182 AMARYLLIDEZ (Baker) ; ( Typowis. 
sagittate; ovary clavate, silky, +4 in. long; stigmas concrete ; 
capsule turbinate, } in. long. 
Var. 8, H. sericea (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 111) ; leaves not so firm 
and thick in texture and less silky. H. sericea var. Dregei, Baker loc. cit. 112. 
Var. ¥, flaccida (Baker,); a large form with thinner longer leaves and longer 
pedicels, H. sericea var. flaccida, Baker loc. cit. 112. 
Souta AFRICA: without locality, MacOwan, 50! 
Coast Region: near Uitenhage, Burchell, 4469; Var. 8, near Swellendam, 
500 ft., Bolus, 7468! Uitenhage, Zeyher, 950! Stockenstrom Div. ; Katberg, 
8000-1000 ft., Drége, 8525! British Kaffraria, Cooper, 1811! Var. y, Albany, 
Williamson ! 
Centrat Rreton: Var. 8, Cave Mountain, 4300 ft., near Graaff Reinet, 
Bolus, 176! near Somerset East, MacOwan, 1593b! Fish River, Burke! Orange 
River, Burke! 
Katauari Reaion: Transvaal; plains around Pretoria, 4000 ft., Bolus, 176! 
Var. 8, Orange Free State; Bloemfontein, Rehmann, 3761 ! Var. y, Orange 
Free State; near Seven Fontein Mission-station, Burke! Transvaal; Apies 
River, Burke! bank of Vaal River, Burke, 447 ! 
Eastexn Reoion: Var. 8, Griqualand East ; near Kokstad, 4700 ft., Tyson, 
1095! MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 480! Natal; Berea, near Durban, 
“Wood, 101! Inanda, Wood,191! 
20. H. Jacquini (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 112); corm 
oblong, 3-2 in. diam., with a long neck and brown membranous 
tunics ; leaves 10-12, linear, 4-1 ft. long, 44 in. broad, thin in 
texture, hairy on both sides and on the margin ; peduncles slender, 
pilose, 3 ft. long; flowers 3-4, racemose ; pedicels all very short ; 
bracts linear, }-} in. long; perianth-limb } in. long; segments 
oblong-lanceolate, yellow, the outer green and hairy on the back; 
stamens half as long as the perianth-limb ; anthers lanceolate, J, in. 
long ; ovary clavate, densely pilose, 3-3 in. long; stigmas concrete ; 
capsule clavate, }-$ in. long. H. villosa, Jacg. Collect Suppl. 51; 
Te. t. 370, non Linn. Jil. : sf? : 
Sours Arxica: without locality, Hort. Jacquin. 
21. H. Arnottii (Baker in Gard. Chron. 1877, viii. 552) ; corm 
globose, 3-4 in, diam., crowned with a dense mass of bristles; 
leaves 5-6, linear, erect, falcate, rigid in texture, strongly ribbed, a 
foot long, {-} in. broad, clothed with soft, short, spreading hairs ; 
peduncles 2, slender, arcuate, } ft. long; densely pilose upwards ; 
flowers 6-8, racemose ; pedicels }-} in. long; bracts linear-subulate, 
densely pilose, 3-3 in long; perianth-limb under 3 in. long; 
segments oblong or oblong-lanceolate, the outer green and pilose on 
the back ; anthers 4 in. long; filaments very short; ovary clavate, 
densely pilose, $ in. long; stigmas concrete; capsule turbinate, 
2 in. long, Baker in Journ, Linn. Soc. xvii. 112. 
CenTrat Reaion: Colesberg Div., Arnott! Cultivated at Kew in 1870. 
22. H. membranacea (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, xvii. 106) ; 
corm globose, 3-3 in. diam., with a long neck; tunics brown, 
membranous; leaves 4-8, lanceolate, membranous, 1-3 in. long, 
-} m. broad, thinly clothed with long soft hairs; peduncles 1-2, 
