360 LILIACcEx (Baker). Bulbine. 
Leaves thick, very small ... sa = ue 
Leaves thick, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate : 
Raceme lax ... ise Wee tee «es (22) alooides. 
Raceme dense ea =e de ... (28) latifolia. 
Leaves thin, oblong-lanceolate...  ... .... (24) natalensis. 
Leaves thin, lorate-oblong, densely ciliated ... (25) brunsvigiefolia. 
(21) mesembryanthemoides. 
1. B. caulescens (Linn. Hort. Cliff. 122); perennial, caulescent, 
without any tuberous rootstock ; stems sometimes a foot long, 
‘branched or simple, }-} in. diam., with the lower leaves 3-1 in. 
apart, the upper crowded ; leaves 8-12, distichous, subterete, bright 
green, 6-9 in. long in the cultivated plant, } in. diam., flat in the 
lower part of the face, turgid in the upper part, semicircular on the 
back ; peduncle simple, about a foot long ; raceme 3-1 ft. long, an 
inch in diameter; lower pedicels 4 in. long, bracts small, deltoid- 
cuspidate, fimbriate at the enlarged base; perianth bright yellow, 
1 in. long; capsule globose, the size of a pea; seeds 3-4 ina cell. 
Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc, xv. 343. B. frutescens, Willd. Enum. 
372; Roem, et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 442 ; Kunth, Enum. iv. 564. 
Anthericum frutescens, Linn. Sp. Plant. 310 ; DC. Plantes Grasses, 
t.14; Red. Lil. t. 284. (Dill. Hort. Elth. t. 231, fig. 298.) 
Vaz. B. incurva (Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 446); habit much more 
slender, with leaves 14-2 in. long and a lax raceme. Kunth, Enum. iv. 566. 
Anthericum incurvum, Thunb. Prodr. 62; Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 319. 
South Arrica: without locality, Var. 8, Thunberg ! 
Coast Reaion: Uitenhage Div.; between Zwartkops River and Sunday 
River, Zeyher, 1057! near the Zwartkops River, Zeyher, 1059! Ecklon and 
Zeyher, 138! Port Elizabeth, sand-hills along the coast, H.S.C.A. Herb., 271! 
King Williamstown Div.; Keiskamma Hoek, Cooper, $306! Var. 8, Uitenhage 
' Div. ; near the Sunday River, Zeyher, 1058! Albany Div.; between Grahams- 
town and Blue Krantz, Burchell, 3618 ! 
Centra Recion: Prince Albert Div.; Zwartbulletje 2500-3000 ft., Drége, 
eg Somerset Div.; banks of the Little Fish River, 2500 ft., MacOwan, 
 B. incurva is perhaps rather the wild origi : caus 
soil, than a real vay, wild original of the species, grown 
2. B. rostrata (Willd. Enum. 37 2); perennial, shortly cauleseent ; 
stem not more than a few inches long; leaves about 8, subterete, 
glaucous, 3-1 ft. long, } ‘in. diam. low down, tapering to the point ; 
peduncle slender, 3-1 ft. long; raceme 3-1 ft. long, an inch in 
diameter ; lower pedicels 3 in. long ; bracts minute, deltoid-euspidate ; 
perianth bright yellow, } in. long; capsule the size of a pea. Roem. 
et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 442; Kunth, Enum. iv. 564; Baker in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 343. Anthericum rostratum, Jacq. Coll. 
Suppl. 82; Ic. ii. 17, t. 403 ; Willd. Sp. Plant. ii. 148. 
ane Reeion: Albert Div.: near Bushman River. below 1000 ft., Drégé, 
Described from a living plant at Kew. i i not dis- 
tinguish it from B, > T apeiy ew. From dried specimens I can 
