Hezmanthus.| AMARYLLIDEX (Baker). 239 
reddish, ascending, 1-1} in. long; perianth # in. long; tube whitish ; 
segments lanceolate, obtuse, blood-red, 3 in. long ; filaments exserted ; 
anthers oblong, yellow ; style overtopping the anthers, Poir. Encyc. 
Suppl. iii. 32; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 884; Herb. 
Amaryllid, 235, t. 31, fig. 5; Kunth, Enum. v. 595; Baker, Handb. 
Amaryllid. 71. Melicho sanguineus, Salisb. Gen. 130. 
Sourn Arrica: without locality. 
Known only from Jacquin’s figure. The obscure H. hookerianus, Herb. 
Sette 404, t. 46, fig. 7, may perhaps be the same species, but its leaves are 
not known. 
23. H. humilis (Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. iv. 6, t. 411); bulb 
ovoid, slightly compressed, 1 in. diam. ; leaves 2, suberect, lorate, 
produced after the flowers, light green, unspotted, subacute, } ft. 
long, 15 in. broad above the middle, glabrous on the face, shortly 
ciliated with reflexed hairs on the margin; peduncle much com- 
pressed, 2 in. long; umbel compressed, with about 20 flowers; 
pedicels nearly as long as the flowers; bracts about 6, subequal, 
lanceolate, pale red, under an inch long ; perianth whitish, } in. long ; 
tube very short ; segments linear ; filaments exserted, white ; anthers 
oblong, yellow; style as long as the stamens; berry white; seed 
solitary, subglobose, brown, shining. Poir. Encye. Suppl. iii. 34 ; 
Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 888 ; Herb. Amaryllid, 234 ; Kunth, 
Enum. v. 591; Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 71. Melicho humilis, 
Salish. Gen. 130. : 
Soutn ArFrica: without locality. 
Known to me only from Jacquin’s figure, 
24. H. rotundifolius (Gawl. in Bot. Mag. t. 1618); bulb com- 
pressed, 3—4 in. diam. ; tunics thick, bifarious; leaves 2, spreading, 
suborbicular, produced after the flowers, 4—5 in. long, about 4 in. 
broad, scaberulous above, the margins scabrous and purplish coloured ; 
peduncle 3-6 in, long, moderately stout, red ; umbel dense, com- 
pressed, 13-2 in. diam.; bracts about 6, oblong, obtuse, ascending, 
_ bright red, 1-14 in. long, much shorter than the flowers; pedicels 
3-4 fn. long;: perianth red, ? in. long; segments twice as long as the 
subcylindrical tube; stamens distinctly exserted; anthers small, 
yellow, oblong ; style as long asthe stamens. Roem.et Schultes, Syst. 
Veg. vii. 891; Herb. Amaryllid, 235, t. 31, fig. 8; Kunth, Hnum. v. 
594; Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 70. H. orbicularis, Donn, Hort. Cant. 
- edit. ii. 38. H. lambertianus, Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 891. 
Sours AFrrica: without locality. 
25. H. callosus (Burchell ex Kunth, Enum. v. 594); bulb com- 
pressed, 3—4 in. diam.; tunics thick, bifarious ; leaves 2, spreading, 
orbicular-oblong, glabrous and smooth on both sides, 9-10 in. long, 
6-7 in. broad, margins smooth, not ciliated; peduncle stout, com- 
pressed, dotted with red, about 3 in. long; umbel dense, 13-2 in. 
diam. ; bracts about 6, oblong, erect, thick, rigid, glabrous, bright 
ted, 11-2 in. long, and much overtopping the flowers; pedicels 3~4 
