392 cxxxvii. AMARYLLiDE^ (baker). [HcBmanthus. 



Perianth-tube \-\ in. long ; segments linear, ascending, as long as the 

 tube. Filaments twice as long as the perianth-segments ; anthers 

 very small. Berry globose, the size of a pea. 



Nile Xiand. Somaliland : summit of the Golis range, 5900 ft., Miss JEdith Cole ! 

 Mrs. Lort-Phillips ! 



10. H. IVicholsoni, ^aA;6r. Leaves unknown. Peduncle slender. 

 Umbel 3 in. diam. ; spathe-valves 2, small, lanceolate, spreading ; pedicels 

 1 in. long. Perianth-tube slender, cylindrical, J in. long; segments 

 linear, 1 -nerved, J in. long, not spreading. Stamens as long as the 

 perianth-segments ; anthers small, oblong, yellow. Style finally \ in. 

 longer than the perianth-segments. 



IMEozamb. Dlst. British Central Africa : North Nyasaland, Nicholson ! 



Seems to be intermediate between the two sections. 



8. BUPHANE, Herb. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PI. iii. 730. 



Perianth erect, hypocrateriform ; tube short, subcylindrical or cam- 

 panulate; segments equal, linear or lanceolate. Stamens inserted at 

 the throat of the perianth-tube ; filaments straight, filiform ; anthers 

 oblong, versatile. Ovary turbinate, 3-celled ; ovules 2 in a cell, colla- 

 teral, sessile at the middle of the axile placentas ; style subulate ; stigma 

 capitate, obscurely 3-lobed. Capsule turbinate, loculicidally 3-valved. 

 Seeds solitary, globose, green. — Rootstock a very large tunicated bulb. 

 Leaves coriaceous, ensiform or Ungulate. Peduncle stout, small. Flowers 

 small, red, densely umbellate ; spathe of two large ovate valves. 



Species 3, all African. 



1. B. disticha. Herb, in Bot. Mag. sub t. 2578. Bulb subglobose, 

 6-9 in. diam., with very numerous brown membranous tunics. Leaves 

 8-16, distichous, ensiform, glabrous, suberect, often undulate, 1-1 J ft. 

 long. Peduncle stout, compressed, glaucous, J-1 ft. long. Umbel dense, 

 J-1 ft. diam. ; pedicels 2-4 in. long ; spathe-valves ovate, 2-3 in. long. 

 Perianth-tube subcylindrical, J-J in. long; segments linear, |-1 in. 

 long. Stamens equalling or a little exceeding the perianth-segments. 

 Capsule turbinate, f in. long. — Baker, Handb. Amaryllid. 73. B. 

 toxicaria, Herb. loc. cit. Amaryllis disticha, Linn. f. Suppl. 195; 

 Paterson's Travels, 51. Hoemanthus toxicariuSj Thunb. Prod. 59; Fl. 

 Cap. edit. Schultes, 298. 



Iiower Guinea. Angola, Welwitsch, 4024, 4025, 4026 ! 



IMIozaixib. Blst. German East Africa : Lake Tanganyika, Cameron ! between 

 Lake Nyasa and Lake Tanganyika, 6000-8000 ft., Thomson ! Higher Plateau, north 

 of Lake Nyasa, Thomson! British Central Africa: Nyasaland: Stevenson Road, 

 Scott-Elliot, 8444 ! Magomero, Meller ! Blantyre, Buchanan ! 



Also in South Africa. 



