Bulbine.] LILIACEZ (Baker), 367 
pedicels ascending or spreading, 1-% in. long; bracts membranous, 
ovate-lanceolate, }-} in. long; perianth 4 in. long ; segments oblan- 
ceolate, obtuse, distinctly keeled with green ; stamens } in. long; 
filaments densely stuppose in the upper half; anthers small, oblong ; 
style filiform, 3 in. long ; stigma capitate. 
WESTERN Recion: Little Namaqualand; Modder Fontein, 1500-2000 ft., 
Drége, 2674! 
XIII. BOWIEA, Harv. 
Flowers polygamous. Pertanth campanulate, marcescent ; segments 
distinct, lanceolate, reflexing. Stamens perigynous, much shorter 
than the perianth; filaments slightly flattened; anthers oblong, 
versatile, dehiscing introrsely. Ovary sessile, ovoid, 3-celled ; ovules 
numerous, horizontal, superposed ; style short, cylindrical; stigma 
obscurely 3-lobed. Capsule membranous, dehiscing loculicidally. 
Seeds oblong, compressed; testa Jax, black, shining; albumen 
‘fleshy. 
Distris. Endemic, 
1. B. volubilis (Harv. in Bot. Mag. t. 5619); rootstock a green, 
globose, tuber-like bulb 4-6 inches in diameter, with a few thick 
distichous tunics; produced leaves 1-2, small, subterete, erect, 
vanishing very early ; stem sarmentose, reaching a length of 6-8 ft., 
producing copious, spreading, pinnate branches, with slender, terete, 
arcuate-ascending branchlets 1-1} in. long, with a minute, lanceolate 
bract at the base; flowers greenish, produced from the main stem 
on long arcuate pedicels, some imperfect, }-} in. diam.; capsule 
ovoid, brownish, 3-4 in. long. Baker in Journ, Linn, Soe, xiii. 291 ; 
Irmisch in Abhandl. Nat. Ver. Bremen, vi. 433, t. 5. 
Coast Req@ion: Stockenstrom Div. ; Katberg, Hutton! 
Katanart Rxcion: Orange Free State, Cooper, 3609! Transvaal, 
Nelson, 89! 
Eastern Reoion: Transkei, 3000 ft., Bowker! Griqualand East; near 
Kokstad, 5300 ft., Tyson! MacOwan and Bolus, Herb. Norm, Aust. Afr., 482! 
Natal, McKen, 32! Cooper, 3263! 
XIV. SCHIZOBASIS, Baker. 
Perianth campanulate, mareescent, persistent ; segments distinct, 
subequal, 1-nerved. Stamens attached to the base of the perianth- 
segments ; filaments slightly flattened ; anthers oblong, dorsifixed, 
versatile, dehiscing introrsely. Ovary sessile, 3-celled ; ovules few 
in a cell, superposed; style cylindrical ; stigma 3-lobed. Capsule 
membranous, loculicidally 3-valved. Seeds 1-3 in a cell, turgid or 
angled by pressure ; testa black, lax ; albumen fleshy. 
Rootstock a globose bulb with membranous tunics ; leaves radical, evanescent ; 
