Hypoxia.'] cxxxvii. amaryllide^ (baker). 381 



Peduncles 1-4 to a tuber, 3-6 in. long, clothed with whitish hairs. 

 Flowers 6-8 in a lax raceme, 3-4 in. long ; bracts linear, J- J in. long, 

 pedicels as long as the bracts. Perianth yellow, J in. long; inner 

 segments oblong ; outer lanceolate, densely hairy outside. Stamens half 

 as long as the perianth ; anthers lanceolate ; filaments very short, 

 deltoid. Ovary turbinate, \ in. long, densely pilose. — Baker in Journ. 

 .Linn. Soc. xvii. 116. 



Iiower Guinea. Angola : Huilla ; frequent on bills, near Lopollo, 3800-5500 



ft., Welwitsch ! 



No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 



12. H. obtusa, Burch. in Bot. Reg. t. 159. Tuber large, oblong,, 

 perennial, crowned with the bristly relics of the old leaves. Leaves 

 12-18 to a tuber, subcoriaceous, linear, 1-1^ ft. long, J— | in. broad, 

 glabrous on the upper surfaces, ciliated on the edges and midrib 

 beneath. Peduncles hairy, 3-6 in. long. Flowers 4-8 in a lax raceme ; 

 pedicels | in. long. Bracts linear-subulate, J in. long. Perianth-limb 

 yellow, 6-8 lin. long ; outer segments green and hairy on the outside. 

 Stamens half as long as the perianth-limb. Anthers lanceolate-sagittate, 

 longer than the filaments. Ovary turbinate, hairy, J- J in. long. — 

 Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 114. 



Ifflle Ziand. British East Africa : Nandi Hills, on dry burnt ground, Scott- 

 Elliot, 6983 ! 



IMCozamb. Dlst. German East Africa : Usaramo ; east of the Coast Range, 

 SpeJce Sf Orant ! British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Shire Highlands, on Mount 

 Sochi, Scott-'Elliot, 8657 ! 



Also in South Africa. 



13. H. laikipiensis, RencUe in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxx. 407. Tuber 

 perennial. Leaves about 6 to a tuber, linear, acuminate, reaching a 

 length of above 2 ft., scarcely ^ in, broad ; upper surface span^ely, 

 lower and edges densely hairy. Peduncles 5 to a tuber, flattened, 

 reaching Ih ft. long. Raceme lax, 10-flowered, about 5 in. long ; bracts 

 linear-subulate, hairy, lower as long as the flowers ; pedicels J-| in. 

 long. Perianth-segments yellow, 6-7 lin. long ; outer hairy outside. 

 Stamens half as long as the perianth ; anthers more than twice as long 

 as the filaments. Ovary turbinate, densely hairy, J- J in. long. 



M"ile Ziand. British East Africa : Lykipia ; on steppes cut up by deep ravines, 

 West of Alngaria, Oregory I 



XWozamb. Dlst. German East Africa : Karagwe, 4000-5000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 

 8206! 



14. H. subspicata. Pax in Engl. Jahrb. xv. 143. Tuber stout, 

 perennial, crowned with the fibrous relics of old leaves. Leaves linear, 

 acuminate, coriaceous, 8-12 in. long, J in. broad low down, glabrous on 

 the upper surface, ciliate on the edges and midrib beneath. Peduncles 

 many to a tuber, hairy, much shorter than the leaves. Raceme dense, 

 subspicate, many-flowered, 3-4 in. long ; pedicels scarcely any ; bract>^ 



