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Hab. Mexico and West Indies to Brazil andPeru. (Native area doubtful). 

 H. africanum Welw. herb., from " aboriginal woods on Prince's Island, alt. 

 3500 ft.," appears to be a form of this species. Amaryllis Alherti Lemaire in 

 111. Hort. t. 498, is probably a double-flowered form. Introduced into cultivation 

 in 1728, and called Liliuin Regince by Dr. James Douglas in honour of Caroline, 

 the wife of our George II. I have not seen the Venezuelan //. proninn K. Koch, 

 nor the Peruvian H. stenopetaliim A. Dietr., briefly noticed by K. Koch in 

 Wockenschrift, 1874, p. 37. 



28. H. MiNiATUM Herb. App. 31. Amaryllis miniata Ruiz & Pavon. 

 — Bulb ovoid, 2-3 in. diam ; neck short. Leaves lorate, l|^-2 ft. 

 long, an inch broad above the middle. Peduncle 1-1^ ft. long. 

 Umbel 2-4-flowered ; spathe-valves lanceolate, 2 in. long ; pedicels 

 2-3 in. long.: Perianth-limb 3-|~4 in. long, bright red; tube \ in. 

 long, obscurely coronulate at the throat ; segments obovate, sub- 

 acute, 1-1|- in. broad ; inner segments narrower than the outer, 

 especially the lowest. Stamens a little shorter than the limb ; 

 anthers linear-oblong, \ in. long. Style reaching to the tip of the 

 segments ; stigma capitate. 



Hab. Andes of Peru, Pavon ! Quebrada of Pariahuanca, Matthews ! Not 

 known in cultivation. 



29. H. scopuLORUM Baker. — Bulb ovoid, 2-2^ in. diam. ; neck 

 short. Leaves lorate, narrowed gradually from the middle to the 

 base. Peduncle a foot long. Umbel 2-flowered ; spathe-valves 

 lanceolate, 1|~2 in. long ; pedicels as long as the spathe. Perianth- 

 limb bright crimson, 2^-3 in. long ; tube very short, funnel-shaped ; 

 upper outer segment | in. broad at the middle ; lower inner ^ in. 

 Stamens as long as the perianth. Style a little exserted ; stigma 

 capitate. 



Hab. Andes of Bolivia; Sorata, temperate region, alt. 8000 — 9000 ft., 

 Mandon 1193 ! Allied to H. Regince and miniatum. 



30. H. Mandoni Baker. — Bulb ovoid, 2-3 in. diam. Leaves 

 lorate, 2 ft. long, an inch broad at the middle. Peduncle stout, 

 1-flowered ; spathe-valves lanceolate, 3-4 in. long ; pedicel 2 in. 

 long. Flower erecto -patent, bright crimson ; perianth-limb 5 in. 

 long ; tube greenish, funnel-shaped, -| in. long ; segments obovate, 

 acute ; outer 1^ in. broad ; upper the longest ; inner all above an 

 inch broad. Stamens much shorter than the limb ; anthers yellow ; 

 i in. long. Style nearly as long as the limb ; stigma capitate. 



Hab. Andes of Bolivia ; near Sorata, temperate region, alt. 8000 — 9000 ft., 

 Mandon 1195 ! Intermediate in general appearance between H. Regina and 

 aulicum. It may be identical with H. Warszeiviczianum A. Dietr., briefly 

 described by K. Koch, Wochenschrift, 1864, 38. 



31. H. Leopoldi Dombrain in Floral Mag. t. 475-6. Amanjllis 

 Leojwldi Moore in Gard. Chron. 1870, 733, fig. 140.— Bulb globose, 

 2-3 in. diam. ; neck short. Leaves lorate, finally 1-|~2 ft. long. 

 Peduncle stout, subterete. Spathe-valves lanceolate. Perianth- 

 limb the most regular of all the species, 5 in. long, 6-7 in. diam. 

 when fully expanded; tube short, without any distinct incurved 

 corona at the throat ; segments obovate, 2 in. broad, white towards 

 the tip, bright red at the middle, with a bifid white keel in the 

 lower half of the red, and a large greenish white throat. Stamens 

 declinate, rather shorter than the segments ; filaments white ; 



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