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2. Haemanthus puniceus, waved-leaVed haemanthus, 
or blood-flower : leaves oblong, elliptic, acute, rettife, 
waved; umbel contracted, faftigiate, border and ita- 
mens ereCt.. Roots compofed of many thick flefhy tu¬ 
bers, forming a head, out of whielYarifes a flefliy fpot- 
ted ftalk, fpreading at top into feveral fpear-fltaped 
leaves, which are waved on their edges. Stalks a foot 
high ; leaves fix or eight inches long, and two broad in 
the middle. From the fide of the (talk near the ground 
breaks out a ftrong flefhy fcape, fix or eight inches long, 
with a large duffer of yellowifti red flowers at the top. 
This is a native of Africa ; it was received from Holland, 
and cultivatedin 1722 atEltham byJames Sherard, . M. D. 
3. Haemanthus pubefcens, or downy-leaved haeman- 
thus : leaves oblong-lanceolate, hirfute, on every frde ; 
umbel faftigiate-rounded, border and ftamens ereCt. 
Found at'the Gape of Good Hope, by. Thunberg and 
Maffum It flowers in Au,guft. 
4. Haemanthus ciliaris, or frin'ged haemanthus: leaves 
lanceolate, fmooth, ciliate, involucre broad, fhorterthan 
the rounded; umbel, border reflex. It is a native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. 
5. Haemanthus toxicarius, or fan-leaved haemanthus: 
leaves in two rows, oblong, flattifh, fmooth ; peduncles, 
longer than the fpathe and flower. This alfo is a-na¬ 
tive of the Cape, where it was found both by Thunberg 
and Maffon. The flowers are flefh-coloured. 
6. Haemanthus fpiralis, or fpiral-ftalked' haemanthus : 
leaves briftle-fliaped, fcape filiform, at the bafe fpiral 
and flexuofe; involucres fubulate, fhorter than the um¬ 
bel, which bears from one to four flowers. A native 
of the Cape, and flowers with us in September. 
7. Haemanthus carinatus, or keeled haemanthus: 
leaves linear, keeled. Native of the Cape. Mr. Mil¬ 
ler received the roots from Dr. Adrian Van Royen, pro- 
feflbr of-botany at Leyden. 
8. Haemanthus multiflorus, many-flowered haeman¬ 
thus, or blood-flower : leaves three together, ovate- 
lanceolate, acuminate, keeled, upright; umbel clofe,. 
globular; petals fpreading. Bulb from one to three 
inches in diameter, the upper part tinged of a.redico- 
lour, and fpeckled like the ftalk. Scape from eight to 
eighteen inches inches in height; fpeckled with dark red 
aimoffto the top, round or flatted, fometimes fluted on 
one fide. Umbel of flowers from three to nine inchesin 
diameter, containing from twelve to forty, fifty, orfixty, 
flowers-. Native of Sierra Leone in Africa. It was fent 
.to the Paris garden by the younger Robin from Guinea: 
in 1603. He found it abundantly in the iflands on the 
coaft, called Biigigos, in woods : near the fhore; fince that 
it has been loft in Europe till about the year 1794, 
Propagation and Culture. The firft and feventh forts 
are wit h difficulty propagated in Europe, for their roots 
put out offsets but fparingly ; the gardens in Holland 
therefore are fupplied with them from the Cape of Good 
Hope, where they, naturally grow, and produce feeds; 
the plants are too-tender to thrive in this country in 
winter in the open air, therefore the roots • mu ft be 
planted in pots filled with light loamy earth, and, in 
the winter, placed in a dry glafs-cafe, where, during 
that feafon, the leaves will be in full vigour, and make 
a-pretty appearance, when intermixed with other plants 
in the -itoy-e 5 though they feldom flower, here, yet are 
they worthy of a place in every garden where there is 
conveniency of keeping them. The roots may he taken 
ivp when their leaves are decayed, and kept out of the 
ground till Auguft, when they fhould be new potted, 
and may remain abroad till the end of September, at 
which-time they may be removed into the glafs-cafe ; 
and during the time they are growing will require to 
have frequent waterings, but it muft not be given.to 
them in large quantities. If a border is made either 
againft the front of the green-honfe- or ftoves, which 
may be contrived fo as to.be covered with glaffes in 
y^iter, in which thefe roots, with the African Gladio- 
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lus’s, Ixia’s, Perfian Cyclamens, &c. are planted In the' 
full ground, they will flower more conftantly, and the 
fctot-ftalks will rife much higher, than thofe kept in pots. 
