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rily much wider one way, which makes the shape of the bulb 
compressed, and not round like those which are formed by 
leaves that sheath cylindrically ; consequently the bulbs of 
the first section are not compressed, but cylindrically ovate. 
In all bulbs the outer coats must be stretched by the internal 
growth of new leaves ; when the leaves sheath cylindrically, 
the neck or orifice being small, the old coats in stretching can- 
not slip downwards; but, in the second section of Haemanthus 
from the breadth of the leaves, which have no cylindrical 
base, the mouth of the bulb is wide one way ; and, as fresh 
leaves arise, the outer coats, being stretched by the internal 
growth, drop, and consequently become shorter each year 
till they decay, which gives an outward appearance of imbri- 
cation ; but the only structural difference is the leaves not 
sheathing cylindrically at the mouth of the bulb. The most 
startling difference is that those of the first section flower 
with the leaves in vigour, instead of before their appearance. 
The very singular plant I discovered in the Banks, herb, 
though in a very imperfect state, with undulated foliage, 
seems to form a link between the two sections, and it is to be 
regretted that we cannot obtain a perfect knowledge of it. 
G4. Buphane. — Scape precocious, 100-230 flowered, pedun- 
culated ; spathe 2-valved, tube cylindrical, limb 
expanded, filaments inserted without the tube, erect, 
diverging; stigma a single point; capsule turbinate, 
3-celled, 3-furrowed, 3-valved, few seeded. 
1. Distycha. — Patterson trav. t. 1. Bulbo subrotundo 
maximo indusiis nigris. Bulbs of this species were 
imported by Mr. Tate, a few years ago, as large as 
a man's head. 
2. Toxicaria. — Brunsv. tox. Bot. Reg. 7. 567. loculis 
dispermis. 
Var. 2. Obtusifolia. — Burchell. herb, et tab. pict. This 
species varies much in foliage, some having the 
leaves quite acute, others obtuse, some very little, 
some much, undulated. Some have the bulb long 
and cylindrical, others shorter and thicker. It 
does not appear from Dr. Burchell's drawing that 
there is any corresponding difference in the inflo- 
rescence. The coats of the bulb are pale brown. 
It is called the poison bulb, and said to be fatal to 
cattle, from which the generic name is derived. 
