178 AMARYLLIDEZ (Baker). [ Hypomis. 
dehiscing round the middle. Thwnb. Prodr. 60; Fl. Cap. edit. 
Schult. 304; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii.776 ; Baker in Journ. 
Linn, Soc. xvii. 101. Fabricia stellata, Thunb. in Fabric. Reise 
Norw. 27. Amaryllis capensis, Linn. Sp. Plant. edit. 2,420. H. 
elata, Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 778. 
Var. 8, H. elegans (Andr.) ; perianth-segments with a large or small black, 
blue-black or purplish spot at the base. 4H. stellata, Jacq. Ic. t. 368; Ardr. 
Bot. Rep. t. 286; Bot. Mag. t. 1223; Flore des Serres, t. 1027. H. stellata, 
var, elegans, Pers. Syn. i. 362. H. tridentata, DU. in Red. Lil, sub t. 169. Spi- 
loxene pavonina, Salish. Gen. 44. H. cerulescens, DC. in Red. Lil. sub t, 169. 
Van. y, H. Gawleri (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 101); flowers large, pale 
yellow, with a black spot at the base of each segment. H. stellata, Bot, Mag. t. 
662; DC. in Red. Lil. t. 169; Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 101. 
Van. 3, H. linearis (Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 171) ; leaves more slender than in the 
type; flowers smaller, pale yellow, without any spot at the base of the segments. 
Poir.. Encyc, Suppl. iii. 112; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 769. Ianthe 
linearis, Salish. Gen. 44. H. serrata, B, Gawl. in Bot. Mag. t. 917. H. juneca, 
Eckl. Top. Verz. 10, 
South Arrica: without locality, Forster! Var. 8, Masson! Oldenburg! 
Var. y, Masson! ; 
Coast Recion: Malmesbury Div.; Zwartland and Groene Kloof (including 
vars. Band), Thunberg! Cupe Flats at Dornhoogte, Zeyher! between Cape 
Town and Simous Bay, Burcéhel/, 8572! near Rondebosch, Cooper, 3236! 
Var. 8, Clanwilliam Div., Mader, 144! moist places on the sides of Table 
Mountain, 250 ft., MacOwan, 2380! MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm,, 292! 
Paarl Div.; Achter de Paarl, under 1000 ft., Drége! Var. 5, Table Mountain, 
—- 417 & sdeeggg bt F sian Mts., 2000-3000 ft., Drége! 
ESTERN ReGion: Little Namaqualand; near Lily Fontein, 4000-5000 ft. 
Drége, 2657 ! nid Ses cconae : 
H. geniculata, acwminata and laza, Eckl. Top. Verz. 9 (names only), probably 
—— here, as they are placed in a group of which the flowers are said to be 
8. H. ovata (Linn. fil. Suppl. 197); corm globose, perennial, 
1 in. diam., densely coated with black wiry fibres ; produced leaves 
4-8, lanceolate, falcate, glabrous, moderately firm in texture, 2-3 in. 
long, in. broad; flowers 1-3 to a corm; peduncles slenier, erect, 
glabrous, 1-flowered, 1-3 in. long; perianth-limb yellow, 3-3 in. 
long ; segments oblong-lanceolate, tinged with red outside, glabrous ; 
anthers linear, basifixed, 4 in. long; ovary turbinate, glabrous, 
$-+ in. long ; stigmas linear, distinct. Thunb. Prodr.60; Fl. Cap. 
edit. Schult. 306; Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1010; Roem. et Schultes, 
Syst, Veg. vii. 771; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 103. anthe 
ovata, Salish. Gen. 44. 
South Arica: without locality, Thunberg! Oldenburg! 
Coast ReGion : Piquetberg, 1800 ft., Bodkin in Herb. Bolus, 7559! Worcester 
Div. ; Dutoits Kloof, 1000-2000 ft., Drdye, 1555! Caledon Div.; on the 
Zwartberg, near the Hot Springs, Zeyher, 4135! 
9. H. Andrewsii (Baker in Journ, Linn. Soc. xvii. 104) ; root- 
fibres copious, : long, slender; produced leaves 5-6, lanceolate, 
glabrous, spreading, 3-4 in. long ; peduncles 3 to a cluster, branched 
about the middle, 2-3-flowered ; bracts large, lanceolate ; perianth- 
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