HJEMAXTHUS 



THE BULB BOOK 



HJEMANTHUS 



about 2 ins. thick, bearing two tongue- 

 shaped, bright green, fleshy, smooth 

 leaves after the flowers have withered. 

 Flowers pinkish or white, borne in 

 dense round umbels 2 to 3 ins. across, 

 on slender stems 6 to 12 ins. high in 

 summer. (Jacq. Ilort. Schoen. iv. t. 

 408.) 



H. angolensis. A native of Angola, 

 with elongated bulbs having three 

 to four oblong leaves 6 to 12 ins. 

 long, rounded at the base to a 

 channelled stalk 6 to 9 ins. long. 

 Flowers bright crimson, in dense 

 umbels 4 to 5 ins. across, on stout 

 scapes a foot high in February. 



H. Arnotti. Bulbs roundish, 3 ins. 

 thick. Leaves two, roundish oblong, 

 4 to 5 ins. long, 3 to 4 ins. broad, 

 hairy towards margin, which is fringed 

 with long soft whitish hairs. Flowers 

 white, in dense umbels about 2 ins. 

 across, borne on purple-red scapes 

 4 to 5 ins. high in summer or autumn. 



H. Bauri. Native of Kaffraria. 

 Bulbs oblong, compressed, 3 to 4 ins. 

 thick. Leaves two, roundish, thick, 

 green, fleshy, 6 ins. long and 7 to 8 

 ins. broad, with a truncate apex, 

 smooth on surface, but heavily fringed 

 with hairs. Flowers pure white, in 

 dense umbels 2 ins. across, on stout, 

 green, smooth scapes under 2 ins. 

 high in November. (Bot. Mag. t. 

 G875.) 



H. callosus. Bulbs compressed, 3 

 to 4 ins. thick. Leaves two, roundish, 

 oblong, smooth, 9 to 10 ins. long, 6 to 

 7 ins. broad, not fringed with hairs. 

 Flowers pink, borne in dense umbels 

 about 2 ins. across, with bright red 

 bracts on a stout scape about 3 ins. 

 high. 



H. candidus. This species re- 

 sembles //. coccineus in appearance, 

 but has large heads of pure white 

 flowers on scapes 9 ins. high. 



H. carneus (//. IrevifoliiiR). A 

 native of the mountains of Kaffraria. 



Bulbs compressed, 2 to 3 ins. thick. 

 Leaves two, developed after flowers 

 fade, oblong or obovate, 4 to G ins. 

 long, 2 to 5 ins. broad, softly hairy, 

 especially on margins. Flowers pink, 

 rarely white, in dense round umbels 

 2 to 3 ins. across, on slender scapes 

 6 to 12 ins. high. The variety 

 strigosus has leaves quite hairless 

 when mature. (Sot. Reg. t. 509 ; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 3373.) 



H. cinnabarinus. This species is 

 found wild from the Gold Coast to 

 the Cameroon Mountains. It has 

 roundish bulbs about 1 in. thick, 

 bearing copious, fleshy, cylindrical 

 root fibres. Leaves direct from root- 

 stock, contemporary with flowers, 

 with an oblong acute, membranous 

 blade G to 9 ins. long, gradually 

 narrowed into a channelled stalk 

 about the same length. Flowers 

 bright crimson, in umbels 3 to 4 ins. 

 across, on a slender scape about 1 ft. 

 high, springing from the centre of 

 the leaves. (Fl. d. Serr. t. 1195; 

 Bot. Mag. t. 5314.) 



H. Clarkei. This is a hybrid 

 between II . albifios and //. coccineus. 



H. coccineus. Bulb 3 to 4 ins. 

 thick, compressed. Leaves two, 

 green, unspotted, smooth, tongue- 

 shaped, developed in winter, l to 2 

 ft. long, 6 to 8 ins. broad, narrowed 

 towards the base. Flowers bright 

 red with linear segments, in umbels 

 2 to 3 ins. across, with bright red 

 oblong imbricating spathes or bracts, 

 on peduncles G to 9 ins. high, minutely 

 speckled with reddish-brown. (Bot. 

 Mag. t. 1075; Red. Lil. t. 139; 

 Lodd. Bot. Cat. t. 240.) 



The variety coarctatus has shorter 

 spathe-valves, and leaves about 1 ft. 

 long and 3 to 4 ins. broad (Jacq. 

 Hort. Schoen. i. 30, t. 57 ; Bot. Reg. 

 t. 181). 



The variety carinatus has leaves 

 about 1 ft. long, much narrower and 



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