Ornithogalum. | CXL. LILIACEH (BAKER). 545 
albumen firm ; embryo small.—Rootstock a tunicated bulb. Leaves all 
radical, contemporary with the flowers. Raceme elongated or corym- 
bose; pedicels not articulated; bracts membranous, persistent, not 
spurred, Flowers usually white. 
Species 100. Temperate and subtemperate regions of the Old World, concentrated 
in South Africa, one doubtful species Chilian. All the Tropical African species belong 
to the section Beryllis, marked by its long narrow racemes and perianth-segment 
furnished with a distinct narrow green keel. 
Bulbs large, 
Leaves 14-2 ft. long. 
Bracts very large 1. O. longibracteatum. 
Bracts smaller 2. O. caudatum, 
3. O. Stapfħii. 
Leaves 4 ft. long 
Bulbs small. 
Peduncle 1-2 ft. long. 
Leaves 4—4 in. broad . 4. O, sordidum, 
Leaves 4—3 in. broad . 5. O. Eckloni. 
Leaves 1—14 in. broad . 6. O. cepafolium, 
Peduncle 6-9 in. long. 
Pedicels erecto-patent 7. O. benguellense, 
Pedicels cernuous. 
Raceme long . 8. O. cernuum. 
Raceme short . 9. O. gambosanum, 
Peduncle short. 
10. O. amboense. 
Leaves straight 
Leaves circinate at the tip - 11. O. spirale. 
1. O. longibracteatum, Jacq. Hort. Vind. iii. t. 29. Bulb ovoid, 
3-4 in. diam. Leaves 5-6, lanceolate, flaccid, 14-2 ft. long, 1-14 in. 
broad low down. Peduncle stout, stiffly erect, as long as the leaves. 
Raceme dense in the upper half, 1 ft. or more long; pedicels ascending 
or spreading, the lower 1 in. long ; bracts very long, subulate from a 
lanceolate base, protruding beyond the buds. Perianth $ in. long; 
segments linear-oblong, whitish, with a broad green keel. Stamens 
shorter than the perianth; filaments linear.—Red. Lil. t. 120; Baker 
in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 277, and Fl. Cap. vi. 514. O. pulchrum, 
Schinz in Verh. Bot. Ver. Prov. Branden. xxxi. 221. 
Nile Land. British East Africa: Ukamba; Kitui, Hildebrandt, 2646! 
Lower Guinea. (German South-west Africa: Amboland; Ondonga district at 
Okasima-ka-Namutenya, Schinz, 19! 
Also in South Africa. 
2. O. caudatum, Ait. Hort. Kew, i. 442. Bulb globose, 1}-2 in. 
diam. Leaves ensiform, flaccid, glabrous, 14-2 ft. long, 1-1} in. broad 
low down. Peduncle long, moderately stout, stiffly erect, 14-3 ft. long. 
Raceme moderately dense, 4—1 ft. long; pedicels ascending or patent, 
the lower 4-3 in. long; bracts subulate from a lanceolate base, the 
lower 1 in. long. Perianth 4-4 in. long; segments oblong, white, 
with a distinct green keel. Stamens shorter than the perianth; 
filaments flattened. Capsule globose.—Jacq. Ic. t. 423; Bob. Mag. 
t. 805; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 276, and Fl. Cap. vi. 515. 
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