth-segments 
oblong. ; 
Coast Re@ton: Cape Flats in heathy places, near Kenilworth, Schlechter, 
627! and near Wynberg, MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 1883! Var. 8, 
ane Rentwortts Schlechter, 628! near Wynberg, MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. 
orm.,. ! 
4. H. serrata (Linn. fil. Suppl. 197); corm globose, annual, 
$+} in. diam., crowned with a ring of bristles ; produced leaves 
6-12, linear, subulate, glabrous, 3-6 in. long, moderately firm in 
