ILE MAN THUS. 71 



Hab. Cape Colony; Rhinoceros Foutein, near Langvalei. Collected by 

 Masson in July, 171)3. 



29. H. coNcoLOR Burch. ; Herb. Amaryll. 238, tab. 31, fig. 2.— 

 Bulb oblong, compressed ; tunics thick, bifarious. Leaves 2, sub- 

 erect, lorate, about a foot long, l|-2 in. broad at the middle, 

 glabrous, not ciliated. Peduncle slender, rather shorter than the 

 leaves. Umbel dense, globose, 1^ in. diam. ; pedicels ^ in. long; 

 spathc-valvcs 5-0, oblong, membranous, bright red, an inch long. 

 Perianth bright red, f in. long ; tube very short ; segments linear. 

 Stamens exserted, ^-i in. 



Hab. Cape Colony; Soutli-western district. Flowered in Burchcll's garden, 

 October, 1826. Perhaps not distinct from H. sanguineus. 



30. H. SANGUINEUS Jacq. Hort. Schoen. iv. -i, t. 407. Melicho 

 sanguineus Salisb. — Bulb compressed, about 3 in. diam. ; tunics 

 thick, bifarious. Leaves 2, suberect, lorate, about a foot long, 

 2-3 in. broad above the middle, green, glabrous. Peduncle pro- 

 duced before the leaves, slender, glabrous, 8-9 in. long. Umbel 

 dense, globose, 2 in. diam.; pedicels |— f in. long; spathe-valves 

 G-8, oblong or lanceolate, reddish, 1-1|- in. long. Perianth f in. 

 long ; segments linear, blood-red, twice as long as the cylindrical 

 tube. Filaments exserted. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; Southern provinces. The obscure H. Hookerianus 

 Herb. Amaryll. 404, tab. 4G, fig. 7, may be the same species, but the leaves are 

 not known. 



31. H. HUMiLis Jacq. Hort. Schoen. iv. 6, t. 411. Melicho 

 humilis Salisb. — Bulb ovoid, slightly compressed, 1 in. diam. 

 Leaves 2, suberect, lorate, produced after the flowers, light green, 

 subacute, ^ ft. long, li in. broad above the middle, glabrous on the 

 face, minutely ciliated. Peduncle much compressed, 2 in. long. 

 Umbel compressed; pedicels nearly as long as the flowers; spathe- 

 valves about 6, lanceolate, an inch long. Perianth whitish, ^ in. 

 long; tube very short; segments linear. Filaments exserted. 

 Berry white. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; Southern provinces. Known to me only from Jacquin's 

 figure. 



32. H. cALLosus Burchell. — Bulb compressed, 3-4 in. diam. ; 

 tunics thick, bifarious. Leaves 2, spreading, orbicular-oblong, 

 glabrous, 9-10 in. long, 6-7 in. broad, not ciliated. Peduncle 

 stout, about 3 in. long. Umbel dense, li-2 in. diam. ; pedicels 

 very short; spathe-valves about 6, oblong, membranous, bright 

 red, ascending, 2 in. long, much overtopping the flowers. Perianth 

 pink, ^ in. long; tube very sliort ; segments linear. Stamens 

 exserted. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; Southern district. Cultivated by Burchell at Fulham 

 in 1818—1819. 



33. H. cocciNEus Linn. Sp. PI. 412; Gawl. in Bot. Mag. t. 1075; 

 Eed. Lil. t. 139; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 240. — Bulb compressed, 

 3-4 in. diam. ; tunics thick, bifarious. Leaves 2, fully developed 

 in winter, lingulate, suberect, 1^-2 ft. long, G-8 in. broad above 

 the middle, narrowed to 3-4 in. at the base, green, unspotted, 



