364 LILIACE (Baker). [ Bulbine. 
middle, green, slightly channelled in the lower part of the face; 
flowering stems often 3-4 from one root; peduncle subterete, 6—9 in. 
long ; raceme very lax, 10-15-flowered, finally 4-6 in. long, 15-2 in, 
diam. ; pedicels ascending ; lower 3-1 in. long; bracts small, lanceo- 
late-deltoid, cuspidate; perianth bright yellow, } in. long; capsule 
subglobose, 3 in. diam. ; seeds 3-4 in a cell. Roem. et Schultes, Syst. 
Veg. vii. 445 ; Kunth, Enum. iv. 566; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. 
xv. 346. Anthericum annuum, Linn. Sp. Plant. 311; DC. Plantes 
Grasses, t. 8; Red. Lil, t. 397; Bot. Mag. t. 1451. 
Coast Recion: Cape Div.; Camps Bay, Burchell, 351! Kalk Bay, Pappe?! 
15. B. urgineoides (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 348); acau- 
lescent, perennial, with a tuberous rootstock an inch in diameter, with 
many fleshy root-fibres from its base; leaves 5-6, fleshy, green, 
lanceolate, a foot long, 11-12 in. broad low down, narrowed gradually 
to the point; pedunele stout, terete, a foot long; raceme dense 
upwards, 2 ft. long, 13 in. diam. ; pedicels ascending, lower 3-3 in. 
long ; bracts deltoid, minute; perianth whitish, } in. long ; segments 
oblong, obtuse, with a brown keel; capsule not seen. 
Western Region: Little Namaqualand, Whitehead! in Dublin herbarium, 
May be the imperfectly known B. dubia, Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 450, 
described from an incomplete specimen in the herbarium of Zuccarini. 
16. B. laxiflora (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 347) ; acaulescent, 
perennial ; leaves linear, acuminate, fleshy, concave within, glaucous, 
6-8 in. long, 3-4 in. broad at the middle, tapering gradually to 
the point; peduncle subterete, nearly a foot long, glaucous; — 
racemes very lax, 3-1 ft. long, 2 in. diam. ; pedicels 4-} in. long, 
decurved after flowering ; bracts deltoid, very minute, white ; perianth 
yellow, with green midribs to the segments, 4 in. long; the three 
interior segments obovate, spreading, thrice as broad as the narrow 
reflexed outer segments; stamens half as long as the perianth- 
segments, | 
Soutn Arrica: without locality, Burchell, bulb No. 198! 
Described from a specimen dried by Burchell, from his garden at Fulham, in 
July, 1817, with particulars of colour, &c., taken from Burchell’s MS. descrip: — 
tion of the living plant. 
17. B. nutans (Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 447) ; acaulescent, 
perennial, with a small rootstock and numerous thick basal root-fibres ; 
leaves 6-8, erect, linear from a broad clasping base, 6-9 in. long, 
¢-3 in. broad at the middle, deeply channelled down the face; 
peduncle 3-1 ft. long; raceme dense upwards, } ft. or more long, 
1-1} in. diam. ; pedicels ascending, }—} in, long; bracts lanceolate- 
deltoid, minute, entire; perianth bright yellow, } in. loag; capsule 
ovoid, membranous, greenish, } in. long, with several seeds in a cell. 
Kunth, Enum. iv. 567; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 348. Anthert- 
cum nutans, Jacg. Coll. Suppl. 86 ; Ic. ii. 17, t. 407. 
SoutH AFRICA: without locality, Ecklon and Zeyher, 153! 
Berar ony peas : hills by the sea-shore at Sea Point, near Cape Town, 100 ft., 
