132 CXI. CYTiNACE.E (bakeii AND wright). [Uydnova. 



the perianth-tube, transversely divided into numerous cells. Ovary 

 inferior, 1-celled, with many placentas pendulous from the top of the 

 cell and ovuliferous all over; stigmas cushion-shaped, 3-5-lobed and 

 bearing numerous radiating lamellfe; ovules with a single integument. 

 Fruit subglobose, filled with glutinous pulp. Seeds globose, free in 

 the pulp ; endosperm copious, horny ; perisperm formed of a single layer 

 of cells ; embryo with a lonjj suspensor dilated at the apex. — Parasitic 

 fungus-like plants with a fleshy warted subterranean rhizome. Flowers 

 large, arising singly from the rhizome, with an unpleasant odour. 



Species 8, two of tl>em in South Africa. 

 Flowers 3- (rarely 4-) merous. Rhizome 4-5-angled, 

 warted on the angles. 

 Perianth-lobes much longer than the short hroacl 



tube . . . . • • • • . 1 . iZ". (Bthiopica. 



Perianth -lobes as long as the long narrow tube . 2. II. longicollif!. 



Flowers always 4-nieruus. Rhizome cylindrical, warted 

 all over. 

 Periantli-lobcs narrowed towards the base . . ^. H. Ilanningtoni. 



Perianth-lobes hmceolate. 



Perianth-lobes boardc I at the margins . . . 4. If. ahi/ssinica. 



Pel ianth-lobes naked at the margins . . .5. II. bogosensist. 



Flowers 5-meioug • • • . A. H. ahi/ssinica, var. 



quinquefida. 



1. H. aethiopica, Decnc in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xx. (ISTo), 77. 

 Perianth about '1 in. lon<:, tubular; tube 1) lin. long, verrucose outside, 

 transversely rugose within ; lobes ;>, oblong, rather obtuse, inflexed, 

 with linear acute sc.ilcs on tlie margin only, inflexed part slender and 

 smooth or obst-urcly }>:i pillo.se. Ovary nearly hemispherical, verrucose. 

 Fruit as large ms th .» list, globose-tuibinatc, tessellate, not tuberculate, 

 concave an<l surrounded l)y a slender ring at the apex. — Solms-Laub. 

 in Engl. Pflanzenr. IIydnor.i(ca% 0. 



STile Xiand. Kthioi)ia, Sahalier. 



2. H. longicoUiSy Wdw. in Trans. Linn. Soc. xxvii. ^.21. Para- 

 sitic on the roots of Z)j(inphi/llnm orhlculatnm, Welw.,and on a succulent 

 Eaphoi'bia. Rhizome 5-7-angle(l, | to 2 in. in diam. towards the base, 

 bearing a row of tubercles along each angle, fleshy, rose-colour or 

 purple outside, pale brick red inside. Perianth tubular, ;)-8 in. long, 



1 in. in diam , dusky cinnamon outside, orange-red tending to brick- 

 red inside ; lobes o, rarely 4, valvate, generally much shorter than the 

 tube, thick, tricpietious above, shortly and obtusely acuminate, irregu- 

 larly areolate outside, densely covered with inwardly directed scales on 

 the thick sides, concave inside in the lower part. Androecium 3- 

 ( rarely 4-) lobe J, inserted opposite to the lobes and J-1 in. up the 

 tube; anthers yellow, spuriously 2-celIe<l. Ovary oblong, H in. long, 

 lin. wide; stii;ma shortly 3- (rarely 4-) lob3d. Fruit globose, about 



2 in. in diam., irregularly areolate outsi le, 1-celled. Seeds numerous 



