Hcemanihtbs.'] cxxxvii. AMARYLLiDEiE (baker). 



387 



Periantli-seguaents 3— 5-nerved. 

 Perianth-segments \ in. long. 

 Filaments \ in. long 

 Filaments f in. long 

 Perianth-segments f- 1 in. long. 



Stamens as long as the perianth-segments. 

 Pedicels short .... 

 Pedicels half as long as the flowers 

 Stamens longer than the perianth-segments. 

 Umbel 3-6 in. diam. 

 Umbel 6-8 in. diam. 

 Peduncle central as regards the tuft of leaves. 

 Perianth-tube \ in. long. 



Segments three times the length of the tube 

 Segments five times the length of the tube 

 Perianth-tube \-\ in. long. 

 Umbel about 3 in. diam. 

 Petiole 4—5 in. long 

 Petiole 6-9 in. long. 

 Umbel 4r-5 in. diam. . 

 Perianth-tube \ in. long . 

 Perianth-tube f in. long . 



3. H. micrantherus. 



4. H. rup est iris. 



5. H. Mannii. 



6. H. eurysiphon. 



7. H. multijiorus. 



8. JS. robustus. 



9. H. kundianus. 

 10. 3. germarianus. 



11. H. rotularis. 



12. S. cinnabarinus. 



13. H. angolensis. 



14. H. longipes. 



15. H. Lindeni. 



*Gyaxi8. Umbel dense. Perianth. segments and spathe- 

 valves permanently ascending. 

 Stamens very short ....... 16. H. brachyandrus. 



Stamens longer than the perianth-segments. 



Spathe-valves 2 . . . . . . . VJ. ff. bivalvis. 



Spathe-valves several, unequal ..... 18. H. somaliensis. 



1. H. filifloruSy Hiern ex Baker in Jown. Bot. 1878, 194. Bulb 

 lJ-2 in. diam. Leafy stem about 1 ft. long, bearing about 

 6 leaves with broad sheathing petioles ; blade oblong, 1 ft. long, 5-6 in. 

 broad ; main veins 10-12 between midrib and edge, the inner \ in. 

 apart ; cross-veinlets very close, oblique. Peduncle lateral, 1 ft. long, 

 spotted. Umbel very dense, 5-6 in. diam.; pedicels 1-1 J in. long; 

 spathe-valves oblong, reflexing, red-brown, 2 in. long. Perianth bright 

 red ; tube cylindrical, J in. long ; segments subulate, 1 -nerved, J-| in. 

 long. Filaments J in. long ; anthers small, oblong. — Baker, Handb. 

 Amaryllid. 03. 



Ziower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo, Welwitsch, A^Od\ 4010! 



2. H. zambesiacuSy Baker. Bulb globose, 2 in. diam. Leaves 

 oblong, 8-0 in. long, 3 in. broad, obtuse, minutely cuspidate, narrowed 

 gradually to the connate petioles, which form a short stem. Peduncle 

 stout, lateral, above 1 ft. long. Umbel globose, 6 in. diam. ; spathe- 

 valves small, lanceolate, reflexing; pedicels bright red, H-2 in. long. 

 Perianth -tube cylindrical, \ in. long ; segments linear, reflexed, 1 -nerved, 

 1 in. long. Filaments a little longer than the segments, flattened 

 towards the base. 



Mozamb. Blst. British Central Africa : Northern Zambesia ; Boruma, on the 

 River Zambesi, Menyharih, 691 ! 



