358 titiacez (Baker). [Bulbinella. 
6. B. carnosa (Baker) ; root of fascicled fleshy fibres, not bristly 
at the crown; leaves 6-8, linear, glabrous, a foot long, $ in. broad 
at the base, acuminate, channelled down the face; peduncle simple, 
slender, fragile, 15-18 in. long ; raceme lax, 6-8 in. long when fully 
expanded, 1-1} in. diam. ; lower pedicels } in. long; bracts minute, 
deltoid ; perianth whitish, } in. long; segments oblong, obtuse, 
keeled with brown ; stamens not more than half as long as the 
perianth ; filaments flattened ; ovules globose ; style short. Antheri- 
cum carnosum, Baker in Journ, Linn. Soc. xv. 296. 
EasteRN Region: Natal; on damp rocks between the rivers Umzinto and 
Iffafa, Gerrard and McKen, 1890! 
7. B. robusta (Kunth, Enuw. iv. 571); root of numerous cylin- 
drieal fibres, crowned by a dense mass of bristles; produced leaves 
6-10, linear, moderately firm in texture, acuminate, 3-1} ft. long, 
1-1 in, broad at the middle, many-nerved, 2 in. broad at the clasping 
dilated base ; peduncle simple, terete, 3-14 ft. long; raceme dense, 
2—4 in. long, above an inch in diameter ; lower pedicels }-$ in. long ; 
bracts minute, lanceolate ; perianth bright yellow, 4 in. long ; seg- 
ments oblong, obtuse ; stamens as long as the perianth ; capsule as 
long as the perianth. Anthericum setosum, Willd. ex Roem. et 
Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 473; Baker in Journ. Bot. 1872, 137; 
Journ. Linn, Soc, xv. 295. 
Var. 8, B. latifolia (Kunth, Enum. iv. 572); taller (sometimes 3 ft. high), 
more robust, with larger flowers and lanceolat nate leaves an inch broad 
low down. Anthericum floribundum, Ait. Hort. Kew. i, 447; edit. 2, ii. 267; 
Willd. Sp. Plant. ii. 187 ; Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xv. 296. Trachyandra (?) 
floribunda, Kunth, Enum, iv. 583. 
Coast Reeton : Malmesbury Div.; Dassenherg, below 500 ft., Drége, 486! 
Table Mountain near Cape Town, Harvey, 108! Worcester Div.; Drukenstein 
Mts , 2000-3000 ft., Drege, 8763! Caledon Div. ; Zwartberg, 1000-2000 ft., 
Zeyher, 4211! Var. 8, Malmesbury, Bachmann, 1978! Swampy places on Table 
Mountain, 2400-2500 ft., Bolus, 4588! and MacOwan, Herb. Aust. Afr., 1558! 
Summit of Kasteelberg, Zeyher, 5050! Caledon Div., Ecklon and Zeyher, 132! 
Ps itis Rucion: Somerset Div.; Bruintjes Hoogte, lower part, Burchell, 
WestERN Recion: Var. 8, Little Namaqualand, between Uitkomst and 
Geelbeks Kraal, 2000-3000 ft., Drage, 2667a1 0 Ms 
8. B. Burkei (Benth. in Gen. Plant. iii, 784); root (not seen) 
crowned with intermatted bristles 3-4 in. long; produced leaves 
6-8, linear, rigid, 1-1} ft. long, channelled down the face, scabrous 
on the margin; peduncle 3 ft. long including the inflorescence ; 
racemes wuInerous, erect, very lax, 4-1 ft. long; pedicels. erecto- 
patents 2-i in. long ; bracts very minute; perianth white, turbinate, 
vz in. long ; segments oblong, obtuse, with a distinct brown keel ; 
stamens not exserted; capsule globose, stipitate, ;, in. diam. An- 
thericum Burkei, Baker in Journ. Bot. 1872. 140. Journ. Linn. 
Soc. xv. 298, , J 
Katanagt Recion: Transvaal; Apies River, Burke! 
