Tulbaghia. | CXL. LILIACEH (BAKER), 515 
than the leaves. Umbel 3-flowered; spathe-valves lanceolate, }—} in. 
long; pedicels as long as the spathe-valves. Perianth white, 5 lin. 
long; segments lanceolate, as long as the oblong tube. Corona very 
short, yellow, deeply lobed. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Pungo Andongo, Welwitsch, 2754! 
2. T. Cameroni, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1878, 321. Rootstock and 
leaves not seen. Peduncle very slender, 5—6 in. long Flowers 3—4 in 
an umbel; spathe-valves lanceolate, 1 in. long; pedicels shorter than 
the spathe-valves. Perianth-tube oblong, + in. long; segments lanceo- 
late, as long as the tube. Corona campanulate, $ in. long, obscurely 
and irregularly lobed. Anthers not exserted from the corona. 
Mozamb. Dist. Lake Tanganyika, Cameron! British Central Africa: North 
Nyasaland and Upper Loangwa River, at Fort Young, Nicholson ! 
3. T. Bragee, Engl. Pf. Ost. Afr. C. 141. Rootstock thick. 
Leaves narrowly linear, } the length of the peduncle. Spathe-valves 
lanceolate, acuminate, as long as the pedicels, which are longer than 
the flowers. Perianth-segments rose-red, linear, 3 the length of the 
tube. Corona lanceolate, subtruncate, orange-yellow, 4 as long as the 
perianth-segments. Anthers exserted from the corona. 
Mozamb. Dist. Portuguese East Africa: Beira, Braga, 
No specimen at Kew. 
4. T. alliacea, Thunb. Prodr. 60. Corm ovoid, 4-3 in. diam. ; 
outer tunics brown, membranous. Leaves narrowly linear, erect, $ ft. 
long. Peduncle slender, fragile, 4—14 ft. long. Flowers 3-6 in an 
umbel ` spathe-valves lanceolate or ovate, 4—} in. long; pedicels 4-1 in. 
long. Perianth-tube oblong, greenish, } in. long; segments lanceolate, 
4 as long as the tube. Corona cup-shaped, brownish, entire, } as long 
as the perianth-segments. Anthers not exserted from the corona.— 
Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 371, and in Fl. Cap, vi. 405, 
Mozamb. Dist. British Central Africa: Nyasaland; Shire Highlands, Scott- 
Elliot ! and without precise locality, Buchanan, 1334! 
Also in South Africa. 
17. ALLIUM, Linn.; Benth et Hook. f. Gen. Plant, iii. 802. 
Perianth polyphyllous ; segments 6, subequal, oblong or lanceolate, 
spreading or permanently connivent. Stamens 6, attached to the base 
of the perianth-segments ; filaments subulate or flattened, or tricuspi- 
date ; anthers oblong. Ovary globose, sessile or shortly stipitate, per- 
fectly or imperfectly 3-celled ; ovules usually 2 in a cell ; style subulate ; 
stigma minute. Capsule loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds triquetrous ; 
testa black, membranous ; albumen fleshy ; embryo cylindrical.— Whole 
plant smelling of garlic. Rootstock bulbous or subrhizomatous. Leaves 
all radical, but often clasping the base of the stem for some distance. 
Flowers small, white or coloured, usually numerous, umbellate. 
