230 AMARYLLIDEZ (Baker). 
Rootstock a tunicated bulb; 
[ Hemanthus. 
leaves broad and obtuse, various in texture, 
often thick and fleshy ; peduncle stout, solid, compressed; flowers numerous, 
usually red or white, in dense capitate umbels, surrounded by a whorl of erect or 
spreading membranous bracts. 
Distris. Several species in Tropical Africa; one in Socotra. Two of the 
four subgenera are endemic at the Cape. 
Subgenus I, Nenrissa (Salisb.). 
perianth-segments spreading. 
The only Cape species 
(1) 
Subgenus II, Graxis (Salisb.) 5 membranous. 
perianth-segments persistently ascending. 
Teafy stem short, leaves distinctly petioled ... 
Leafy stem elongated, leaves not petioled : 
Bracts brown, flowers greenish 
Bracts green, ‘flowers bright red . 
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thick, fleshy. Bracts and perianth-segments spreading. 
Umbel few-flowered : 
Leaves glabrous on the margin 
Leaves ciliated on the margin 
Umbel many-fiowered : 
‘Leaves oblong or obovate, hairy ... a8 ene 
Leaves lorate or lingulate, glabrous : 
Leaves 14-2 in. broad : 
Perianth in. long ... 
Perianth $ in. long 
Leaves 4—5 in. broad... 
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Leaves membranous. apathe-ealees, and 
Katherine. 
Spathe-valves and 
(2) puniceus. 
(3) natalensis. 
i (4) magnificus. 
Subgenus III. MeEuicuo (Salisb. ). Bulb with thick bifarioustunics. Leaves 
Pumilio. 
lanceefolius. 
carneus, 
amarylloides. 
montanus. 
candidus. 
Subgenus IV. Diaczzs (Salisb.). Bulb with thick bifarious tunics. Leaves 
thick, fleshy. Bracts and 
Bracts white, veined with green; flowers pure white : 
Peduncle produced ; umbel not compressed : 
Pedicels very short : 
Leaves lingulate : 
Leaves ciliated kas “a 
Leaves not ciliated ... 
Leaves suborbicular_.... 
Pedicels 4—§ in. long ... 
Sar very short ; umbel compressed 
es orbicular ... 
pas round-oblong ... 
Bracts reddish, 3-1 in. long, falling short of the 
flowers : 
Leaves suborbicular : 
Peduncle glabrous... 
Peduncle densely = 
Leaves oblong 
Leaves lorate : 
Leaves glabrous on the margin 
Leaves 4 in. broad, much undulated . 
Leaves 2-3 in. broad : 
Pedicels } in. long .. 
Pedicels as long as the flowers 
Leaves ciliated on the margin ou sa 
Braects oblong, reddish, 1}-2 in. long, equalling or 
- overtopping the flowers : : 
Leaves suborbicular : 
Leaves with scabrous ene bracts shorter 
than the flowers ee eee 
Leaves with smooth margins ; ; bracts over- 
topping the flowers Sai 
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nth-segments permanently ascending. 
albifios, 
albo-maculatus. 
Baurii. 
Arnottii. 
deformis. 
Mackenii. 
Cooperi. 
hirsutus. 
incarnatus. 
undulatus. 
concolor. 
sanguineus. 
humilis. 
rotundifolius. 
callosus, 
