HIPPEASTRUM. 43 



Hab. On the Parana, lat. 26—27° S., Parodi ! Eeceived at Kew in 1883, 

 a dried specimen. 



6. H. ADVENUM Herb. App. 31. Amaryllis advena Gawl. in Bot. 

 Keg. t. 849; Bot. Mag. t. 1125. Flahranthus hesperim Herb. //. 

 menclocinus Pliilippi. Eitsttphia Macleanica Baker in Ref. Bot. 

 t. 332, non Herb. Chlidanthiis Cuviinr/ii Presl. — Bulb ovoid, 

 1^ in. diam. ; neck short ; tunics dark brown. Leaves linear, a 

 foot long, glaucous green. Peduncle |— 1 ft. long. Umbel 2-6- 

 flowered ; spatlie-valves lanceolate, 1|— 2 in. long; pedicels 1-3 in. 

 long. Flowers horizontal or ascending, openly funnel-shaped, 

 1^-2 in. long, yellow or red; tube very short, greenish, crenulate 

 at the throat ; segments oblong-lanceolate, acute, ^ in. broad. 

 Stamens declinate, much shorter than the perianth ; anthers ^ in. 

 long. Style exceeding the stamens ; stigma trifid. Var. pallidus 

 Herb. ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 17G0, has pale yellow flowers. Hahrayi- 

 thus miniatus D. Don in Sweet Brit. Flow. Gard. ser. 2, t. 213, has 

 large bright red flowers. 



Hab. Chili, about Valparaiso, Santiago, &c., flowering in December and 

 January. First figured by Feuillee in 1714. 



7. H. BiFiDUM Baker in Journ. Bot. 1878, 83. Hahranthtis 

 UJidus Herb, in Bot. Mag. t. 259^. — Bulb globose, li in. diam. ; 

 tunics dark brown ; neck 2-3 in. long. Leaves 2-3, linear, slightly 

 glaucous, a foot long, produced after the flowers. Peduncle slightly 

 compressed, a foot long. Umbel 3-6-flowered ; spathe-valves 

 lanceolate, 2-3 in. long ; pedicels slender, 1-2 in. long. Flowers 

 bright red, erect or subcrect, about 2 in. long; tube very short, 

 coronulate at the throat ; segments oblanceolate-unguiculate, 

 obtuse, cuspidate, ^-^ in. broad. Stamens declinate, unequal, 

 about half as long as the limb ; anthers ^ in. long. Style longer 

 than the stamens ; stigma trifid. 



Hab. Plains of Buenos Ayres and Monte Video. Introduced by Lord Car- 

 narvon about 1825. Flowers in March. I cannot separate as species Habranthiis 

 kermesinm Herb. (Bot. Keg. t. 16B8), H. intermedins Herb. (Bot. Keg. t. 11-48), 

 H. nobilis, venioralis, spathaceus, angvstus (Bot. Mag. t. 2G39), pulcher, and 

 pediDicidoms Herb. Keceived alive lately from Colonel Trevor Clarke and Miss 

 F. Hall, of Paddington. A closely allied plant gathered by Jameson and Colonel 

 Hall in the Andes of Ecuador will probably prove a distinct species. 



8. H. Bagnoldi Baker in Journ. Bot. 1878, 83. Habranthiis 

 Bai/noldi Herb, in Bot. Reg. t. 1396. — Bulb globose, 2 in. diam. ; 

 tunics nearly black. Leaves linear, glaucous, a foot long. Peduncle 

 slender, a foot long. Umbel 4-6-flowered ; spathe-valves lanceolate, 

 2 in. long; pedicels finally 2-3 in. long. Flowers erect or sub- 

 erect, openly funnel-shaped, l|-2 in. long, yellow, tinged with red ; 

 tube very short, funnel-shaped, coronulate at the throat ; segments 

 oblong, ^-f in. broad. Stamens rather shorter than the perianth- 

 limb ; anthers ^ in. long. Style as long as the perianth ; stigma 

 trifid. 



Hab. Chili, near Coquimbo, Cuming 865 ! Var. Gilliesiamis Herb., from 

 Melocoton, has smaller flowers than the type, pale yellow, with shorter pedicels. 

 H. piunctatus Herb., collected by Reynolds in South Chili, has copious small 

 reddish dots on the flower-segments. 



