Ozsia. | LitAcEm (Baker). 401 
Ovary sessile, globose, 3-celled ; ovules 2 ina cell, collateral; style 
filiform 3, Stigma capitate. Capsule globose, loculicidally 3-valved. 
Seeds triquetrous, solitary in the cells; testa black, crustaceous, 
papillose ; albumen fleshy, 
Rootstock obscure; leaves linear, graminoid ; racemes usually icled, ve: 
lax; pedicels filiform, articulated at the apex, ‘often 2-3-nate ; awa jae 
tender, lilac-blue. 
DistrrB. Also Australian, and one species in Madagascar. 
Haceme simple 3. 0 ue a ee es, 
Racemes copiously panicled : 
Stems with single leaves from 1-2 nodes st ... (2) dregeana, 
Stems with tufts of leaves from many nodes ... .. (3) Thuubergii, 
1 C. eckloniana (Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 1691); 
densely cespitose, with scarcely any rvotstock; root-fibres slender, 
wiry ; leaves subterete, densely tufted, erect, 6-9 in. long, under a 
line in diameter, channelled down the lower part of the face, roanded 
and strongly 5-ribbed on the back; peduncle simple, very slender, 
1-3 in. long; raceme very lax, simple, 6-8 in. long; lower inter- 
nodes 13~2 in. long; bracts minute, deltoid; pedicels decurved after 
the flower falls, lower 1-2-nate, $+ in. long; perianth bright lilac, 
¢ in. lung; stamens half as long as the perianth. Kunth, Bvum. iv. 
609. Anthericum seilliflorum, Ecklon, Herb. Cap. No. 35; Baker in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 298, A. Zeyheri Baker, loc. cit. 
Sourn Arrica: without locality, Zeyher, 4284! Ecklon, 35! 
Coasr Reeton: Cape Peninsula, near Simons Town, 800 ft., Bolus, 4692! 
2. C. dregeana (Kunth, Enum. iv. 611) ; densely cespitose, with 
scarcely any rootstock ; root-fibres tufted, slender, wiry; root-leaves 
linear, graminoid, erect, flat, firm in texture, a foot long, } in. broad, 
with numerous fine ribs; inflorescence 1-2 ft. long including the 
short stem, copiously panicled, with reduced leaves from the lower 
nodes; racemes very lax, 3-6 in. long; bracts minute, deltoid ; 
pedicels 3-1 in. long, finally recurved, lower geminate; perianth 
bright lilac, }~2 in. long; segments oblanceolate ; stamens half as 
long as the perianth. Anthericum dregeanum, Baker in Journ. Bot. 
1872, 139; Journ. Linn. Soc. xv. 299. 
Coast Reeton: Clunwilliam Div. ; near Groen River and Watervals River, 
and at Uien Vallei, 2000-3000 ft., Drége, 8768! Ezels Bank, 3000-4000 ft., 
Drége, 8767! Paarl Div.; Great Drakeustein Mountuins, under 1000 ft., Drége, 
8769! Mountains above Worcester, Rehmann, 2544! 
3. C. Thunbergii (Kunth, Enum. iv. 610); densely cespitose, 
with scarcely any rootstock; rovt-fibres wiry ; leaves linear, 
graminoid, persistent, glabrous, 1-2 ft. long, ra in. broad, finely 
many-nerved; infil rescence 3-4 ft. long including the stem, 
copiously panicled, with tufts of leaves from many of the 
lower nodes; racemes 3-1 ft. long; lower internodes 13-2 in. long ; 
bracts small, lanceolate-deltoid ; pedicels }-} in. long, finally de- 
curved, lower 2-3-nate; perianth purplish, j-} in. long; segments 
oblanceolate ; stamens half as long as the perianth ; capsule globose, 
