Hyacinthus. | CXL. LILIACEH (BAKER). 525 
land; Zomba and east end of Lake Shirwa, Meller ! and between Blantyre and 
Matope, Scott ! 
Perhaps should be separated generically from Hyacinthus, from which it differs- 
by its petiolate leaves and solitary seeds. 
21. DRIMIA, Jacq.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. 
Plant. iii. 808. 
Perianth gamophyllous; tube oblong or campanulate; segments. 
equal, longer than the tube, spreading or reflexed, linear or oblong ; 
Stamens 6, inserted at the throat of the perianth-tube; filaments nearly 
or quite as long as the segments, filiform or flattened towards the base ; 
anthers oblong. Ovary sessile, ovoid, 3-celled; ovules many, super- 
posed; style subulate; stigma minute. Capsule loculicidally 3-valved. 
Seeds flattened; testa black; albumen fleshy; embryo cylindrical.— 
Rootstock a tunicated bulb. Leaves often not contemporary with the 
flowers. Flowers many, laxly racemose, greenish or purple. 
Species 30, the others in South Africa. 
Bracts large linear. 
Bracts 4 in. long . : E : i . L D. robusta. 
Bracts 4 in. long . : - : : : . 2. D. zombensis. 
Bracts minute. 
Perianth small ; segments flat. 
Raceme short 3. D. Fischeri, 
4. D. Barteri. 
Raceme long. : 5 ` e 
Perianth 3.3 in. long; segments channelled, 
Leaves synanthous, 
Leaves oblong. 
Peduncles shorter than the leaves . 
Peduncle much longer than the leaves 
Leaves oblong-lanceolate. 
Peduncle as long as the leaves 
Peduncle much longer than the leaves 
Leaves hysteranthous . 
1. D. robusta, Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. t. 1902 Bulb and 
leaves not seen. Peduncle very stout. Raceme dense, 8-12 in. long, 
2-21 in. diam. when expanded ` central pedicels patent, ZZ in. long; 
bracts linear, scariose, as long as the pedicels, protruding beyond the 
buds. Perianth reddish-brown, 3 in. long; tube oblong; segments 
linear, 3 times the length of the tube. Stamens nearly as long as the 
perianth-segments; filaments filiform; anthers minute. Style over- 
topping the anthers. 
Mozamb. Dist. 
Whyte! MeClounie! 
May prove distinct from the Cape species when fully known. 
. Colee, 
. angustitepala, 
. Hildebrandtii, 
. brevifolia. 
. laxiflora. 
Op AM 
Ssb bb 
British Central Africa: Nyasaland: Mount Mlanje, 6000 ft., 
2. D. zombensis, Baker. Bulb globose, ł-1 in. diam.; tunics 
brown, membranous, produced above its neck. Leaves not contem- 
porary with the flowers, linear, glabrous, Peduncle slender, stiffly 
