Hemanthus. } AMARYLLIDEZ (Baker). 231 
Leaves lingulate, 4-8 in. broad : 
Mature leaf, glabrous on the face and edge : 
Leaves barred on the back tet ... (26) moschatus., 
Leaves not barred on the back ... «» (27) coccineus. 
“Mature leaf ciliated ... ss (28) tigrinus, 
Leaves lorate, 14-2 in. broad: 
Leaves glabrous... —... ore ys . (29) hyalocarpus., 
Leaves ciliated only .., ses ta ... (3) crassipes, 
Leaves usually both ciliated and hairy on the 
surface it oes o . ... (31) pubescens. 
1. H. Katharine (Baker in Gard. Chron. 1877, vii. 656); bulb 
globose, 2—3 in. diam.; leafy stem, short ; leaves 3-5, contemporary 
with the flowers, oblong, membranous, bright green, 9-12 in. long, 
4-6 in. broad, narrowed at the base into a distinct spotted petiole 
4-5 in. long; vertical veins 8-10 on each side of the distinct midrib, 
the central ones }-4 in. apart; peduncle lateral, distinct from the 
leafy stem, spotted low down, about a foot long, 3-1 in. diam. at the 
base ; umbel globose, 4-6, or in cultivation 8-9 in. diam. ; pedicels 
slender, 1-2 in. long; spathe-valves 5-6, lanceolate, very thin, 
reflexing, fugacious, 14-2 in. long; perianth bright red; tube 
cylindrical, 3-3? in. long; segments lanceolate, reflexing, }-1 in. 
long ; filaments ascending, bright red, 1-14 in. long ; anthers oblong, 
yellow, », in. long; ovary green, globose, 4-4 in. diam. ; style erect, 
2 in. long; berry bright red, the size of a small cherry, } in, diam. 
Hook. fil. in Bot. Mag. t. 6778; Baker, Handb. Amaryllid, 64. 
Eastern Reaion: Natal; Inanda, Wood, 403! and without precise locality, 
Mrs. K. Saunders ! Sanderson! 
Katanarrt Reaion: Transvaal; stony ground at the base of hills, Queen’s 
River Valley, near Barberton, 2000 ft., Galpin, 711! 
Introduced into cultivation by Mr. Keit in 1877. Proves to be the finest and 
most easily cultivated of all the species of its subgenus. 
2. H. puniceus (Linn. Sp. Plant. 325) ; bulb subglobose, oblique, 
2-3 in. diam.; scale-leaves orbicular; leafy stem not produced ; 
leaves 2-4, oblong, membranous, bright green, much undulated, 6-9 
in. long, 2-3 in, broad, narrowed at the base into a distinct petiole 3-6 
in. long, fully developed by the time the flowers appear; main veins 
about 6 on each side of the distinct midrib, the central ones 3—} in. 
apart ; peduncle lateral, 3-1 ft. long; umbel globose, capitate, about 
3 in. diam.; pedicels erect, 3-1 in. long; bracts 6-8, oblong, im- 
bricated, permanently ascending, 13-2 in. long; flowers inodorous ; 
perianth pale scarlet, rarely white, 1 in, long; tube cylindrical, 
¢-4 in. long; segments lanceolate, 3-nerved; filaments bright red, 
an inch long ; anthers yellow, oblong. ;'; in. long ; style straight, red, 
+ in. long; berry bright red, globose, the size of a small cherry. Bot. 
Mag. t. 1315; Ait, Hort. Kew. i. 404; Thunb. Prodr. 59; Fl. Cap. 
edit. Schult. 299; Red. Lil. t. 320; Herb. Amaryll. 233 ; Kunth, 
Enum. v. 588; Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 65. H. redouteanus, 
Roem. Amaryllid. 38. Gyaxis puniceus, Salish. Gen. 131, — 
Var. 8, membranaceus (Baker); habit weaker ; petiole longer in proportion 
to the lamina ; scorns Bie pedicels shorter, so that the bracts some- 
times overtop the flowers. 
