380 CXXXVII. AMARYLLLDE^ (BAKER). [Uypoxis. 



lax corymb ; pedicels very hairy, ascending, J-1 in. long ; bracts large, 

 linear-subulate. Perianth-segments yellow, about J in. long; outer 

 very hairy outside. Stamens half as long as the perianth; anthers 

 sagittate at the base, longer than the filaments. Ovary obconic, densely 

 villous. Capsule turbinate, \-\ in. long, circumscissile round the middle. 

 — A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 314 ; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 

 113 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 170. II. villosa, Linn. f. var. foliiv«i 

 recurvis. Hook. f. in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 223. R. petitiana, A. Rich. 

 Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 315. II. abyssinica and H. siraenensis, Hochst. in. 

 Flora, 1844, 32. H. soboUfera, Jacq. Ic. t. 372 ; Schweinf. in Bull. 

 Herb. Boiss. ii. App. ii. 110. 



Upper Guinea. Cameroon Mountains, 7500 ft., Mann, 1224 ! 



ITile Ziand. Abyssinia: Tigre, summit of Mount Sholoda, near Adowa, 

 Schimper, 172 I and without precise locality, Schimper, 539 ! British East Africa : 

 Jur ; Jur Ghattas, Schweinf urth, 1874 ! East side of Lake Albert Edward, Scott- 

 Elliot, 8074 ! Ruwenzori, Scott-Elliot, 7799 ! Ukamba, Scott-Elliot, 6467 ! Taita ; 

 Ndi Mountain, Hildehrandt, 2542 ! 



XdXozamb. I>lst> British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Shire Highlands, at 

 Blantyre, Buchanan, 26 ! Scott ! Scott-Elliot, 8579 ! Magomero, Meller ! Fort 

 Youn^r, Nicholson ! Matabeleland, Oates ! 



Also in South Africa. 



0. H. gregoriaua, Rendle in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 408. Tuber 

 perennial. Leaves linear, rather flaccid, reaching IJ ft. long, 8 lin. 

 broad at the middle ; upper surface sparsely, lower and edges densely 

 hairy. Peduncles 5 to a tuber, corymbose, 1 ft. long. Flowers about 

 4 in a corymb ; bracts linear-subulate, h in. long ; lower pedicels 

 1 in. long. Perianth-segments yellow, above J in. long; outer hairy 

 outside. Stamens half as long as the perianth ; anthers sagittate, twice 

 as long as the filaments. Ovary obconic, hairy, under \ in. long. 

 Capsule circumscissile at the middle. 



irUe Xiand. British East Africa : on the Kikuyu escarpament near Kedong, 

 Gregory. 



No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 



10. H. nyasica. Baker in Kew Bulletin, 1897, 284. Tuber large ; 

 sheaths glabrous. Leaves firm, linear, slightly hairy, 1 ft. long, ^ in. 

 broad. Peduncles up to 6-7 to a tuft, hairy upwards, spreading or 

 ascending, shorter than the leaves. Flowers few in a lax raceme; 

 pedicels short, hairy; bracts linear, minute. Segments of the limb 

 lanceolate, J- J in. long, hairy outside. Stamens half as long as the limb. 

 Ovary turbinate, hairy. Capsule circumscissile at the middle. 



Mozaxnb. Dist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Mount Zomba, 4000- 

 6000 ft., WTiyte! Whyte Sf McClounie ! Mount 'Malosa, 4000-6000 ft., Whyte ! 

 Zomba Rock, WhyteJ 



11. H. angolensiS) Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Bot. i. 266. 

 Tuber perennial, oblong, 3 in. long, 1-1 J in. diam, crowned with copious 

 bristly relics of old leaves. Leaves 6-8, linear, rigid, acuminate, 6-9 in. 

 long, J— ^ in. broad, ciliated on the edges and midrib beneath. 



