Bulbine. } LILIACEZ (Baker). 359 
XII. BULBINE, Linn. 
Perianth membranous, marcescent, persistent ; segments distinct, 
subequal, l-nerved, spreading or reflexing when fully expanded. 
Stamens hypogynous or attached to the base of the segments, much 
shorter than the perianth; filaments filiform, densely bearded ; 
anthers oblong, dorsifixed, versatile, dehiscing introrsely. Ovary 
sessile, globose, 3-celled ; ovules superposed, horizontal ; style short, 
filiform ; stigma capitate. Capsule globose or turbinate, membranous, 
loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds angled by pressure; testa black, 
opaque ; albumen fleshy. 
Acaulescent or caulescent herbs, furnished often with a tuberous rootstock ; 
leaves fleshy, subterete, linear or lanceolate; flowers simply racemose, usually 
bright yellow ; pedicels solitary, articulated at the apex; bracts membranous, 
persistent. 
Distris. Two species Australian and two of the Cape species extend to the 
mountains of Equatorial Africa. 
Leaves subterete : 
Perennial, caulescent : 
- Stems elongated; leaves green 
(1) caulescens. 
Stems short ; leaves glaucous (2) rostrata. 
Perennial, acaulescent : 
Leaves very slender, not fleshy : 
Whole plant a few inches high... (3) minima, 
Whole plant 1-1} ft. high ... (4) filifolia. 
Leaves fleshy, 4,—} in. diam. : 
Perianth dull pale yellow «-- (5) pallida, 
Perianth whitish, keeled wit 5 
brown... be «+ eee ~— (6) “-parviflora. 
Perianth bright yellow : 
Raceme lax, about an inch in 
diameter : ; 
Rootstock fusiform, with 
slender root-fibres ... (7) cwspitosa. 
Rootstock globose, with 
stout, fleshy root- 
fibres... one as . (8) favosa. 
Raceme dense upwards, 1}- 
in, diam. ... . ess eee~—s (9) asphodeloides. 
Leaves fleshy, } in. diam. low down (10) longiscapa. 
Leaves fleshy, very stout : 
Leaves semicircular on the back : 
Rootstock oblong, ome (11) premorsa. 
Rootstock globose, not pra- 
wa Us ee Cs pugioniformis. 
Leaves sulcate on both sides (13) bisuleata. 
Annual, acaulescent aes bas -» (14) annua. 
Leaves thin, linear or linear-lorate: 
Bracts minute, deltoid : 
Flowers whitish _... eee see 
Flowers greenish-yellow =... 0 wm 
Flowers bright yellow : 
15) urgineoides. 
4 laxiflora. 
Rachis of raceme straight .» (17) nutans. 
Rachis of raoeme sigaag .-. (18) flexicaulis. 
Bracts large, much exceeding ti 
Pedicels } in. long... ‘ fe narcissifolia. 
Pedioels lin. long... -- (20) densiflora, 
