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17. H. AMARYLLOiDES Jacq. Hoi't. Sclioen. iv. t. 408. -— Bulb 

 ovoid, not compressed, l|-2 in. diam. ; tunics thick, bifarious. 

 Leaves 2, developed after the flowers, Ungulate, obtuse, briglit 

 green, fleshy, glabrous, f-l ft. loug, 1|— 2 in. broad. Peduncle 

 slender, glabrous, |-1 ft. long. Flowers 50 or more in a dense 

 globose umbel 2-3 in. diam. ; pedicels f-1 in. long ; spathe-valves 

 5-6, oblong or obloiig-lanceolate, spreading. Perianth pinkish or 

 white, f-^ in. long; tube short; segments lanceolate, spreading. 

 Stamens and style overtopping the perianth-segments. 



Hab. Eastern provinces of Cape Colony. A plant from Bamboes Spruit, 

 Nelson 244 ! with longer pedicels, larger pure white howers, and shorter subacute 

 leaves, will probably prove a distinct species. 



Subgenus Diacles. 



18. H. albiflos Jacq. Hort. Schoen. i. 31, t. 59; Ked. Lil. 

 t. 398; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 602; Gawl. in Bot. Mag. t. 1239. 

 DiacJes ciliaris Salisb. H. intermedins Poem. — Bulb compressed, 

 2-3 in. diam.; tunics thick, green, bifarious. Leaves 2-4, con- 

 temporary with the flowers, lingulate, suberect, obtuse, 6-8 in. 

 long, 2|-3f in. broad above the middle, narrowed gradually to the 

 base, glabrous on the surface when mature, ciliated on the margin. 

 Peduncle pale green, glabrous, 6-9 in. long. Umbel dense, globose, 

 2 in. diam. ; pedicels ^ in. long; spathe-valves 5-Q, oblong, obtuse, 

 permanently ascending, white, veined with green. Perianth pure 

 white, f in. long ; tube subcylindrical ; segments linear, twice as 

 long as the tube. Filaments white, a little longer than the seg- 

 ments ; anthers yellow. Berry globose, bright red, |- in. diam. 



Var. PUBESCENS Herb. H. jnibescens Gawd, in Bot. Eeg. t. 382 ; 

 Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 702, non Linn. fil. Diacles jntbescens Salisb. — 

 Leaves hairy on the face as well as on the margin. 



Yar. BRACHYPHYLLus Bakcr. — Leaves oblong, 3-4 in. long, 2 in. 

 broad, finely ciliated on the edge, glabrous on the surface. Peduncle 

 glabrous, a little shorter than the leaves. 



Var. BuRCHELLii Baker. — Leaves oblong, 3-4 in. long, 2-2f in. 

 broad, hairy on the surface, densely ciliated on the margin. Pe- 

 duncle hairy, a little longer than the leaves. 



Hab. Southern provinces of Cape Colony, ascending to 2500 ft. in Graaf 

 Eeinet. 1 have seen specimens of the type dried from Kew Gardens in 1800, and 

 of var. p»Z>esc^»s from Kew in 1795, and from Masson's garden in 1794. 



19. H. Arnottii Baker in Gard. Chron. 1878, i. 498. — Bulb 

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

 produced after the flowers, round- oblong, very obtuse, s^Dreading, 

 4-5 in. long, 3-4 in. broad, green on the face, hairy towards the 

 margin, ciliated with long soft wdiitish hairs. Peduncle purplish 

 red, slightly compressed, 4-5 in. long. Umbel dense, 1^-2 in. 

 diam. ; pedicels ^—1 in. long; spathe-valves 5-6, oblong-lanceolate, 

 white, with conspicuous veins of green, 1:1-1^ in. long. Perianth 

 white, t ill- long ; segments twice as long as the tube. Stamens 

 and style distinctly exserted. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; Province of Colesberg. Described from a plant sent 

 by Mr. Arnott, that flowered at Kew in June, 1878, and September, 1879. 



