186 AMARYLLIDEZ (Baker). [ Hypowie. 
- turbinate, densely hairy, 1-} in. long; stigmas concrete. Baker in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 116. 
Eastern RecIon : Tembuland; Bazeia, Baur, 301! 
Originally described from a specimen from Baron Ludwig’s Garden. 
32. H. acuminata (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1889, 3); corm not 
seen ; leaves 6—8, erect, linear, not rigid in texture, loosely hairy all 
over, 12—15 in. long, } in. broad low down, tapering to the acuminate 
apex very gradually ; peduncles single, weak, villose, 6-8 in. long ; 
flowers 2-4, subracemose ; lower pedicels j—-} in. long; bracts small, 
linear-subulate; perianth-limb 3-# in. long ; segments oblong-lanceo- 
late, yellow, the outer densely villose on the back ; anthers lanceolate- 
sagittate, versatile, } in. long; ovary obconic, densely villose, $ in. 
long; stigmas concrete ; capsule turbinate, villose, + in. long. 
EasteERN Reaion: Natal ; Inanda, Wood, 1347! 
33. H. rigidula (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 116); corm 
oblong, 1-14 in. diam. ; leaves 5-6, linear, rigidly coriaceous, strongly 
ribbed, erect, shortly pilose, 1-1} ft. long, +-4 in. broad ; peduncles 
2-3, sometimes a foot long, slender, shortly pilose; flowers 3-8, 
racemose; pedicels all short; bracts linear; perianth-limb §-# in. 
long ; segments oblong-lanceolate, yellow, the outer densely pilose 
outside; anthers versatile, 4 in. long; filaments short; ovary 
turbinate, } in. long, clothed with dense, long, whitish, bristly hairs ; 
stigmas concrete; capsule turbinate, densely villose, } in. long, 
slitting round the middle, not dividing into valves. 
Var. 8, pilosissima (Baker, loc. cit. 117); leaves uncle, and perianth 
shaggy, with denser, longer Sutra; ) » peduncle, and peria 
SoutH Arrica: without locality, Zeyher, 1670! 
Coast Reaion: Alexandria Div.; Zuurberg Range, 2000-8000 ft., Drége, 
2194a! Bathorst Div.; between Blaauw Krans and Kaffir Drift Military Post, 
Burchell, 3694! Queenstown Div.; Shiloh, Baur, 904! British Kuffraria, 
Cooper, 3239! ; 
CENTRAL Ree@ion: Somerset Div.; Bosch Berg, 4500 ft., MacOwan, 1649! 
Albert Div., Cooper, 1763! Mooyplaats, 4500-5000 ft., Drege, 2194d! 
Katanari Reoi0n: Orange Free State, Cooper, 883! Basutoland, Cooper, 
3241! Transvaal; Worderfontein, Nelson, 261! Var. 8, Transvaal; Magalies 
A Burke, 156! Saddleback Range, near Barberton, 2300-4500 ft., Galpin, 
Easter» Recion: Griqualand East ; mountains around Kokstad, MacOwan 
and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 1211! Natal; Inanda, Wood, 407! near Gorton, 
Wood, 8433! Var. 8, Natal; Tugela, Gerrard, 1826! 
34, H. colchicifolia (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1889, 3); corm globose, 
2 in. diam., crowned with bristles; leaves 6-8, oblong-lanceolate or 
lanceolate, moderately firm in texture, strongly ribbed, rather glaucous, 
quite glabrous on both surfaces and margin, the largest 6—8 in. long, 
13-2 in. broad at the flowering time ; peduncle slender, much shorter 
than the leaves; flowers 3-4, corymbose; pedicels 3-1 in. long; 
bracts linear ; perianth-limb }-$ in. long; segments oblong, yellow, 
the outer green and hairy on the back ; stamens half as long as the 
