536 CXL, LILIACEZ (BAKER). | Urginea. 
24. URGINEA, Steinh.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. iii. 810. 
Perianth polyphyllous; segments oblong, subequal, spreading, with ` 
a l- or 3—5-nerved brown keel. Stamens 6, shorter than the perianth, 
attached to the base of the perianth-segments; filaments filiform or 
slightly flattened ; anthers 6, small, versatile. Ovary sessile, ovoid ; 
ovules several in a cell, superposed; style subulate; stigma small, 
capitate. Capsule deeply 3-lobed, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds flat, 
uniseriate ; testa membranous, black or brown-black; albumen fleshy ; 
embryo cylindrical.—Rootstock a tunicated bulb. Leaves linear or 
terete, often not developed with the flowers. Inflorescence racemose ; 
bracts membranous, usually, especially the lower, spurred at the base. 
Flowers whitish, never bright blue. 
Species 40-50. Also in South Africa, the Mediterranean Region, and India, 
Perianth-segments i-nerved on the back. 
Raceme oblong or cylindrical, 
Perianth 4—4 in. long. 
Raceme 1-6 in. long. 
Spur of lower bracts minute . 1. U. mandalensis. 
Spur of lower bracts large 2. U. Nyase. 
Raceme 1-1} ft. long. 
Lower pedicels Z 2 in. long . 3. U. psilostachya. 
Lower pedicels 4-2 in. long . 4. U. micrantha. 
Perianth 4 in. long. 
Lower pedicels 4—4 in. long. 
Bulb globose 5. U. simensis. 
Bulb oblong Í 6. U. sanguinea. 
Lower pedicels 2 1 in. long. d 
Keel of perianth-segments green tans viridula. 
Keel of perianth-segments red-brown 8. U. altissima. 
Raceme few-flowered S 9. U. pauciflora. 
Raceme dense, subglobose, 
Peduncle very short. : 
Perianth 4 in. long . . 10. U. Johnstonv. 
Perianth 4 in, long . . 11. U. brachystachys. 
Peduncle long EE . 12. U. Brage. 
Perianth-segments 3-5 nerved on the back. 
Bracts deltoid, minute. EE 
Capsule oblong, subacute 13. U. indica.‘ ; 
Capsule globose 14. U. zambesiaca, ' 
Bracts lanceolate, large. oi 
Perianth 4-4 in, long . 15. U. petitiana. | 
Perianth 2 2 in. long. 
Raceme 3-6 in. long. : 
Leaves 7-8 in. long 16. U. tayloriana. 
Leaves 1-2 ft. long 17. U. angolensis. 
Raceme 1-1} ft. long 18. U. comosa.. 
Perianth 4 in. long 19. U. Becears. 
Perianth 4—3 in. long . - 20. U. agree 
Perianth lin. long . » 21. U. acinacifolia. 
1, U. mandalensis, Baker. 
Bulb small, globose. 
anthous, unknown. Peduncle very slender, 3—4 in. long. 
Leaves hyster- 
Raceme lax, 
