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AM ARYLLIDACEjE. 
tcnuat. | unc. lat. clorso ad dimid. longitud. den- 
sissime, superficie rarius, clathrato-macul. Species 
distincta, nisi crassipedis varietas. Leaves 8-1 1 
inches, obtuse, 1^ wide, below only half an inch ; 
closely barred half their length below, less densely 
on the upper surface, smooth. 
24. Concolor. — PI. 31. f. 2. Burchell Herb. B. 276. 
Foliis lorato-lanceolatis laevibus subacutis 8 unc. 
1|^ lat. scapo 6 unc. spatha 1^ rubra circ. 8 valvi 
Horibus vix brev. perianthio stylo filamentis conco- 
loribus, filamentis limbo longioribus stylo brevio- 
ribus, stigmate trifido. A very desirable small 
species, being as well as crassipes and quadrivalvis 
equal to the larger in the inflorescence. 
I have lately received from Mr. Loddiges a small Hae- 
manthus, imported by him from the Cape under the name 
Coccineus, which has a smooth leaf not an inch wide, and 
dotted at the base with red, which is probably allied to Con- 
color. Haemanthus dubius H. and B. Kunth. must be a 
Phycella. Haemanthus vaginatus Thunb. Flor. Cap. from 
its six linear leaves, and two-valved spathe, does not agree 
with Haemanthus, and I entertain no doubt of its belonging 
to my genus Hessea intermediate between Nerine and Stru- 
maria. It is referred with doubts by Schultes to Bruns- 
vigia, with which it does not agree. 
It will be observed that in this genus there is an extra- 
ordinary diversity between the first and second section in 
the bulb, leaf, and habit, such as occurs in no other genus ; 
but I cannot find any diversity in the flower and fruit, and a 
like variation of species with close and with patent flowers 
occurs in both divisions. The difference is so great as to 
raise a doubt whether they form one genus. In the first 
section the leaves have a long fistulous or hollow cylindrical 
foot-stalk, which acts as a sheath : in that respect, perhaps, 
the difference is not much greater than in Amaryllis, of 
which Blanda vaginates above six inches ; but the conse- 
quence of this vagination in Haemanthus is a different form 
of bulb. That of Haemanthus has been called imperfect, but 
I see no imperfection in it. All such bulbs consist of coats, 
which are the permanent base of the leaves after the upper 
part has perished. In the species which have only two very 
broad leaves without a footstalk, the sheathing base is necessa- 
