Upwards of thirty species of Zachenalia are described in 
Mr. Baker’s enumeration, of which fifteen have been intro- 
duced into European gardens. ; 
Descr. Bulb spherical. Leaves twin at the base of the 
scape ; sheath long or short; blade recurved, six to twelve 
inches long, one to two and a half inches broad, subacute, 
dark green, uniformly coloured, or speckled or spotted with 
darker spots. Scape six to ten inches high, reddish, varie- 
gated with darker red or purple. Raceme 10-18-flowered, 
slender, long, erect, bracts small, deltoid-subulate; pedicels one 
quarter to one-third inch long,slender. Perianth golden yellow, 
waxy, one inch long, tubular; base rounded, rather gibbous ; 
outer segments connate to or below the middle, obtuse, with 
a gibbous dorsal boss below the tip; inner almost twice as 
long as the outer, pale yellow, spathulate, slightly spreading, 
tip rounded or obtuse. Stamens included, nearly as long as 
the outer perianth segments. Ovary oblong, 3-lobed, style 
very slender, stigma simple.—J. D. H. , 
Fig. 1, Pistil :—magnified. 
