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midrib ; transverse veinlets close, oblique. Peduncle 8-12 in. long. 

 Umbel 3-4 in. diam., less dense than in H. multiflorus ; j)edicels 

 ^ in. long ; spathe- valves lanceolate, reddish. Perianth bright red ; 

 tube cylindrical, i-l in. long ; segments lanceolate, laxly 3-nerved, 

 J in. long. Filaments |-1 in. long. Style overtopping the anthers. 

 Hab. West Africa, on the banks of the Bagroo Eiver, gathered by Mann in 

 1861. Introduced by Mr. Bull from Liberia in 1877. 



4. H. RUPESTRis Baker in Gard. Chron. 1877, 655. —Bulb 

 globose, 1 in. diam. Leaves 2, from the summit of a short slender 

 special stem with slender erect petioles 2 in. long and an oblong 

 membranous blade half a foot long, 4 in. broad, rounded at the 

 base ; main veins indistinct, J-|- in. apart ; transverse veinlets very 

 oblique, not so close as in H. midtijiorus. Peduncle slender, 

 3-9 in. long, contemporary with the young leaves. Umbel dense, 

 3 in. diam. ; spathe-valves 4-5, narrow oblong, reflexing, red-brown ; 

 pedicels i-f in. long. Perianth bright crimson ; tube cylindrical, 

 1 in. long ; segments linear, ^ in. long. Filaments bright red, 

 i in. long. 



Hab. Guinea, in rocky places near Nupe. Gathered by Barter in the 

 Niger Expedition of 1859. 



6. H. Katherin^ Baker in Gard. Chron. 1877, 655 ; Hook. fil. 

 in Bot. Mag. t. 6778. — Bulb globose, 2-3 in. diam. Leafy stem 

 •^ ft. long. Leaves 4-5, contemporary with the flowers, oblong, 

 membranous, 9-12 in. long, narrowed at the base into a short 

 spotted sheathing petiole ; main veins 8-10 on each side of the 

 distinct midrib; transverse veinlets oblique, closer and more 

 distinct than in multiflorus. Peduncle stout, distinct from the 

 leafy stem, spotted low down, a foot long. Umbel dense, 4-9 in. 

 diam.; pedicels 1-2 in. long; spathe 5-6, lanceolate, reflexing, 

 1^-2 in. long. Perianth bright red ; tube ^-| in. long ; segments 

 lanceolate, reflexing, f-1 in. long. Filaments ascending, bright 

 red, 1-1^ in. long. Style erect, 2 in. long. Berry bright red, 

 ^ in. diam. 



Hab. Natal. Introduced into cultivation by Mr. Keit in 1877, and named, 

 at his request, after Mrs. Katherine Saunders. Proves to be the finest and most 

 easily cultivated of all the species of this subgenus. 



6. H. GRANDiFOLius Balf. fil. Diag. Plant. Nov. Socot. iii. 23. — 

 Leaves membranous, ovate, plain green, reaching a length of 

 12-15 in. and a breadth of 8-9 in. ; main veins \-^ in. apart, with 

 2-6 finer parallel veins between them ; areolaB square ; petiole 

 1-1^ in. long. Inflorescence and flower not seen. 



Hab. Mountains of Socotra, gathered by Dr. I. B. Balfour in the spring of 

 1880. 



7. H. ciNNABARiNus Dccaisnc in Flore des Serres, t. 1195 ; 

 Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 5314 ; Floral Mag. n. s. t. 245.— Bulb 

 globose, 1 in. diam., bearing copious fleshy cylindrical root-fibres. 

 Leaves about 4, produced direct from the rootstock, contemporary 

 with the flowers, with an oblong acute membranous blade 6-9 in. 

 long, narrowed gradually into a channelled petiole of about the 

 same length; main veins fine ; transverse veinlets close and very 



