Bulbine. | LILIACEZ (Baker). 361 
3. B. minima (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 344) ; acaulescent, 
perennial, with a globose tuber 3-{ in. diam. ; produced leaves 
about 6, very slender, subulate, 1-14 in. long; peduncle very 
slender, 2-3 in. long; racemes lax, few-flowered, 1-3 in. long ; 
lower pedicels {—-} in. long; bracts minute, deltoid; perianth bright 
yellow, 4 in. long ; segments oblanceolate ; capsule not seen. 
Coast Rreion: Tulbagh Diy. ; near Tulbagh, under 1000 ft., Drége, 953! 
_ 4. B, filifolia (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 344) ; acaulescent, 
perennial, with a globose tuber 3-1 in. diam., crowned by a dense 
ring of erect bristles 1-1} in. long; leaves 6-8, subterete, firm in 
texture, erect, 3-1 ft. long, 4 lin. diam., tapering to the point, flat on 
the face downwards; peduncle very slender, stiffly erect, 1-12 ft. 
long; raceme lax, 14-2 in. long; lower pedicels erecto-patent, 
4-t in. long; bracts deltoid-cuspidate, minute ; perianth pale yellow, 
under jin. long; segments lanceolate, spreading when fully ex- 
panded, 
CrentTrat Recion : Graaff Reinet Div.; on the summit of the Tandjes Berg, 
4900 ft., Bolus, 762. 
5. B. pallida (Baker in Journ. Bot. .1876, 184); perennial, 
acaulescent, with an oblong tuberous rootstock of firm texture ; 
leaves 6-10, subterete from a clasping membranous deltoid base, 
3-4 in. long, fleshy in texture, 1 lin. diam. at the middle ; peduncle 
slender, fragile, ereet, 4 ft. long; raceme lax, 2-3 in. long, under an 
inch in diameter; lower pedicels }-{ in. long; bracts deltoid, with a 
long ctisp, deeply fimbriated at the white membranous base; 
perianth pale yellow, } in. long; segments oblanceolate ; capsule not 
seen. 
Eastern Reaion: Tembuland; Tabase near Bazeia, 2500 ft., Baur, 417! 
6. B. parviflora (Baker) ; acaulescent, perennial ; base of the stem 
surrounded by several large membranous clasping sheath-leaves ; pro- 
duced leaf linear-subulate, not fleshy, 4 in. long, a line broad, flat 
below the apex; peduncle above a foot long, stiffly erect, terete ; 
raceme cylindrical, dense upwards, 3 ft. long, 3 in. diam. ; pedicels 
erecto-patent, articulated at the apex, 3—j in. long; bracts lanceolate 
from a deltoid base, nearly or quite as long as the perianth ; perianth 
2 in. long; segments whitish, with a distinct brown keel; stamens 
nearly as long as the perianth ; anthers small, cordate-ovate. 
Coast Recion: Worcester Div.; Drakenstein Mountains near Bains Kloof, 
1600 ft., Bolus, 4070! 
7. B. cwspitosa (Baker) ; acaulescent, perennial, cespitose, with a 
short fusiform rootstock, sending out slender cylindrical root-fibres ; 
leaves densely tufted, subulate from a thin deltoid clasping base, 
7 ft, long, 1 lin. diam. at the middle; peduncle 3-1 ft. long; raceme 
lax, finally 3 ft. long, 1 in. diam. ; lower 4 in. long ; bracts 
