Hemanthus.]} AMARYLLIDEZ (Baker), 241 
_ 28. H. tigrinus (Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. i. 29, t. 56); bulb sub- 
globose, compressed ; tunics thick, bifarious; leaves 2, falcate, pro- 
duced after the flowers, lingulate, 9-12 in. long, 3-4 in. broad at 
the middle, much spotted on the lower part of the back, glabrous on 
the surfaces, minutely ciliated; peduncle } ft. long, green, much 
spotted with red; umbel dense, globose, 13-2 in. diam. ; bracts 6-8, 
oblong, obtuse, bright red, permanently erect, 13-2 in. long, over- 
topping the flowers ; pedicels }-4 in. long; perianth pale red, 3—Z in. 
long ; tube very short ; stamens distinctly éxserted; anthers small, 
oblong, yellow ; style as long as the stamens. Bot. Mag. t. 1705; 
Willd. Sp. Plant. ii. 25; Att. Hort. Kew. edit. 2, ii, 207; Poir. 
Encyc. Suppl. iii. 32 ; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 889 ; Herb. 
Amaryllid, 237, t. 31, fig. 3; Kunth, Enum. y. 598; Salisb. Gen. 
131; Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 72. 
Coast ReGion: Uitenhage Div., Zeyher! Cooper, 1588! 
29. H. hyalocarpus (Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. iv. 5, t. 409); bulb 
ovoid, compressed, 2 in. diam.; tunics thick, bifarious; leaves 2, 
produced after the flowers, lorate, suberect, about a foot long, 2 in. 
broad, glabrous on both surfaces and margin, not maculate ; peduncle 
4-6 in. long, green, mottled with dark red; umbel dense, globose, 
2 in. diam. ; pedicels } in. long; bracts about 6, oblong, bright red, 
ascending, overtopping the flowers; perianth an inch long, red ; tube 
short ; segments linear ; stamens slightly exserted ; anthers small, 
oblong ; style as long as the stamens; berry globose, whitish, } in. 
diam. ; seed solitary, brown. Poir. Encyc. Suppl. iii. 33; Roem. et 
Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 887; Herb. Amaryllid. 236, t. 31, fig. 9 ; 
Kunth, Enum. v. 595; Salish. Gen. 131; Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 72. 
Sout AFRica: without locality. 
Known to me with certainty only from Jacquin’s figure. H. zebrinus, Herb. 
Amaryllid. 237, of which the flowers are not Enown, differs by its narrower 
leaves, densely maculate on the back, and sometimes also slightly on the face. 
30. H. erassipes (Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. iv. 7, t. 412); bulb 
ovoid, 11 in. diam. ; tunics thick, bifarious; leaves 2, produced after 
the flowers, lorate, suberect, about 3 ft. long, 1}-2 in. broad, glabrous 
on the surfaces, softly ciliated, mottled with red on the back 
in the lower half; peduncle erect, compressed, 3 in. long, green, 
mottled with red; flowers inodorous ; umbel dense, globose ; pedicels 
short ; bracts 5-6, oblong or oblong-lanceolate, reddish, ascending, 
12 in. long ; perianth pale red, 3-3 in. long ; tube short ; segments 
linear; filaments exserted; anthers small, yellow, oblong; style as 
long as the stamens. Poir. Encyc. Suppl. iii. 33; Roem. et. Schultes, 
Syst. Veg. vii. 889; Herb. Amaryllid. 237, t. 31, fig. 10; Kunth, 
Enum. v. 599; Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 72. 
Sours Arrgica: without locality, 
Known to me only from Jacquin’s figure. 
31. H. pubescens (Linn. fil. Suppl. 193); bulb compressed, 
2-3 in. diam.; tunics thick, bifarious; leaves 2, produced after the 