The fecond fort is alfo a. native of the Cape of Good 
Hope, from whence it was firft brought to Holland, 
where it has been propagated and difperfed over Eu¬ 
rope ; this maybe propagated by parting the roots; 
the beft time for this is in the fpring, before the plants 
put out new ftalks, which is alfo a right time to fliift 
and new-pot them; but, as the roots do not multiply 
very faft in offsets, the beft way is to propagate them 
from feeds, which they ripen plentifully in England ; 
thefe fhould be fown foon after they are ripe, in pots 
filled with light earth, and kept in the ftove all the win¬ 
ter; if thefe: pots are plunged into the tail-bed in five' 
bark-ftov.e, in the vacancies, between the-plants, tire 
earth will be kep.t warm,, and will not dry fo: faft as 
when they are placed in a dry ftove, fo tlie feeds will 
be. fooner prepared fo vegetate; in the fpring the pots 
may be taken out of the fto.ve, and plunged into a hot¬ 
bed, which will bring up the plants ; thefe muft have; 
air admitted to them every day in mild weather, to pre¬ 
vent their drawing up weak ; and when. they, are fit to 
remove, they may be each planted in adeparate final! pot 
filled with! light earth, and plunged into, the hot-bed 
again,.to promote their taking new root; then they muft 
be gradually hardened, and afterwards may be removed 
into the.dry ftove, where they fhould conftantly remain, 
otherwife the plants will not thrive and flower in this 
country. In the winter feafon they muft not have too. 
much wet, ; for.as their roots.are flefliy and fucculent, they 
are apt to rot with moifture. In. the iu miner they muft 
have a large: fliare of air in warm weather, and require 
to be frequently watered, efpecially during the time of' 
their flowering. 
„HiEMATEM'ESIS; f. [from at//*, Gr.iblood, and 
iptu, to vomit.] A vomiting of blood. 
H-fEMATI'TES, orBLooo Stone, f. in mineralogy, 
a fpecies of ferriun, or iron ore, of fufficient hardnefs to 
burnifh. metals. The Greeks called iron ore in geueral 
by tills name, from its fuppofed efficacy in flopping 
blood. See the article Mineralogy. 
HA 2 MATOCE'LE, J'. [from cupa, Gr. blood, and 
j a tumour.. A tumour occaftoned by a collection of 
blood in the tunica vaginalis of the fcrotum. An aneu- 
rifm.is alfo fo named. 
H^EMATOCITYS-IS, /. [from«^«, Gr. blood, and 
ysw, to pour out.] An haemorrhage o.r flux of blood. 
H^EMATOMPHiVLOCE'LE, f. [from- cu { jm, Gr. 
blood, o/a<J><zAoj, the navel, and a tumour.] A-tu¬ 
mour in the navel when it is diftended with blood. 
H^MATOPHLCEBCES'TASIS,/. [from a^oeyGr. 
blood, <pAE^|/, a vein, and racnc; ftation.] A fuppreflion 
of the current of blood in the veins: a dwelling of the 
vein by reafon of fuch ftoppage. 
HiEMATO'PUS, f. [from the Gr. blood, and 
cry?, the foot; fo named by Belon becaufe the feet (and 
bill) are of a bright red colour.] In ornithology, the 
Oyster-Catcher; a genus of birds of the order of 
grallae. The generic characters are : Bill compreffed, 
the tip of an equal wedge fhape ; noftrils linear; tongue 
a third fhorter than the bill; feet curfory, three-toed, 
cloven. 
Hcemalopus oftralegus, thepied oyfter-catcher, nr fea- 
pie, a Angle fpecies. This bird inhabits alnioft every 
fea-fhore. Its black and white plumage, and its long 
hill, have given occafion to the inaccurate appellations 
: of J'ea~pie and fea-woodcock ; the name oyjler-catcher is pro¬ 
per, lince it exprefles its mode of fubfifting.. Catefby 
found oyfters in its flomach, and Willughby entire lim¬ 
pets. The organ of digeftion is fpacious and mufcular, 
according to Belon 5 who adds, that the flefii of the 
bird is black and hard, and of a rank tafte. Yet M. 
Baillon avers, that the oyfter-catcher is always fat in 
the winter, and that the young ones, are pie a fan t food. 
