Hemanthus.] AMARYLI1DEH (Buker). 233 
unspotted, 5-6 in. long and broad; peduncle 6-8 in. long ; bracts and flowers of 
the type. 
Van. 3, H.superbus (Hort.) ; leafy stem not produced; leaves 5-6, rosulate, 
contemporary with the flowers, oblong, narrowed trom the middle to the base and 
apex ; peduncle, bracts, and flowers of the typical form. 
SouTH AFRICA: without locality. 
Eastern Reaion: Delagoa Bay, Monteiro! Var. B, Introduced from Natal 
by the Rev. Mr. Rooper. Var. y, Described from a specimen and sketch of 
Mr. Gumbleton’s. Var. 3, Described from living plants grown at Kew, and by 
Messrs. Krelage and Sir 0. W. Strickland. 
Mr. Krelage tells me that under similar treatment swperbus flowers in March, 
puniceus not till July or August. 
5. H. Pumilio (Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. i. 32, t. 61); bulb sub- 
globose, about 1 in. diam.; leaves 2, developed after the flowers, 
suberect, lorate, subacute, glabrous, 4-5 in. long, about 3 in. broad, 
green, barred and spotted on the back near the base with red-brown ; 
peduncle slender, about 2 in. long, spotted ; flowers 5-6 in an umbel ; 
pedicels }—$ in. long; bracts oblong-lanceolate, }-$ in. long; perianth 
whitish, about 4 in. long; tube short; segments spreading; stamens 
and style exserted. Willd. Sp. Plant. ii, 27; Ait. Hort. Kew. edit. 
2, ii. 209; Poir. Encyc. Suppl. iii. 34; Herb. Amaryll, 234; Kunth, 
Enum. vy. 591; Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 67. Melicho Pumilio, 
Salish. Gen. 180. 
Sour Argica : without locality. 
Known to me only from Jacquin’s figure. 
6. H. lancesfolius (Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. i. 31, t. 60); bulb 
ovoid, compressed, 1-1} in. diam. ; tunics thick, bifarious; leaves 2, 
rarely 3, not developed till after the flowers, lanceolate, acute, 6—8 in. 
long, 2 in. broad, pale green, glabrous on the surfaces, ciliated on 
the margin with minute deflexed hairs, dotted and barred with red, 
usually spreading ; peduncle compressed, green, glabrous, slender, 
4-5 in. long; flowers 6-8 in an umbel ; pedicels 3~{ in. long ; bracts 
lanceolate, about } in. long; perianth white slightly tinged with 
pink, under } in. long; tube short; segments linear, spreading ; 
stamens and style exceeding the perianth-segments ; anthers oblong, 
minute, yellow. Willd. Sp. Plant. ii. 27; Att. Hort. Kew. edit. 2, 
ii. 209; Poir. Encyc. Suppl. iii. 33; Herb. Amaryllid. 234 ; Kunth, 
Enum. v. 590; Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 67. Melicho lanceafolius, 
Salish. Gen. 130. 
SourH Arrica: without locality. 
Known to me only from Jacquin’s figure. 
7. H. carneus (Gawl. in Bot. Reg. t. 509); bulb compressed, 
2-3 in. diam. ; tunics thick, imbricated, green, bifarious; leaves 2, 
developed: after the flowers, pale green, oblong or obovate, 4-6 in. 
long, 2-4 in, broad, narrowed to the base, softly hairy, especially 
towards the margin ; peduncle slender, }-1 ft. long, usually pilose 
and mottled with purple; flowers 40-50 or more in a dense globose 
