Eriospermum.| CXL. LILIACEZ (BAKER). 475 
We have two additional species, one from Matabeleland, collected by the Rev. W. 
Elliott, and the other from Amboland, collected by Prof. Hans Schinz, of which the 
leaves are not known, Prof. Schinz (Bull. Herb. Boiss. iv. App. iii. 37) identities a 
plant from Hereroland, collected by Stapff, doubtfully with E. corymbosum, Baker in 
Journ, Linn. Soc. xv, 266. Prof. Schinz mentions two other unnamed species from 
Hereroland, collected by Fleck and Luderitz. 
10. BULBINE, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. 784. 
Perianth campanulate, polyphyllous, persistent; segments oblong, 
subequal, spreading. Stamens 6, shorter than the perianth, hypogynous 
or obscurely perigynous; filaments filiform, densely bearded; anthers 
oblong, versatile, dehiscing longitudinally. Ovary globose, sessile, 
3-celled ; ovules few in a cell; style short, subulate; stigma minute, 
capitate. Capsule loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds few, triquetrous ` testa 
black; albumen fleshy; embryo nearly as long as the albumen.— 
Rootstock not bulbous. Acaulescent or with a short leafy stem. 
Leaves subulate or flat, usually fleshy. Inflorescence a simple raceme 
dense upwards ; pedicels solitary articulated at the apex; bracts small, 
membranous, persistent. Flowers usually bright yellow; segments 
with a Lneree green keel. 
Species 30, all the others South African, except 2, which inhabit Australia. 
Leaves subulate, fleshy S ; : $ ‘ . 1. B. asphodeloides. 
Leaves lanceolate, fleshy . .  . S ` . 2, B. alooides. 
Leaves oblong, coriaceous . . : . . . 3. B. platyphylla. 
1. B. asphodeloides, Schultes f. Syst. Veg. vii. 444. Rootstock 
a small globose tuber, with a dense tuft of slender root-fibres. Leaves 
10-20 in a dense basal rosette, erect, subulate, 4—14 ft. long. Peduncle 
shorter than the leaves. Raceme 3-6 in. long, very dense upwards ; 
upper pedicels ascending, lower spreading, 6—9 lin. long ; bracts lanceo- 
late, protruding beyond the buds. Perianth bright yellow, } in. long; 
segments oblong, much imbricated. Capsule obovoid-trigonous, }—} in. 
long. Seeds 3—4 in each cell.—Kunth, Enum. iv. 564; Baker in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. xv. 345; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 159. B. abyssinica, 
A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. ii. 334, t. 97. Anthericum asphodeloides, 
Linn. Sp. Plant. 311; Jacq. Hort. Vind. ii. 85, t. 181. 
Wile Land. Abyssinia: Shire, Quartin-Dillon § Petit, 177! and without pre- 
cise locality, Schimper, 505! Somaliland, Mrs. Lort-Phillips! British East Africa : 
Jur ; Abu Guroon’s Seriba, Schweinfurth, 1541! ser. iii. 137! Ukamba; very common, 
6000 ft., Scott-Elliot, 6745! Kitui, Hildebrandt, 2638! 40-60 miles from the coast, 
Johnston ! 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla and Pungo Andongo; temperate region, 
Welwitsch, 3774! 3775! 
South Central. Lunda: Kamissamba, Buchner, 681. 
Mozamb. Dist, German East Africa: Kilimanjaro, 10,000 ft., Volkens, 2029! 
British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Namasi River, Cameron ! Blantyre, Buchanan, 
48! Mount Sochi, Scott-Elliot, 8612! Mount Mlanje, McClounie, 53! and without 
precise locality, Buchanan, 1327! 
Widely spread at the Cape. 
