Drimiopsis. | CXL. LILIACEE (BAKER). 543 
Seeds solitary, turgid; testa black ; albumen fleshy; embryo cylindrical.— 
Rootstock a tunicated bulb. Leaves sessile or petiolate. Inflorescence 
dense, racemoso-spicate ` upper flowers minute, abortive, as in Muscari 
and Lachenalia ; bracts generally obsolete. Flowers small, white. 
Species 10-12, the others South Africa. 
Leaves narrowed to the base. 
Leaves 1 in. broad . : : : : 5 - 1: D. Barterz. 
Leaves 14 in. broad S i : S See 
Leaves 2 in. broad. 
Leaves acute : ; : S S . 3. D. botryoides. 
Leaves obtuse. : g : : . 4. D. Stuhlmanni. 
Leaves 3 in. broad . 5. D. Volkensii. 
Leaves rounded at the base. 
Leaves oblong : i : : : o . 6. D. Holstit, 
Leaves orbieular ` . SE ; S . 7. D. perfoliata, 
1. D. Barteri, Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. iii. App. 18. Bulb 
globose, 1 in. diam. Leaves oblanceolate, 6-8 in. long, 1 in. broad above 
the middle, not distinctly petiolate, narrowed gradually to the clasping 
base. Peduncle 6-8 in. long. Raceme dense, subspicate, oblong- 
cylindrical, 14-24 in. long; bracts obsolete. Buds  subglobose ; 
perianth-segments oblong, 4 in. long. Stamens shorter than the 
perianth-segments ; filaments deltoid.—Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 228. 
Upper Guinea. Niger Territory: Nupe; in rocky places, Barter, 1512! and 
on the plains of Ilorin, Barter, 3445! 
2. D. Kirkii, Baker in Gard. Chron. 1874, ii. 644. Bulb 
globose, 14 in. diam.; outer tunics white, truncate. Leaves 6-8, 
lorate, 6-8 in. long, 14 in. broad at the middle, narrowed gradually 
into a broad channelled petiole shorter than the blade, pale green, with 
copious irregular blotches of dark green. Peduncle 1-14 ft. long. 
Raceme 3-6 in. long, lax in the lower half; pedicels very short; 
bracts obsolete. Perianth } in. long; segments oblong. Filaments 
lanceolate. Style A in. long —Bot. Mag. t. 6276. 
Mozamb. Dist. Zanzibar: cultivated specimen, Kirk ! 
First flowered at Kew, October 1874. 
3. D. botryoides, Baker in Saund. Ref. Bot. iii. App. 17. Bulb 
globose, 14 in. diam. Leaves 7—8 to a bulb, oblong, $ ft. long, 2 in. 
broad at the middle, narrowed gradually into a broad channelled 
petiole half as long as the blade, thick and fleshy in texture, mottled 
on the upper surface with blotches of dark green on a pale green 
ground. Peduncle terete, 1 ft. or more long. Raceme subspicate, 
3-4 in. long; pedicels very short; bracts obsolete. Perianth } in. 
long; segments oblong; upper flowers minute, abortive. Filaments 
lanceolate, half as long as the perianth-segments.—Journ. Linn. Soc. 
xii. 227, 
Mozamb, Dist. Zanzibar, cultivated specimen, Kirk! East Africa: without 
locality, Herb, Blackburn ! 
Flowered at Kew, July 1873. 
