ELEMANTHUS 



THE BULB BOOK 



H^MANTHUS 



more channelled down the face than of orange - and salmon - coloured 



in the type. 



H. concolor. Bulbs oblong, com- 

 pressed, with two strap- shaped leaves 

 about 1 ft. long and 1| to 2 ins. 

 broad, smooth, and not fringed with 

 hairs. Flower-stalk about 1 ft. high, 

 slender, bearing round umbels of 

 bright red flowers and bright red 

 bracts. (Herb. Amaryll. t. 31, fig. 2.) 



H. Cooperi. Bulbs compressed, 

 about 4 ins. thick, having two 

 roundish leaves 4 to 5 ins. long, 

 produced in October, with short hairs 

 on the margin. Peduncle much com- 

 pressed, smooth, bright red, about 6 

 ins. high, bearing dense round umbels 

 of blood-red flowers and bracts in 

 July. 



H. crassipes. Bulbs ovoid, H ins. 

 thick, with two strap-shaped leaves 

 about G ins. long, H to 2 ins. broad, 

 smooth above, fringed with soft 

 hairs, mottled with red on the back 

 towards the base, and produced after 

 the pale red flowers. These are 

 borne on red mottled stalks about 



3 ins. high. (Jacq. Ifort. Schoen. 

 iv. 7. t. 412.) 



H. deformis. Native of Natal. 

 Bulb 3 to 4 ins. thick, with spreading 

 roundish leaves, 3 to 4 ins. broad, 

 contemporary with the flowers, hairy 

 on the surface. Peduncle very short, 

 with umbels of white flowers in 

 March. (Hot. May. t. 5903.) 



H. hirsutus. Native of Natal and 

 the Transvaal. Bulbs 3 ins. thick, 

 having two roundish, oblong, deep 

 green leaves 5 to 6 ins. long, 3 to 



4 ins. broad, contemporary with the 

 flowers, hairy all over especially at 

 the edges. Peduncle 5 to 6 ins. high, 

 densely hairy, with round dense 

 umbels, 3 to 4 ins. across, of white 

 or pinkish flowers surrounded by 

 bright red bracts in April. 



H. imperialis. A native of the 

 Congo, having large roundish umbels 



flowers in which the segments are 

 unusually bro'ad (Gard. Chron. 1902, 

 xxxi. 85, 98, f. 33). 



H. incarnatus. Bulbs 2 to 3 ins. 

 thick, with two smooth oblong leaves 

 6 to 8 ins. long, roughish on the 

 margins. Peduncle reddish, smooth, 

 3 to 4 ins. high, bearing umbels of 

 pale red flowers and bracts. (Herb. 

 Amaryll. 237, t. 31, f. 1.) 



H. Katherinae. A fine species from 

 Natal. Bulbs round, 2 to 3 ins. 

 thick, with a leafy stem about 6 ins. 

 high. Leaves four to five, oblong, 

 membranous, 9 to 12 ins. long, 

 narrowed into a short spotted sheath- 

 ing stalk, and with eight to ten veins 

 on each side of the distinct midrib. 

 Peduncle about 1 ft. high, spotted at 

 the base, bearing an umbel 6 to 9 

 ins. across of bright red flowers, each 

 with a stalk 1 to 2 ins. long. (Bot. 

 Mag. t. 6778.) 



H. Laurenti. This species from 

 the Congo has rather dense umbels 

 about 7 ins. across of salmon-coloured 

 flowers, each with a perianth-tube 

 about 5 ins. long. 



H. Lescrauwaeti. This species 

 from the Congo Free State is remark- 

 able for having a creeping root-stock 

 instead of a bulb. The leaves are 

 from 6 to 7 ins. long and about 2 ins. 

 broad, with a stalk about 2 ins. 

 long. The scape is 6 to 10 ins. high, 

 bearing a dense umbel of rosy flowers 

 with linear segments. (Gard. Chron. 

 1904, xxxv. 274; Rev. Hoi't. 1904, 

 198.) 



H. Linden!. A fine species from 

 the Congo, having stalked oblong 

 leaves, and large globular heads of 

 rosy - salmon flowers tinted with 

 scarlet. Each blossom is nearly 2 

 ins. across, having narrow pointed 

 segments and stamens conspicuously 

 protruding. (III. Hort. xxxvii. 1. 1 12 ; 

 Gard. Chron. April 1893, 474, f. 73.) 



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