382 CXXXTII. AMARYLLIDE^ (bAKEr). [Hypoxls. 



linear, half as long as the flowers. Perianth-limb J in. long ; segments 

 yellow, ovate or oblong, obtuse, outer hairy on the outside. Stamens 

 half as long as the perianth. Ovary obconic, densely hairy ; stigmas free. 

 JaO-wer Guinea. Angola : in the region of the River Quango, Pogge, 4:2,4i. 

 Malange, Teuscz, 249, 



No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 



15. H. Fischeri, Pax in Engl. Jahrh. xv. 143. Tuber large, 

 perennial. Leaves lanceolate, acuminate, 1-1 ^\ ft. long, 1 in. broad 

 low down, coriaceous, persistently clothed on both surfaces with soft 

 whitish hairs. Peduncle densely hairy, much shorter than the leaves. 

 Raceme dense, many-flowered, 3-4 in. long ; pedicels very short ; 

 'bracts linear, hairy, much shorter than the flowers. Perianth-limb 

 above J in. long; segments yellow, lanceolate ; outer very hairy outside. 

 Stamens half as long as the perianth-limb. Ovary-obconic, very hairy ; 

 stigmas free. 



East Tropical Africa. VVitliout locahty, Fischer, 611 ! 

 No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 



16. H. polystachya^ Welw. ex Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, 

 Bot. i. 2G6. Tuber globose, perennial, 3 in. diam., crowned with the 

 membranous relics of the old leaves. Leaves 10-14, ensiform, rigid, 

 acuminate, 1-1 J ft. long, |-J in, broad at the middle, glabrous on the 

 face, slightly hairy on the back. Peduncles 6-8 to a tuber, stout, 

 4-6 in. long. Raceme dense, 20-30-flowered, 3-4 in. long; bracts 

 subulate, silky, J-| in. long ; pedicels J-1 in. long. Perianth yellow, 

 J in. long ; outer segments hairy outside. Stamens half as long as 

 the perianth ; anthers lanceolate-sagittate, longer than the filaments. 

 Ovary turbinate, pilose, \ in. long. Capsule circumscissile near the 

 top. — Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 115. 



IiO-wer Guinea. Angola : Huilla ; between Lopollo and Catumba, on hills, 

 Welwitsch ! 



No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 



Var. andongensis, Baker in Trans. Linn. Soc, ser. 2, Bot. i, 266. Leaves 

 narrower, ^ in. broad, densely clothed on the back with white hairs. Peduncle com- 

 pressed, li ft. long. 



XiO-wer Guinea. Angola : Pungo Andongo, Welwitsch ! 

 No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 



2. CURCULIGO, Gaertn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. 717. 



Perianth with a tube- like beak above the ovary ; segments 6, sub- 

 equal, spreading. Stamens 6, inserted at the base of the perianth- 

 segments ; filaments short ; anthers linear, basifixed. Ovary rostrate, 

 3-celled ; ovules many, superposed ; style short, columnar ; stigmas 3, 

 cuneate or distinct. Fruit indehiscent, sometimes baccate. Seeds 

 small, subglobose ; testa black, crustaceous ; hilum beaked ; embryo 

 small, included in the fleshy or farinaceous albumen. — Rootstock a 



