Heemanthus.] AMARYLLIDEZ (Baker). 235 
long as the leaves, very hairy; expanded head 5 in. diam.; bracts 
many, lanceolate, reflexed at the flowering-time, 14 in. long; pedicels 
about an inch long; flowers white ; perianth-tube cylindrical, 3 in. 
long ; segments linear, § in. long ; stamens and style longer than the 
segments. 
Eastern REGion; Natal; Tugela Valley, Allison / 
Sent to us by Mr. F. Boyle, April, 1891. 
11. H. albiflos (Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. i. 31, t. 59); bulb com- 
pressed, 2-3 in. in the longer diameter ; tunics thick, green, bifarious ; 
leaves 2-4, contemporary with the flowers, lingulate, suberect, obtuse, 
6-8 in. long, 23-33 in. broad above the middle, narrowed gradually 
to the base, green and glabrous on the surfaces, more or less densely 
ciliated on the margin; peduncle pale green, glabrous, 6-9 in. long, 
4 in. diam. ; umbel dense, globose, 2 in. diam.; pedicels about } in. 
long ; bracts 5-6, oblong, obtuse, permanently ascending, white with 
distinct green veins; flowers scentless, pure white; perianth 2 in. 
long ; tube subcylindrical, } in. long; segments linear, }—§ in. long ; 
filaments white, $ in. long; anthers oblong, yellow, very small ; 
ovary oblong, green; style overtopping the anthers; berry globose, 
bright red, 4 in. diam. Willd. Sp. Plant. ii. 27 ; Poir. Eneyc. Suppl. 
ili. 32; Red. Lil. t. 398; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 602; Gawl. in Bot. 
Mag. t. 1239; Baker, Handb. Amaryllid, 68. H. intermedius, Roem. 
Amaryllid. 36. H. virescens, vars. intermedius and albiflos, Herb. 
Amaryllid. 235; Kunth, Enum. v. 592. Diacles ciliaris, Salisb. 
Gen. 180. 
Var. £, pubescens (Herb.) ; leaves hairy also on the face. H. pubescens, Gawl. 
in Bot. Reg. t. 382; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 702, non Linn. fil. H. virescens, var. 
pubescens, Herb. Amaryllid. 235. Kunth, Enum. v. 592, excl. syn, Diacles 
pubescens, Salish. Gen. 180. 
Var. +, brachyphyllus (Baker) ; leaves oblong, about 3in. long, 2 in. broad, 
finely ciliated on the margin, glabrous on the surfaces; peduncle glabrous, a 
little shorter than the leaves, 1 
Var. 3, Burchellii (Baker) ; leaves oblong, 3-4 in. long, 2-2} in. broad, bairy 
on the surface, densely ciliated on the margin; peduncle hairy, a little longer 
than the leaves. 
Soura Arrica: without locality, Villette! 
Coast Region: Var. 3, Uitenhage Div., Zeyher, 967 ! : 
CznTRaL REGion: stony places and among shrubs near Graaff Reinet, 2000 ft., 
Bolus, 85! Var. y, Somerset Div. ; mountain above the spring of Commadagga, 
Burchell, 3348! Var. 3,-Graaff Reinet Div.; between Milk River and Platte 
River, Burchell, 2955 ! 
Frequent in gardens. Described from a plant that flowered at Kew in 
November, 1877. 
H. Clarkei, Hort., ig a bybrid raised by Colonel Trevor Clarke in 1891, between 
albijlos and a variety of coccineus. : 
12. H. albomaculatus (Baker in Gard. Chron. 1878, x. 202); 
bulb 2 in. diam, ; tunics thick, green, bifarious; leaves 2, contem- 
porary with the flowers, lorate, obtuse, suberect, above a foot long, 
2-23 in. broad above the middle, glabrous when mature, spotted 
with white, very obscurely ciliated in an early stage; peduncle 
