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brevissi fulta, perianthi i lobis exterioribus quasi. 1editio: Flores 
numerosi, subsessiles, flavi fulvi v. coccinei. PBractem invol oo, b y 
floribus breviores. (Char. ex ic. et descr. Lindleyi.) 
Species 3, Afric:ze australis incolz, a nobis non vise. Baer in Journ, Linn. Soc, xi. 994. Genus 
Massonie valde affine, floribus valde irregularibus in ordine insigne. 
Taurus XIII  ScrrEx. 
117. Whiteheadia, Harv. Gen. S. Afr. Pl. ed. 2, 396.—Perianthii persistentis seg- 
menta 6, subzqualia, patentia, basi in tubum brevem latum seu annulum connata. 
Stamina 6, basi perianthii affixa eoque breviora, filamentis filiformibus erectis basi in 
annulum [ tem more M: connatis; antherwe breviter oblong:e, dorsifixze, 
loculis introrsum dehiscentibus. Ovarium sessile, 3-gonum, 3-loculare ; stylus subul 
persistens, n D ,OYHlA 1 in loculis oc. Capsula obovoidez, REN sub-3- 
alata, i Semina in loculis cc, parva, lageniformia, testa 
nigra membranacea.—Bulbus tunicatus. Folia 2, lata, suborl more Mt 
patentia. Seapus brevis, simplex, aphyllus. Flores subsessiles, 1 in spica brevi conferti, 
rhachi crassiuscula. Bractes herb lat, ica 5 tw, floribus 
longiores. (Char. ex Jacq. Harv. et Baker.) 
Species 1, austro-Africana, a nobis non visa. Zaker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xiii. 226. Jacq. Ic. Rar. 
t. 449 (Eucomis). Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 368 (Melanthium). Bot. Mag. t. 840 (Eucomis). 
Genus evidenter 7Massonic affine, differt perianthii tubo brevissimo et ipnflorescentia Scillearum. 
118. Polyxena, Kwnth, Ewwm. Pl. iv. 294. (Polyanthes, Jacq. Ic. Rar. t. 380. |: Mas- 
sonis sect. Astemma, Endl. Gen. 145. Manlilia, Salisb. Gen. Pl. Fragm. 17.)—Perianthii 
tubus cylind interdum longus que v. superne parum ampliatus ; lobi 6, sub- 
:equales, tubo multo breviores, superne recurvi v. fere a basi rendtyn.potentenc Stamina 6, 
fauci 2-seriatim affixa, Dupsudque parum breviora v. longiora, fil tis a basi distincti 
filiformibus ; antherz parv:ze, dorsifix:e, loculis i tik Ovarium sessile, 
3-loculare ; stylus filiformis, stigmate parvo ; ovula in loculis co. Capsula 3-dyma, mem- 
branacea, Joculiéide. 3-valvis. Semina pauca, globosa, nigra, nitiduJa.—Bulbus tunicatus. 
Folia radicalia 2, nune more Massonic lata subsessilia opposite patentia, nunc angustiora 
erecta petiolata. Scapus infra inflorescentiam simplex, brevis, nunc inter folia brevis- 
simus. Flores nunc brevissime nunc longius laxiusque spicati v. racemosi, racemo sepius 
foliis breviore. Bractem ad basin pedicellorum parv:e, scariose, nunquam involucrantes. 
Species ad 7, Afrieze australis incole.  Zaker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 888 (Massonie sp. n. 19 
ad 25). Hed. Lil.t. 380. Andr. Bot. Hep. t. 46. — Bot. Mag. t. 554, 0891 (ic. omn. sub Massonia). 
uM Lachenalia, Jae. in dus Helvet. ix. ex. Murr. Syst. Veg. 314. —Perianthium 
v. fere ta basi breviter v. alte connata, erecta, conni- 
ventia v. superne patentia, Erro interdum fere libera, dorso sub apice scepe tuberculo 
instructa, interiora longiora, ssepius altius connata, superne magis patentia. Stamina 6, ad 
faucem v. basi loborum aflixa v. seriei exterioris fere hypogyna, filamentis filiformibus ; 
antheree parvze, ovoideze v. oblong:e, dorsifixse, loculis i ib Ovarium 
sessile v. breviter stipitatum, 3-loculare ; stylus uud stigmate Parvo M pulvinato ; H 
ovula in loculis co, 2-seriata. Capsula ! 
inclusa, loculicide dehiscens. Semina oboyoidea v. GIA idska nigra crassiuscula, 
funiculo interdum longiuseulo.—Bulbus tunicatus. Folia radicalia 2 v. in paucis speciebus 
3-5, crassiuscula, oblonga loriformia linearia v. subteretia, haud raro maeulata v. pustu- 
lata. Scapus simplex, aphyllus. Flores secus rhachin simplicem sessiles, spicati, v. in 
racemo pedicellati, erecti patentes v. penduli. Bractec parvo, scariosew. 
Species ad 30, Africe australis incole. | KuaA, Enum. Pl.iv.283. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
xi, 401, 
