to Drimia, and may form a good sectional or generic cha- 
racter for various plants hitherto referred to this genus or 
Scilla, and possibly belonging truly to neither. Our only 
knowledge of 8. Cooperi is derived from Mr. Cooper’s Cape 
bulbs, for which the Royal Gardens are indebted to Mr. 
Wilson Saunders, F.R.S. 
Descr. Bulb subglobose, purple, smooth. Leaves eight to 
ten inches long, three-quarters of an inch broad, narrow, li- 
near-lanceolate, rather obtuse, striated, green on both sides, 
streaked with purple at the back, and spotted there towards 
the base. Scape shorter than the leaves, green. Raceme 
cylindric, two to three inches long. Flowers rather close- 
set, dark-red purple ; pedicels a quarter to half an inch long; 
bracts very small. Perianth lobes oblong, spreading, obtuse 
and thickened at the apex. Stamens inserted in the perianth 
lobes, shorter than they are; anthers oblong. Ovary hemi- 
spherical, six-lobed, with a broad six-lobed dilatation, then 
suddenly contracted to a short pedicel; style short, erect, 
subulate ; stigma minute; ovules two, ascending in each cell, 
collateral.—J. D. H. 
. Fig. 1. Flower. 2. Ovary. 3. Transverse section of ditto :—all mag- 
nified. 
