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11. H. MEMBPvANACEus Baker. — Closely allied to H. imniceus. 

 Leaty stem not at all produced. Leaves 3-4 to a bulb, oblong, 

 4-G in. long, very thin in texture ; petiole slender, 3-6 in. long ; 

 main veins 4-5 on each side of the distinct midrib ; cross veinlets 

 not at all oblique and not nearly so close as in H. jniniceus. Peduncle 

 slender. Umbel 1|- in. diam. ; spathe-valves oblong, reaching to 

 the tip of the flowers ; pedicels ^ in. long. Perianth pale red ; 

 segments twice as long as the tube. Stamens and style J in. longer 

 than the segments. 



Hab. Natal, Gerranl 735 ! Peddle ! Wood- 1219 ! 



12. II. MAGNiFicus Herb, in Bot. Beg. 1841, Misc. No. 153. H. 

 pitniceus var. vicif/ni/ica Herb, in Bot. Mag. sub t. 3870. H. Bouperi 

 Floral Mag. 1875, t. 148. — Bulb globose, 3-4 in. diam.; scale- 

 leaves G-8, suborbicular, green. Leaty stem reaching a length of 

 1-2 ft., not developed till after the peduncle, spotted with red- 

 brown; produced leaves 6-8, oblong, membranous, bright green, 

 undulated, a foot or more long, narrowed to a short sheathing 

 petiole ; main veins 8-10 on each side of the distinct midrib ; cross- 

 veinlets very close and very oblique. Peduncle lateral, very stout, 

 above a foot long. Umbel globose, very dense, sometimes 5-6 in. 

 diam.; bracts 6-8, bright green, ovate or oblong, ascending, 

 imbricated, l-|-2 in. long ; pedicels -|-1 in. long. Perianth bright 

 pale scarlet, an inch long ; segments linear, twice as long as the 

 tube. Filaments bright scarlet, an inch long. Berry bright red, 

 the size of a small cherry. 



Var. H. iNsiGNis Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 4745. — Spathe-valves 

 5-6 in. long, much overtopping the flowers. 



Var. GuMBLETONi Baker. — Leaty stem about a foot long. Leaves 

 orbicular, unspotted, ^-Q) in. long and broad; main veins 12-15 on 

 each side of the midrib. Peduncle very stout, 6-8 in. long. Umbel 

 very dense ; spathe-valves red-brown. 



Var. H. suPERBus Plort. — Leaty stem not produced. Len^ves 

 5-8, narrower than in the type, produced directly from the bulb, 

 contemporary with the flowers in spring. Peduncle, bracts, and 

 flowers of the type. 



Hab. Natal and Delagoa Bay. Introduced mto cultivation in 1841, and 

 now widely spread. For living specimens of var. Gumhletoni I am indebted to 

 Mr. Gumbleton, and of var. siiperhus to Sir C. W. Strickland and Messrs. 

 Krelage, of Haarlem. Var. insignis was sent alive from Natal to the Kev. Mr. 

 Hooper, of Brighton. 



13. H. NATALENSis Pappc ; Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 5378. — Bulb 

 globose, oblique, 2-8 in. diam. ; scale-leaves about 4, round-ovate, 

 pale green, tipped and much spotted with red-brown. Leaty stem 

 a foot long ; leaves 8-9, oblong, membranous, bright green, above 

 a foot long, narrov/ed to a short sheathing petiole, the lower tipped 

 and spotted on the back with red-brown. Peduncle produced from 

 the axis of one of the scale-leaves, compressed, sulcate, about a foot 

 long, f-1 in. thick. Umbel very dense, globose, 3-4 in. diam. ; 

 pedicels l-lf in. long ; spathe-valves about 6, oblong, very obtuse, 

 reddish-brown, imbricated, permanently ascending, 1^-2 in. long. 

 Perianth greenish, an inch long; segments linear, more than twice 



