388 cxxxvii. AMARYLLiDE^ (baker). [Hcemanthus . 



3. H. micrantherus. Pax in Engl. Jahrh. xv. 140. Bulb and 

 leaves unknown. Peduncle slender, lateral. Umbel 3 in. diam. ; 

 spathe- valves lanceolate, reflexed, withered at flowering time ; pedicels 

 slender, about 1 in. long. Perianth-tube \-\ in. long ; segments 

 narrowly linear, reflexing, J in. long. Filaments as long as or rather 

 longer than the perianth-segments ; anthers J lin. long. 



XMEozamb, Dlst. German East Africa : Ugalla ; on the banks of the Ugalla 

 River, Bohm, 28a. 



No specimen in the Kew Herbarium. 



4. H. rupestris. Baker in Gard. Chron. 1877, vii. G5(). Bulb 

 small, globose. Leaves 2 from the summit of a short slender special 

 stem; petioles slender, lJ-2 in. long ; blade oblong, 6 in. long, 4 in. 

 broad, rounded at the base ; main veins 8-9 between the midrib and 

 edge, the inner \-\ in. apart ; transverse veinlets very oblique. 

 Peduncle slender, lateral as regards the leafy stem, 3-9 in. long. 

 Umbel dense, globose, 3 in. diam. ; pedicels J-f in. long ; spathe- 

 valves 4-5, linear-oblong, reddish, reflexing, l-lj in. long. Perianth 

 bright red ; tube \ in. long ; segments linear, twice as long as the tube. 

 Filaments f in. long ; anthers oblong, -^^ in. long. — Baker, Handb. 

 Amaryllid. 64. 



Upper Guinea. Niger Territory : Nupe, in rocky places, Barier, 1505 ! 



5. H. Mannii, Baker in Bot. Mag. t. 63G4. Bulb globose, lJ-2 

 in. diam. Leaves 5-6 at the summit of a short special stem, contem- 

 porary with the flowers, shortly petioled, oblong, cuspidate, h ft. long, 

 "2-2^ in. broad ; main veins about 10 on each side of the petiole ; trans- 

 verse veinlets close, very oblique. Peduncle slender, 8-12 in. long. 

 Umbel 3-4 in. diam., less dense than in H. multijlorus ; pedicels short ; 

 spathe-valves small, lanceolate, reflexing. Perianth bright red ; tube 

 J-i in. long ; segments lanceolate, 3-nerved, |-J in. long. Filaments 

 as long as the perianth-segments; anthers small, oblong. — Baker, 

 Handb. Amaryllid. 63. 



Upper Guinea. Sierra Leone : Bagru River, Mann, 81)7 ! Liberia : cultivated 

 specimen. Carder ! 



n. H. eurysiphon, Harms in Engl. Jahrh. xix. Beibl. 47, 27. 

 Bulb globose. Leaves shortly acuminate, developed after the bulb. 

 Peduncle lateral, cylindrical, J in. diam. Flowers 30-35 in an umbel, 

 bright red ; spathe-valves oblong or oblong-lanceolate, acuminate or 

 acute; pedicels about half as long as the flowers, under 1 in. long. 

 Perianth-tube cylindrical, about J in. long, yV~ro i^- <^iam. ; segments 

 linear-lanceolate, reflexing, about | in. long. Stamens not longer than 

 the perianth-segments. 



IMEozamb. Blst. German East Africa : Kilimanjaro ; Marangu, 7000 ft., 

 Volkens, 1498. 



No specimen at Kew. 



7. H, xnultifloruSy Martyn, Monogr. with figure. Bulb globose, 

 2-3 in. diam. Leaves 3—4, produced on a short special stem, oblong, 



