Hessea. | AMARYLLIDEZ (Baker). 191 
Katanaki ReGIon: Transvaal ; Hooge Veld, Donkershoek, Rehmann, 6549 ! 
near Johannesberg, Miss Saunders, 13! 
5. H. Zeyheri (Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 22) ; bulb globose, with 
pale membranous tunics produced 13-2 in. above its neck; leaves 2, 
contemporary with the flowers, linear, glabrous, 4-1 ft. long, 2 in. 
broad ; peduncle stout, 4-8 in. log; flowers 20-30 ; pedicels 11-22 in. 
long ; spathe-valves lanceolate, greenish, reflexing ; perianth-segments 
lanceolate, {4 in. long, #; in. broad, joined in a very short tube at 
the base ; stamens as long as the perianth-segments, filaments connate 
at the base ; ovary globose, ,; in. diam. ; style as long as the stamens, 
nder, minutely tricuspidate at the tip. 
WeEstTegNn ReGion: Little Namaqualand; Hardeveld, Zeyher, 1661! 
6. H. brachyscypha (Baker) ; bulb globose, 3 in. diam., with thick, 
pale, outer tunics produced 2 in. above its neck; leaves linear, 
glabrous; peduncle slender, 13-2 in. long; umbel 6-9 flowered; 
spathe-valves linear, reflexed, tinged red, 4 in. long; pedicels stiffly 
erect, $-1 in. long; perianth bright red, 3 in. long, with a distinct 
tube and oblong segments; stamens as long as the perianth; 
anthers uniform; ovary globose, 4in. diam.; style overtopping the 
anthers, 
Coast Rraton: Malmesbury Div.; Schaapplaats near Hopefield, Bachmann! 
7. H, filifolia (Benth. Gen. Plant. iii. 721); bulb globose, 2 in. 
diam., with membranous tunics produced an inch above its neck; 
leaves 2-5, produced after the flowers, filiform, very slender, glabrous, 
weak, sometimes 6-8 in. long; peduncle very slender, 3-6 in. long, 
not twisted spirally; flowers 4-12; pedicels slender, 1-2 in. long; 
pevianth-limb } in. long, cut down to the base, whitish or red-purple ; 
segments oblong-lanceolate, subacute, 3-nerved in the centre ; stamens 
rather shorter than the perianth-segments; ovary green, globose, 
+s in. diam. ; style as long as the stamens, subulate from an ovoid 
base, minutely tricuspidate at the tip; capsule depresso-globose, 
membranous; seeds 1-2 in a cell. Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 22. 
Imhofia filifolia, Herb. Amaryl. 290, t. 29, fig. 8; Kunth, Enum. v. 
626. Strumaria filifolia, Jacg. Ie. ii. 14, t. 361; Bot. Reg. t. 440. 
Leucojum strumosum, Thunb. Prodr. 58 ; Ait. Hort. Kew. i, 407, t. 5. 
Crinum tenellum, Linn, fil. Suppl. 194. 
: wi ity. Sparrmann! Masson! Oldenburg ! 
as eae : bees praca gt mabey Cape sand-dunes, Bolus, 4013! 
Cape Flats near Kondebosch, MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm., 294! Mac- 
Owan, 2655! Tulbagh Div.; between Tulbagh and the Drostdy, Burcheli, 1030! 
Worcester Div., Hex River Kloof, 1000-2000 ft., Drége ! 
8. H. spiralis (Baker, Handb. Amaryllid, 22, non Berg.) ; bulb glo- 
bose, 2 in. diam., with membranous tunics produced an inch above its 
neck ; leaves produced after the flowers, filiform, glabrous ; pedunele 
2-4 in, long, very slender, spirally twisted ; flowers 2-8; pedicels 
slender, 1-2 in. long ; periantb-limb 3 in. long, pale reddish ; segments 
oblong-lanceclate ; stamens nearly as long as the perianth segments ; 
