H^MANTHUS 



THE BULB BOOK 



H^MANTHUS 



more channelled down the face than 

 in the type. 



H. concolor. — Bulbs oblong, com- 

 pressed, with two strap- shaped leaves 

 about 1 ft. long and H to 2 ins. 

 broad, smooth, and not fringed with 

 hairs. Flower-stalk about 1 ft. high, 

 slender, bearing round umbels of 

 bright red flowers and bright red 

 bracts. {Herb. Amaryll. t. 31, fig. 2.) 



H. Cooperl. — Bulbs compressed, 

 about 4 ins. thick, having two 

 roundish leaves 4 to 5 ins. long, 

 produced in October, with short hairs 

 on the margin. Peduncle much com- 

 pressed, smooth, bright red, about 6 

 ins. high, bearing dense round umbels 

 of blood-red flowers and bracts in 

 July. 



H. crasslpes. — Bulbs ovoid, \\ ins. 

 thick, with two strap-shaped leaves 

 about 6 ins. long, \\ to 2 ins. broad, 

 smooth above, fringed with soft 

 hairs, mottled with red on the back 

 towards the base, and produced after 

 the pale red flowers. These are 

 borne on red mottled stalks about 



3 ins. high. (Jacq. Hort. Schoen. 

 iv. 1, t. 412.) 



H. deformis. — Native of Natal. 

 Bulb 3 to 4 ins. thick, with spreading 

 roundish leaves, 3 to 4 ins. broad, 

 coatemporary with the flowers, hairy 

 on the surface. Peduncle very short, 

 with umbels of white flowers in 

 March. {Bot. Mag. t. 5903.) 



H. hirsutus. — Native of Natal and 

 the Transvaal. Bulbs 3 ins. thick, 

 having two roundish, oblong, deep 

 green leaves 5 to 6 ins. long, 3 to 



4 ins. broad, contemporary with the 

 flowers, hairy all over especially at 

 the edges. Peduncle 5 to 6 ins. high, 

 densely hairy, with round dense 

 umbels, 3 to 4 ins. across, of white 

 or pinkish flowers surrounded by 

 bright red bracts in April. 



H. Imperialis. — A native of the 

 Goijgo, hg,ving large roundish umbels 



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of orange - and salmon - coloured 

 flowers in which the segments are 

 unusually broad {Gard. Chron. 1902, 

 xxxi. 85, 98, f. 33). 



H. Incarnatus. — Bulbs 2 to 3 ins. 

 thick, with two smooth oblong leaves 

 6 to 8 ins. long, roughish on the 

 margins. Peduncle reddish, smooth, 

 3 to 4 ins. high, bearing umbels of 

 pale red flowers and bracts. (Herb. 

 Amaryll. 237, t. 31, f. 1.) 



H. Katherlnae. — A fine species from 

 Natal. Bulbs round, 2 to 3 ins. 

 thick, with a leafy stem about 6 ins. 

 high. Leaves four to five, oblong, 

 membranous, 9 to 12 ins. long, 

 narrowed into a short spotted sheath- 

 ing stalk, and with eight to ten veins 

 on each side of the distinct midrib. 

 Peduncle about 1 ft. high, spotted at 

 the base, bearing an umbel 6 to 9 

 ins. across of bright red flowers, each 

 with a stalk 1 to 2 ins. long. (Bot. 

 Mag. t. 6778.) 



H. Iiaurenti. — This species from 

 the Congo has rather dense umbels 

 about 7 ins. across of salmon-coloured 

 flowers, each with a perianth-tube 

 about 5 ins. long. 



H. LescrauTvaeti. — This species 

 from the Congo Free State is remark- 

 able for having a creeping root-stock 

 instead of a bulb. The leaves are 

 from 6 to 7 ins. long and about 2 ins. 

 broad, with a stalk about 2 ins. 

 long. The scape is 6 to 10 ins. high, 

 bearing a dense umbel of rosy flowers 

 with linear segments. (Gard. Chron. 

 1904, XXXV. 274; Hev. Hort. 1904, 

 198.) 



H. lilndeni. — A fine species from 

 the Congo, having stalked oblong 

 leaves, and large globular heads of 

 rosy - salmon flowers tinted with 

 scarlet. Each blossom is nearly 2 

 ins. across, having narrow pointed 

 segments and stamens conspicuously 

 protruding. (///. Hort. xxxvii. 1. 112 ; 

 Gard. Chron. April 1893, 474, f, 73.) 



