Mcemanthus.] cxxxvii. AMARYLLiDEiE (baker). 389 



acute, J-1 ft. long, 3-4 in. broad, shortly petiolate ; main veins G-8 on 

 each side of the distinct midrib, the inner ^-J.in. apart with close 

 oblique cross- veinlets. Peduncle separate from the leafy stem, often 

 spotted towards the base. Umbel dense, globose, 3-6 in. diani. ; 

 pedicels 1-1 J in. long; spathe- valves 6-8, lanceolate, reflexing, green, 

 1^-2 in. long. Perianth blood-red; tube cylindrical, |-^ in. long; 

 segments linear, 3-nerved, |-1 in. long. Filaments longer than the 

 perianth-segments; anthers oblong, yV~8 ^^" ^^^g* Berry bright 

 scarlet.— Bot. Mag. tt. 961 and 1995 ; Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 318 ; E-ed. 

 Lil. t. 204; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 912 ; Flore des Serres, t. 52 ; A. Rich. 

 Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 312; Kunth. Enum. v. 587 ; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. 

 Trop. Afr. 169; Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 63; Schweinf. in Bull. 

 Herb. Boiss. ii. App. ii. 80. H. ahyssinicits, Herb. Amaryllid. 232. 

 H. ddagoensis, Herb. Amaryllid. 233. H. tenuijlorus, Herb, in Bot. 

 Mag. t. 3870. H. Kalhreyeri, Baker in Gard. Chron. 1878, x. 202; 

 Flore des Serres, t. 2377-8 ; 111. Hort. 1879, t. 354. 



Upper Guinea. Los Islands ; in open spaces under trees, Kalhreyery 230 ! 

 Sierra Leone : near Falaba, Scott-Elliot, 5462a ! near Kurusu, Scott-Elliot, 5540 ! 

 and without precise locality. Barter ! Forster ! Lagos : lUaro, Millen, 113 of 1893 

 collection ! Yoruba, Barter, 3423 ! Millson, 65 ! Niger Territory : Boruu ; Musgu, 

 Vogel, 100 ! Cameroons : Yaunde, 2600 ft., Zenker ^ Staudt, 252 ! Fernando Po, 

 5000 ft., Mann, 393 ! 



Nile Iiand. Eritrea: Bogos ; Keren, 4500 ft., Beccari, 126! Kordofan, 

 Pfund, 297 ! British East Africa : White Nile, Petherick ! Jur ; Jur Ghattas, 

 Schweinfurth, 1934 ! Bongo ; North of Gir, Schweinfurth, 1384 ! Ruwenzori ; in 

 forest at 8000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 7814 ! Kilimanjaro Expedition, 40-60 miles from the 

 coast, Johnston ! 



Mozamb. I>ist. German East Africa : East shore of Lake Tanganyika, Scott- 

 Elliot, 8303 ! and without precise locality, Sanninglon ! Portuguese East Africa : 

 Lupata, on the River Zambesi, Kirk ! Lower Zambesi ; near Expedition Island, Kirk ! 

 British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Manganja Hills, Waller ! Metier ! Magomero, 

 Metier ! and without precise locality, Buchanan ! Matabeleland, Oates ! 



Also at Delagoa Bay. 



8. H. robustus, Pax in Engl. Jahrh. xv. 140. Bulb and leaves 

 unknown. Peduncle robust, cylindrical. Umbel dense, 6-8 in. diam. ; 

 spathe-valves reflexed, withered at the flowering time ; pedicels above 

 2 in. diam. Perianth-tube \-\ in. long ; segments linear-lanceolate, 

 nearly 1 in. long. Stamens 1 in. long ; anthers oblong, J in, long. 



XVXozamb. Bist. German East Africa : Gonda, Bohm, 286. 

 No specimen at Kew. 



9. H. kundianus, ./. Braun d- Schumann in Mitth. Deutsck, 

 Schutzgeh. ii. (1889) 146. Bulb globose, 1-2 in. diam. Leaves pro- 

 duced direct from the bulb, long-petioled, oblong, nearly 1 ft. long, 

 4J-5 in. broad, very obtuse, shortly narrowed to the base, membranous ; 

 transverse veinlets oblique. Peduncle 10 in. long. Umbel globose; 

 pedicels under 1 in. long. Perianth-tube i in. long; segments three 

 times the length of the tube. Stamens much longer than the perianth- 

 segments. 



