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20. H. ALEOMAcuLATUS Bakei' in Gard. Cliron. 1878, i. 202. — 

 Bulb 2 in. diara. ; tunics thick, green, bifarious. Leaves 2, con- 

 temporary with the flowers, lorate, suberect, green spotted with 

 white, above a foot long, 2-3 in. broad above the middle, glabrous 

 on the surface, obscurely ciliated on the margin in an early stage. 

 Peduncle stout, green, glabrous, 4-G in. long. Umbel dense, 

 globose, 1^-2 in. diam. ; pedicels f^-^ in. long; spathe-valves 6-7, 

 oblong, imbricated, ascending, white, with green veins, 1^ in. long. 

 Perianth white, above an inch long; segments linear, twice as long 

 as the cylindrical tube. Filaments white, an inch long ; anthers 

 oblong, yellow. 



Hab. Natal. Flowered by Messrs. Low at Clapton, November, 1875, 

 Messrs. E. G. Henderson & Son, Maida Vale, December, 1877, and Mr. F. W. 

 Moore at Glasnevin in 1886. Gathered wild three times lately by Mr. J. M. 

 Wood, of the Durban Botanic Garden. 



21. H. Baurii Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 0875. — Bulb oblong, com- 

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

 suborbicular, truncate at the apex, thick, green, fleshy, -^ ft. long, 

 7-8 in. broad, glabrous on the surface, densely ciliated on the 

 margin. Peduncle stout, green, glabrous, under 2 in. long. Umbel 

 dense, 2 in. diam.; pedicels -|— J in. long; spathe-valves 5-6, 

 oblong, membranous, white veined with green, overtopping the 

 flowers. Perianth pure white, above an inch long ; segments 

 linear, twice as long as the tube. Filauients not longer than the 

 perianth- segments ; style finally exserted. 



Hab. Mountains of Transkeian Kafl'raria, discovered by the Eev. E. Baur 

 in 1871. Described from a plant that flowered at Kew, November, 1885. 

 Included amongst the drawings of Natal Plants showed by Miss Large at the 

 Indian and Colonial Exhibition of 1880. 



22. H. Mackenii Baker. — Bulb compressed, 3-4 in. diam. ; 

 tunics thick, green, bifarious. Leaves 2, contemporary wdth the 

 flowers, round-oblong, spreading, 6-8 in. long, 4-5 in. broad, 

 glabrous on the face, clothed on the edge and under surface with 

 soft whitish hairs. Peduncle scarcely any. Umbel few-flowered, 

 compressed; pedicels very short; bracts oblong; outer greenish, 

 pubescent ; inner white, veined with green. Perianth white, nearly 

 an inch long ; tube cylindrical, ^ in. long ; segments linear. Fila- 

 ments white, longer than the XDerianth-segments. 



Hab. Natal, McKen ! Described from a plant flowered by Mr. Wm. Bull, 

 November, 1870. 



23. H. DEFOMHS Hook. fil. in Bot. Mag. t. 5903.— Bulb slightly 

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

 contemporary with the flowers, spreading, orbicular, 3^-1 in. long 

 and broad, evenly pilose over the surface, not specially ciliated. 

 Peduncle scarcely any. Umbel compressed, 1^ in. the long 

 diameter ; pedicels ^ in. long ; spathe-valves 5-6, obovate-oblong, 

 IJ-l^- in. long, white, veined wirth green. Perianth white, nearly 

 an inch long ; segments twice as long as the tube. Filaments 

 white, longer than the segments. 



Hab. Natal, McKen ! Described from a plant that flowered at Kew iu 

 March, 1871. 



