Bulbine.] | LILIACEA (Baker). 365 
18. B. flexicaulis (Baker) ; acaulescent, perennial, with a small 
forked rootstock; leaves 4-6, narrow linear, thin, fleshy, erect, 
3—4 in. long, about a line broad at the middle; peduncle slender, 
fragile, terete, $ ft. long; raceme very lax, with a zigzag rachis, 
3-6 in, long, under an inch in diameter ; pedicels ascending, }—3 in. 
long; bracts minute, deltoid ; perianth bright yellow, under } in. 
long ; capsule globose, membranous, 3 in. diam. 
Coast Ree@ion: Uitenhage Div.; among shrubs, on hills by the Zwartkops 
River, Pappe, 30! 
19. B. narcissifolia (Salm-Dyck, Hort. Dyck. 334); acaulescent, 
perennial, with a dense tuft of cylindrical root-fibres ; leaves 6-9, 
linear-lorate from a dilated base, thin, fleshy, glaucescent, 6-12 in, 
long, {-} in. broad at the middle; peduncle subterete, 1-14 ft. long ; 
raceme short, dense, 1-1} in. diam.; pedicels ascending, lower 
3-2 in. long; bracts lanceolate-deltoid, membranous, whitish, }-2 in. 
long, much exceeding the buds; perianth bright yellow, 3 in. long; 
segments oblong; capsule not seen. Kunth, Enum. iv. 567; Baker 
in Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 347. 
Soutna Arrica: without locality, Ecklon and Zeyher, 183! 
Coast Reaion: Stockenstrom Div. ; Seymour, Scully, 71! 
CENTRAL ReGion: Somerset Div. ; Bosch Berg, 3000 ft., MacOwan, 1583! 
Katanari Reoion: Transvaal; Matebe Valley, Holub, 1587! 1589! 
EasteRn REGION: Natal; Colenso, on a grassy hill, 3000 ft., Wood, 4026! 
20. B. densiflora (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe. xv, 347) ; acau- 
lescent, perennial, with a thick tuberous rootstock of firm texture; 
leaves numerous, thin, linear, suberect, 6-9 in. long, }-3 in. broad 
at the middle; peduncle subterete, 1-1} ft. long; raceme short, very 
dense, 134 in. diam.; pedicels ascending, sometimes an inch long; 
bracts lanceolate-deltoid, cuspidate, whitish, membranous, 3—3 in. long, 
much exceeding the buds; perianth bright yellow, in. long; capsule 
not seen. 
Centrat Rea@ron: Somerset Div., Bowker! Bedford Div., Burke! 
21. B. mesembryanthemoides (Haw. in Phil. Mag. 1825, 31) ; 
acaulescent, perennial, with a tuberous rootstock } in. diam., forking 
into fibres at the base; leaves few, very fleshy, 4-3 in. long, 
oblong or obovate-spathulate, flattish on the face, hemispherical on 
the back ; peduncle very slender, stiffly erect, 2-3 in. long; raceme 
very lax, 3-6-tlowered ; pedicels erecto-patent, }~-} in. long; bracts 
deltoid, very minute; perianth bright yellow, 3 in. long; seg- 
ments oblanceolate, reflexing. Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 448 ; 
Kunth, Enum. iv. 568; Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc, xv. 348. 
Coast Recton: Uitenhage Div. ; among shrubs near the Zwartkops River, 
Zeyher, 1068! Albany Div., Bowker / 
wee is a drawing at Kew of a plant from Bowie, grown at Kew in the year 
22. B. alooides (Willd. Enum. 372); acaulescent, perennial, 
with a thick tuberous rootstock ; leaves 6-12, dense, rosulate, thick, 
