2 HzMODORACEE (Baker). [ Wachendorfia. 
1. W. thyrsiflora (Linn. Sp. Plant. 59); rovtstock a fleshy 
tuber; leaves lorate, firm, plicate, glabrous, the lower 2-3 ft. long 
including the channelled petiole, 2-3 in. broad at the middle; stem 
stout, erect, 1-2 ft. long, furnished with several reduced leaves ; 
panicle dense, cylindrical, a fovut or more long; axis and branches 
densely pilose; bracts lanceolate, persistent, scariose, 3-2 in. long ; 
perianth bright yellow, $-$ in. long; segments oblong; outer 
posticous hairy on the back all over and closely ribbed ; stamens 
included; capsule acutely 3-lobed, 3 in. long and broad; seeds 
smooth. Burm. Monog. 2, t.2; Thunb. Prodr.12; Fl. Cap. i. 306 ; 
Red. Lil. t.93; Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1060; Ait. Hort. Kew, edit. 
1, i. 75; Roem, et Schultes Syst. Veg. i. 485. 
Coast Reeron: Dutoit’s Kloof and Genadendal, Drege! near George, 
Burchell, 5984! near Melville, Burchell, 5449! Kromme River Heights, 
Burchell, 4808! Uitenhage Div., Galgebosch, Mac Owan, 2078! 
2. W. paniculata (Linn. Sp. Plant. 59); rootstock a globose 
tunicated corm; basal leaves 3-4, lanceolate, nearly glabrous, 
3-nerved, 3-1 ft. long, 3-1 in. broad, narrowed to the dilated clasping 
base; peduncle a foot or more long, green, with several reduced > 
leaves; inflorescence a lax deltoid panicle 3-1 ft. long, with finely 
hairy branches; upper bracts ovate; perianth 4-1 in. long, bright 
yellow, turning reddish-black when dried; 3 upper segments spotted 
inside at the base; 2 upper inner not contiguous; outer upper hairy 
and ribbed, all over; stamens included ; capsule hairy, acutely 
8-lobed at the sides and emarginate at the top ; seeds covered all over 
with brown bristly hairs. Burm. Monog. 4; Thunb. Prodr. 12; Fl. 
Cap. i. 307 ; Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 616; Smith Ic. Pict. i.t. 5; Roem. 
et Schultes Syst. Veg. i. 485. 
Var. 8, hirsuta (Thunb. Prodr. 12, sp.); leaves more hairy; stem more 
slender, reddish-brown ; branches of the panicle more hairy and more divaricated ; 
perianth bright yellow, the upper inner segments contiguous. Fl, Cap. i. 808; 
Ker in. Bot. Mag. t. 614; Roem, et Schultes Syst. Veg. i. 485. W. villosa, 
Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 398. 
Var. y, brevifolia (Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 1166, sp.); stem shorter, panicle 
closer and leaves shorter and broader than in the type; flowers dull greenish 
purple, withthe two upper inner segments contiguous. Roem, et Schultes Syst. 
Veg. i. 486; Ait. Hort. Kew, edit. 21.107. ~ 5! 
Vag. 8, tenella (Thunb. Prodr. 12, sp.); a small slender variety, with narrow 
8-nerved leaves, 3-3 in, broad. Fl, Cap. i. 308. W. graminea, Thunb. Prodr. 
12°; Fl. Cap.i. 309? W. graminifulia, Linn. fil. Suppl. 101? 
" Sourn Argica: without locality, var. 8, Harvey, 88! Wright! Burchell! 
var. 7, Thom, 770! 
Coast Region: Malmesbury Div., Thunberg/ Dutoit’s Kloof and Draken. 
stein Mts., Drége, 8573! Riversdale Div., Burchell, 6597! 6865! Var. 3, 
Simons Bay, Wright! 
II. BARBERETTA, Harv. 
Perianth funnel-shaped, petaloid ; tube 0; segments oblanceolate, 
equal, 3-5-nerved. Stamens 3, attached to the base of the outer 
segments ; filaments filiform, longer than the perianth; anthers 
small, ovate, dorsifixed. Ovary free, glabrous, oblique; 1-cell 
