many South African bulbous plants; potted in a peaty soil 
and kept moderately moist all the year round. It enjoys 
bright sunshine and flowers annually in June. The perianth 
segments and filaments persist and retain their colour for 
a month or more. The subhorizontal direction assumed by 
the flower-bearing portion of the rachis and the curving of 
the pedicels so as to bring all the flowers into an approxi- 
mately erect position are constant features which impart 
a characteristic aspect to the plant. Xeronema Moorii does 
not ripen seeds in this country; it may, however, be 
propagated by division. 
Description.—/7erh; stem very short, roots fibrous. 
Leaves distichous, sheathing at the base, ensiform, laterally 
compressed, 14 feet long, 14 in. wide, glabrous, finely dotted. 
Scape rather longer than the lower leaves; raceme 6 in. 
long, abruptly bent to a nearly horizontal position ; bracts 
elongated, sheathing ; flowers secund, erect, reddish-purple ; 
bracteoles scarious, éblong, shortly mucronate, 5 lin, long, 
2 lin. wide; pedicels 3 lin. long. Perianth 6-lobed ; lobes 
oblong-lanceolate, narrowly hooded at the tip, persisting, 
8 lin, long, 1 lin. wide. Stamens twice as long as perianth ; 
filaments reddish-purple, subulate; anthers oblong, dark 
purple, introrse. Ovary oblong, 3-lobed; ovules 8-10 in 
each cell ; style subulate, spirally twisted after the opening 
of the flower ; stigma small, obscurely 3-lobed. 
Fig. 1, flower; 2 and 3, anthers; 4, pistil; 5, sketch of an entire plant, 
showing 
habit :—all enlarged except 5, which is much reduced, 
