Annals of the Transvaal Museum. 
5. H. amarylloides , Jacq. Bulb ovoid, ; leaves two, pro- 
duced with the flowers, lingulate, obtuse, bright green, 
glabrous, 6-12 in. long, 1^-2 in. wide ; peduncle slender, 
glabrous, ^ ft. long ; flowers in a dense globose umbel, 50 or 
more ; bracts 6, pink, oblong-lanceolate, spreading ; perianth 
white, segments lanceolate, tube very short ; stamens and style 
nearly as long as perianth-segments ; berry oblong, blackish. 
Mooi Rivier, Burke ; Wolmaransstad, flowering December, 
Mainwaring, in Transvaal Museum Herbarium, 2794. 
6. H. hirsutus , Baker. Bulb rather large ; leaves 2, 
produced with the leaves, oblong, 5-6 in. long at the 
flowering time, 3J-4 in. wide, nearly erect, very obtuse, 
shortly hairy on both surfaces, pale beneath, the hairs on the 
margin longer ; peduncle longer than the leaves, densely and 
softly hairy ; umbel globose ; bract 6-8, oblong, membranous, 
bright red, ascending or spreading; perianth white or pink, 
segments very narrow, lanceolate, obtuse, much longer than 
the tube ; filaimnts white, anthers small, pale yellow ; ovary 
green, style as long as the stamens. 
Barberton, 4000-5000 ft. Galpin, 1183 ; Ermelo, flowering 
December, Burtt-Davy, 2191. 
10. Olivia, Lindl. (F.C. VI., 228.) 
Perian'h funnel-shaped with short tube, curved or 
straight, segments much longer than the tube, the three outer 
narrower than the 3 inner ; stamens inserted at the throat of 
the tube, filaments filiform, nearly as long as the perianth- 
segments, anthers dorsifixed ; ovary round, 3-loculed, style 
long, filiform, stigma 3-lobed ; berry bright red, pulpy, seeds 
few, large, bulbiform. — Plants with showy, red-yellow flowers 
and therefore frequently grown in gardens ; leaves many, 
lorate, distichous, fully developed, when the plant flowers ; 
bulb imperfect, rootlets numerous, thick, fleshy. 
A South African genus with 3 species of which 2 occur 
in the Transvaal. 
Key to the Species. 
Umbel dense, 40-60 flowered ; leaves not narrowed to 
the tip, obtuse. 1. C. not) ills. 
Umbel less dense, 12-20 flowered, leaves narrowed 
gradually to the tip. 2. C. Gardeni. 
1. G. nobilis , Lindl. (F.C. VI., 228, No. 1.) Barberton, 
4000-4650 ft. Galpin, 1102. 
2. C. Gardeni , Hook. (F.C. VI., 228, No. 2.) Barberton, 
Saddleback Mountains, Tliorncroft, 280 ; Transvaal, Hort. 
Nelson. 
