132 Orb. 7. Hamantuex. Cl. 6. Spathacee. Liriogame. 
are pubescent, in one Species having a strong marginal Fringe. To 
Hemanthus I only refer those which agree with Herman’s PERR 
type, Coccineus, in the following diagnostics; Ist a Bulb with thick 
truncated Coats; 2ndly from two to four sessile pig Leaves, 
_ ctim very broad and tongue-shaped; 3rdly Flowers in a ve 
Fasciculus ; 4thly, very large Bractes, erect, reaching 
as high or above the Anthers, of the same red-le ad tin tint with the 
"termi nating i S in a 
exem series, a little thickened i in their middle, a nd longer than the 
Petals. I is probable, that every Species of this Genus may be 
multiplied ers est d extent by an operation, which like many 
ts of more sneer , was discovered accidentally. Every one 
knows that the Bulbs oe tis a little above ground, especially those 
of Quadrivalvis ; and while my gardener was cleaning the surface 
of the earth in a pot containing one of that Species, which was done 
by taking off a thin slice with a knife, so as not to disturb any fibres 
risen up to the top, he cut the Bulb ‘horizontally into nearly equal 
September following, I never shall forget the joy with ‘whisk he 
brought the Bulb to me, a strong Flower-bud pus up with 
Leaves ready to follow it on one side, and the four wounded Coats, 
for this Species seldom has more above the surface, were studded at 
their margin with a Necklace of numerous little Bulbs, some of the 
strongest of which blossomed three years afterwards. Gyaxis has a 
conical Bulb with thinner membranaceous Coats, and a broad fleshy 
solid stump under the Fibres, somewhat like that of Polianthes; the 
Leaves are petiolated, oval, waved, convolute before they unfold, and 
continue to grow throughout the year, the bene ones never decaying 
fresh ones are fully de ; at the side of the 
young Leaves from the nger 80 
the Bractes are green with red Spots, but shorter than the Flowers, 
and not conspicuous as in Haemanthu etals olate, withou 
ities, and they coalesce into an urceolar 
Ww. has 6 deep ws; a ts inserted in one series, 
and awl-sha t was sent to Myn Heer Sra B 
but as o 
from its Habit not believing it indigenous at the Cape of Good — 
would not insert it as such in the 2nd edition of Hortus Kewens 
and his conjecture turns out to be partly correct, for BURCHELL us: 
saw it till he reached Krakakamma, 800 miles eastward of Table 
Bay, where it grows wild abundantly under the bushes. Nerissa is 
another very legitimate Genus, as Mr. J, B. Ker thought in the 
