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glabrous. Peduncle 6-9 in. long, compressed, mottled with minute 

 spots of red-brown. Umbel dense, globose, 2-3 in. diam. ; pedicels 

 ^-^ in. long ; spathe-valves 6-8, oblong, bright red, ascending, 

 imbricated, 2-2| in. long. Perianth bright red, about an inch long; 

 tube short ; segments linear. Stamens exserted. 



Var. H. coARCTATus Jacq. Hort. Schoen. i. 30, t. 57 ; Bot. Peg, 

 t. 181. — Fully developed leaves a foot long, 3-4 in. broad. Spathe- 

 valves shorter. 



Var. H. cARiNATus Linn. Sp. PL 413. — Leaves above a foot long, 

 much narrower and more channelled down the face than in the 

 type. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; Soiitliern provinces. Introduced into cultivation by 

 Philip Miller in 1731. 



31. H. MoscHATUs Jacq. Hort. Schoen. iv. 6, t. 410. — Bulb 

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

 duced after the flowers, lingulate, 1^ ft. long, 4-4^ in. broad at the 

 middle, obscurely pubescent Avhen young, naked when mature, 

 marked on the back with transverse bars of dark green on a pale 

 green ground. Peduncle glabrous, much compressed, pale green, 

 •| ft. long. Umbel dense, globose, 2-3 in. diam. ; pedicels ^-h in. 

 long ; spathe-valves oblong, subacute, ascending, bright red, 2 in. 

 long. Mowers with a strong foxy or musky smell. Perianth 

 bright red, nearly an inch long; segments three times as long as 

 the tube. Stamens distinctly exserted. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; Southern provinces. Very near H. coccineus. 



35. H. TiGRiNUS Jacq. Hort. Schoen. i. 29, t. 56 ; Bot. Mag. 

 t. 1705. — Bulb subgiobose, compressed, 3-4 in. diam. ; tunics 

 thick, bifarious. Leaves 2, produced after the flowers, falcate, 

 lingulate, 9-12 in. long, 3-4 in. broad at the middle, glabrous on 

 the surfaces, obscurely cihated, much spotted wdth red-brown on 

 the lower part of the back. Peduncle 2-4 ft. long, green, much 

 spotted with red-brown. Umbel dense, globose, l|-2 in. diam. ; 

 pedicels short; spathe-valves 6-8, oblong, obtuse, very bright red, 

 permanently ascending, 1^-2 in. long. Perianth pale red, under 

 an inch long ; tube very short. Stamens distinctly exserted. 



Hab. Cape Colony; Southern provinces. Gathered and sketched by 

 Masson in 1795. Described from a plant flowered at Kew, November, 1887. 



36. H. HYALocARPus Jacq. Hort. Schoen. iv. 5, t. 409. — Bulb 

 ovoid, compressed, 2 in. diam. ; tunics thick, bifarious. Leaves 2, 

 produced after the flowers, lorate, suberect, about a foot long, 2 in. 

 broad, glabrous, not spotted. Peduncle 4-6 in. long, green, mottled 

 with dark red. Umbel dense, globose, 2 in. diam. ; pedicels i in. 

 long; spathe-valves about 6, oblong, bright red, overtopping the 

 flowers. Perianth red, an inch long ; tube short ; segments linear. 

 Stamens shghtly exserted. Berry white, containing a single seed. 



Hab. Cape Colony ; Southern provinces. H. zehrinus Herb., of which the 

 flowers are not known, differs from this by its narrower leaves, densely spotted 

 on the back, and slightly on the face. 



37. H. CRASsiPEs Jacq. Hort. Schoen. iv. 7, t. 412.— Bulb ovoid, 

 1| in. diam. ; tunics thick, bifarious. Leaves 2, produced after the 



