6 H=MODORACEH (Baker). [ Sansevieria. 
Centrat Reaton: Near Graaff Reinet, Bolus, 720! 
Katauari Recton: Griqualand West, near Griqua Town, Burchell, 1824! 
Also in Tropical Africa and ‘Tropical Asia. 
_ 8. paniculata (Schinz Conspect. Fl. Afric. 141), from Port Alfred, Schoenland, 
290! proves to be Dracena Hookeriana, K. Koch. 
VI. CYANELLA, Linn. 
Perianth cut down to the ovary ; segments subequal, acute, or 
obtuse, petaloid, glabrous, laxly nerved. Stamens 6, inserted at the 
base of the segments, 3-5 arcuate, the others declinate ; filaments 
short ; anthers dehiscing by two large terminal pores. Ovary adnate 
towards the base, globose, 3-celled ; ovules numerous and superposed ; 
style filiform; stigma capitate. Capsule loculicidal. Seeds ovoid, 
turgid. 
Corm with matted fibrous tunics. Leaves mostly in a basal rosette, terete, or 
linear, persistent. Flowers usually racemose; bracts persistent. 
Distris. Endemic, 
Leaves terete .., ons ee var see .-» (1) alba. 
Leaves flat: 
Stamens 3 arcuate, perianth-segments obtuse ++ (2) orchidiformis. 
Stamens 5 arcuate, perianth-segments acute : 
Perianth 4~} in. long “a “ 
... (3) capensis. 
Perianth 3-3 in. longs ... 
ae cad ok AY as 
1. C. alba (Linn. fil, Suppl. 201); corm globose, with a neck 3-4 
in. long ; basal leaves numerous, erect, slender, terete, 4—6 in. long ; 
peduncles 3-6 in a cluster, simply 1-flowered, 6-9 in. long, leafless, 
or with a single small leaf; perianth spreading, whitish, 4-# in. long ; 
segments oblong, acute, 3 outer with green cusps; stamens half as 
long as the perianth, 5 arcuate, 1 declinate, all with short filaments 
and anthers } in. long ; capsule globose, adnate only at the very base. 
Thunb. in Act. Holm. 1794, t. 7, fig. 2 ; Prodr.65; Kunth Enum. 
iv. 640; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. 497. Pharetrella alba, 
Salish. Gen. 47. 
Coast Reeion: Clanwilliam Div., Masson / Mader, 135! 
2. C. orchidiformis (Jacq. Collect. iv. 211; Ic. t. 447); corm 
globose, 4 in. diam., with a short neck; basal leaves 8-4, oblong- 
lanceolate, chartaceous, glabrous, 3-6 in. long, 3-14 in. broad ; 
peduncle branched, a foot long, ineluding the lax raceme; racemes 
2-4 in. long ; pedicels cernuous, 4~1 in. long, sometimes bracteolate; 
bracts lanceolate ; perianth bright red, 4 in. long ; segments obovate- 
cuneate, with a yellow claw; stamens 3, arcuate, with longer 
filaments and small anthers, 3 declinate, with shorter filaments and 
anthers 3 in. long; capsule adnate at the very base only. Kunth 
Enum. iv. 637; Baker in Journ, Linn. Soc. xvii. 497. Trigella 
orchidiformis, Salish. Gen. 46. 
Sourn Argica: without locality, Pappe! Wxsrern Region; Namaqua- 
land, Drége/ 
