420 CXXIII. AMARYLLIDER. [Hemodorum. 
3. H. rsiflorum 
species, with the habit. and 1 folia T: of H. laxum nd a ‘similarly divari- 
cately branched panicle, but the flowers smaller, on pedicels longer than 
th 
rently sina smaller than in H. laxum, but not seen ripe. 
Australia. Drummond, n. 58. 
4. H. spicatum, R. Br. Prod. 300. Stems simple, attaining 2 
3 ft., — at the shortly thickened base by the short broad Ticats: 
ing ‘bases of ne leaves, but loosely so and not so bulb-like (in the 
ML seen) as in H. Ureeisepalum. and H. simplex. Leaves from their 
short sheathing HE tapering into a long very narrow linear-subulate 
lamina. Flowers b i 
Aidisiita! bay, R. Brown; King George's e and aedi dis- 
Poul "Preiss, n. 1423, pos and others; Swan river, ce 1421 
river, ldfield. —The roots are said to be eaten by the native 
5. H. brevisepalum, Benth. Stems dabik i rather slender, under 
1 ft. high and enclosed at thè base in the closely-pressed mem mbranous 
sheathing bases of old leaves, forming an oblong bulb as in H. simp 
Leaves tapering into linear-terete lamine, usually longer than the stem 
Flowers in distant pairs along a simple rhachis as in Æ. spicatum, but 
fewer, as large or rather larger, and the outer segments broadly ovate, 
very shortly a acuminate and only half as ie as t the é 
W. Australia, Swan river, Drummond, 1st coll. n 
6. H. panicula ; 
and perhaps a variety rine It a pears ; to be a still aller of ou 
rgins. Perianths rather larger, the outer segments rather shorter 
and considerably broader than the inner ones. seem dl. in Pl. Preiss. ii. 
15? partly. 
W. Australia. Swan river, Drummond, 1st. coll. n. 742; Murchison river, 
Oldfield. 
H. strictum, Endl. in Pl. Preiss. ii. 15, from Wellington asia, probably belongs 10 
H. paniculatum, as well as Preiss's n. 1425, from Victoria distric 
