H^MANTHUS. G7 



as long as the cylindrical tnbo. Filaments yellowish, above an inch 

 long. Style overtopping the anthers. Berry subglobose, red, i- in. 

 diam., usually 1-seeded. 



Hab. Natal, introcTuced into cultivation by Dr. Sanderson in 18G2. 

 Described from living plants in the Kew collection. 



Subgenus Melicho. 



14. H. PUMiLio Jacq. Hort. Schoen. i. 32, t. Gl. — Bulb sub- 

 globose, 1 in. diam. Leaves 2, developed after the flovv^ers, suberect, 

 lorate, subacute, glabrous, 4-5 in. long, ^ in. broad, green, barred 

 and spotted on the back near the base with red-brown. Peduncle 

 slender, spotted, 2-3 in. long. Flowers 5-6 in an umbel; pedicels 

 f -^ in. long. Perianth whitish, -J- in. long ; tube short ; segments 

 spreading. Stamens and style protruded beyond the tip of the 

 segments. 



Hab. Southern provinces of Cape Colony. Known to me only from 

 Jacquin's figure. 



15. H. LANCE.EFOLius Jacq. Hort. Schoen. i. 31, t. 60. — Bulb 

 ovoid, compressed, 1-1|- in. diam.; tunics thick, bifarious. Leaves 

 2, rarely 3, not developed till after the flowers, lanceolate, acute, 

 fieshy, spreading, 6-8 in. long, 2 in. broad, pale green, dotted and 

 barred with red, glabrous on both surfaces, ciliated on the margin 

 with minute deflexed hairs. Peduncle green, slender, compressed, 

 4-5 in. long. Flowers 6-8 in an umbel ; pedicels f- 1 in. long ; 

 spathe-valves lanceolate, about -|- in. long, Perianth white, with a 

 slight pinkish tinge, under ^ in. long ; tube short ; segments linear, 

 spreading. Stamens and style reaching beyond the tip of the 

 segments. 



Hab. Southern provinces of Cape Colony. Known to me only from 

 Jacquin's figure. 



16. H. cAENEUs Gawl. in Bot. Beg. t. 509 ; Hook, in Bot. Mag. 

 t. 3373. H. hrevifoliiis Herb. Amaryll. 234, t. 30, fig. 3. — Bulb 

 compressed, 2-3 in. diam. ; tunics thick, green, bifarious. Leaves 

 2, developed after the flovrers, pale green, oblong or obovate, obtuse, 

 narrowed to the base, 4-6 in. long, 2-5 in. broad, softly hairy, 

 especially towards the margin. Peduncle slender, -|— 1 ft. long, 

 usually pilose and mottled with purple. Flowers in a dense globose 

 umbel 2-3 in. diam. ; pedicels slender, -|—1 in. long ; spathe-valves 

 5-0), oblong-lanceolate, reflexing, tinged with red. Perianth pink, 

 rarely white, ^ in. long; tube l-12tli to l-8tli in. long: segments 

 lanceolate, 1 -nerved. Stamens sometimes equalling, sometimes 

 longer than the perianth-segments. 



Var. H. STEiGosus Herb. — Leaves naked on the surface when 

 mature. 



Hab. Eastern provinces of Cape Colony, ascending to 4000 ft. on the 

 mountains of Kaffraria. It was gathered and sketched by Masson in 1704:. 

 Described from a plant flowered by Sir Charles Strickland in August, 1869, and 

 one at Kew in July, 1872. A Natal plant flowered by Herr Leichtlin at Baden 

 Baden in August, 1878, with a stouter peduncle, larger oblong, non-reflexing 

 spathe-valves, and a peria,nth-limb f in. long, will prebably prove a distinct 

 species, 



