Bulbine. } LILIACEx (Baker). 363 
3-2 in. long; bracts deltoid-cuspidate, 1-} in. long, with a dentate 
white base ; perianth bright yellow, 4 in. long ; segments oblanceolate, 
reflexing when fully expanded; capsule the size of a large pea, 
Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 443; Kunth, Enum. iv. 564; 
Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 344. Anthericum longiscapum, 
Jacq. Coll. Suppl. 84; Ic. ii. 17, t. 404; Red. Lil. t. 423; Gawl. in 
Bot. Mag. t. 1839. A. asphodeloides, Ait. Hort. Kew. i. 450, non 
Linn. A, altissimum, Miller, Gard. Dict. edit. viii. No. 8; Ic. 26, 
t.39. A. Lagopus, Thunb. Prodr. 63. 
Sourn AFrica: without locality, Thunberg! Hort. Jacquin ! 
CEeNTEAL ReGion: Somerset Div., Bowker ! 
11. B. premorsa (Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 446); 
acaulescent, perennial, with an oblong premorse rootstock and thick 
fleshy root-fibres ; leaves 8-12, subterete, distichous, 1-1} ft. long, 
z-# in, diam. at the middle, deeply channelled down the face ; 
peduncle subterete, 1-14 ft. long; raceme dense upwards, a foot 
long, 13 in. diam.; lower pedicels } in. long; bracts minute, lan- 
ceolate-deltoid ; perianth bright yellow, 2 in. long. Kunth, Enum, 
iv. 567 ; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 346. Anthericum pre- 
morsum, Jacg. Coll. Suppl. 85; Ic. ii. 17, ¢. 406. 
Sournh Argica: without locality, Thunberg / 
12. B. pugioniformis (Link, Enum. i. 329); acaulescent, peren- 
nial, with a large globose tuberous rootstock and thick fleshy root- 
fibres ; leaves subterete, glaucous, 1-1} ft. long, 4-3 in. thick in the 
middle, deeply channelled down the face, rounded on the back ; 
peduncle stout, subterete, 1-14 ft. long; raceme dense upwards, 
3-1 ft. long, 1-1} in. diam. ; lower pedicels } in. long ; bracts small, 
lanceolate-cuspidate ; perianth bright yellow, }-} in. long; segments 
oblong, obtuse. Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 444; Kunth, 
Enum. iv. 564; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 346. Anthericum 
pugtoniforme, Jacg. Coll. Suppl. 83; Ic. ii. 17, t. 405; Andr. Bot. 
Rep. t. 386; Bot. Mag. t. 1454. 
Coast Region: Riversdale Div. ; near Zoetmelks River, Burchell, 6711! . 
18. B. bisuleata (Haw. in Phil. Mag. 1827, 121); acaulescent, 
perennial, with a large tuberous rootstock; leaves green, subulate, 
fleshy, a foot long, channelled down both sides, but more deeply 
down the face ; peduncle shorter than the leaves; inflorescence and 
tlowers of B. pugioniformis. Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 445; 
Kunth, Enum. iv. 565; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe. xv. 346. 
South AFRICA: without locality. 
Described from a plant in the garden of Mr. Sweet. Unknown to me. There 
are no specimens preserved in the London herbaria. 
14. B. annua (Willd, Enum. 372) ; annual, acaulescent, without 
any rootstock ; root-tibres slender ; leaves 12-20, erect, weak, subu- 
late from a dilated clasping base, 3-1 ft. long, 3,—-§ in. thick in the 
