378 cxxxvii. AMARYLLiDE^ (baker). [Rypoocis. 



Pedicels ^ in. long . . . . . . 12, -ff. ohtusa. 



Pedicels ^-f in. long . . . . . 13. if. laikipiensis . 



Raceme dense. 



Pedicels scarcely any ...... 14. H. subspicata. 



Pedicels very short ...... 15. H, Fischeri. 



Pedicels ^-1 in. long \&. H. polystachya. 



1. H. xnonanthoSy Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 266, 

 Tuber oblong, perennial, \ in. diam. Leaves 4-5 to a tuber, linear, 

 slightly pilose, 4-5 in. long, J-1 lin. broad low down. Peduncles 1-3 

 to a tuber, 1 -flowered, 1^2 in. long, very slender, slightly pilose. 

 Perianth-limb yellow, \ in. long ; outer segments pilose and green on 

 the back. Stamens half as long as the perianth. Capsule oblong, \ in. 

 long. — Baker in Journ". Linn. Sob. xvii. 108 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. 

 Afr. 170. 



iMOvrer Guinea, Angola : Hullla ; LopoUo, in pastures near streams, Welwitsch ! 

 No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 



2. H. kilixnanjarica. Baker. Tuber globose, perennial, \-\ in. 

 diam. ; relics of old leaves brown, membranous. Leaves 4-5 to a tuber, 

 firm, narrowly linear, nearly or quite glabrous, 3—6 in. long, \ lin. broad. 

 Peduncles solitary, very short, 1 -flowered. Perianth-segments yellow, 

 \ in. long ; outer green and hairy outside. Stamens more than half as 

 long as the perianth-segments. Ovary turbinate, hairy, \ in. long. 



nXozamb. Dlst. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro ; above Mamba, 5000 ft., 

 VolTcens, 781 ! 



3. H. Schimperi, Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. x\di. 110. Tuber 

 oblong, J-| in. diam., crowned by copious fibres. Leaves about 4 to a 

 tuber, linear, erect, firm, nearly glabrous, 6-9 in. long, ^-i in. broad. 

 Peduncles 3 to a tuber, slender, 1-flowered, much shorter than the 

 leaves. Perianth-segments yellow, lanceolate, 4-5 lin. long; outer 

 green and slightly hairy outside. Stamens less than half as long as the 

 perianth ; anthers lanceolate, slightly versatile. Capsule turbinate, 

 slightly hairy, \ in. long. 



irile Xiand. Abyssinia, Schimper, 1118 ! 



4. H. angustifolia. Lam. Encyc. iii. 182. Tuber globose, J-^ in. 

 diam. ; rudimentary leaves entirely membranous. Produced leaves 6-12 

 to a tuber, linear, thin, J-1 ft. long, |-J in. broad, hardly at all hairy. 

 Peduncles 1-4 to a tuber, weak and slender, much shorter than the 

 leaves, slightly hairy. Flowers 2-^ in a lax corymb ; outer pedicels 

 J-1 in. long ; bracts subulate, J in. long. . Perianth yellow, \-^ in. 

 long ; outer segments green and hairy on the outside. Stamens half as 

 long as the perianth ; anthers lanceolate, sagittate at the base, longer 

 than the filaments. Ovary turbinate, densely pilose, ^ in. long. Capsule 

 turbinate, \-\ in. long. — Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 111. 



Vile Iiand. Somaliland : Golis Range, at Darra-as, Miss Edith Cole 1 British 

 East Africa : Fimbini, near Babai, Taylor ! 



