404 u1acem (Baker). [ Tulbaghia. 
naked; flowers small, arranged in an umbel with two membranous spathe- 
valves. 
Disrais. : Two or three species occur on the mountains of Tropical Africa. 
Corona cup-shaped, with an entire or crenate edge: 
Corona +5-} in. long : 
Leaves very narrow : 
Perianth greenish .... ay = ... (1) acutiloba. 
Perianth white ute ee ee ... (2) leucantha. 
Leaves linear or lorate _... bs Ae ... (8) alliacea. 
Corona very short : 
Perianth-segments a little longer than the corona (4) dregeana. 
Perianth-segments twice as long as the corona ... 8 natalensis. 
Perianth-segments at least four times the length 
of the corona : 
Leaves linear, afoot long ... ay ... (6) hypoxidea. 
Leaves very narrow, 2-3 in. long ... —...._ (7) ~pauciflora. 
Coronal-lobes bifid, united at the base ...  ... —...._- (8) capensis. 
Coronal-lobes distinct. entire or emarginate : 
Perianth in. long... kes ies ie ... (9) cepacea, 
Perianth 2 in, long ee eas ve ne .». (10) violacea. 
1, T. acutiloba (Harv. Thes. Cap. t. 180); root of many fleshy 
fibres ; corm ampulleform, with brown, membranous tunics ; leaves 
4-6, linear, moderately firm in texture, 4-6 in. long, 3-1 line broad ; 
peduncle slender, terete, 4-1 ft. long ; umbel 2-6-flowered ; spathe- 
valves green, lanceolate ; pedicels }~1 in. long; perianth } in. long ; 
tube oblong, greenish ; segments lanceolate, nearly as long as the 
tube ; corona annular, dark purple, } in. long, crenate at the margin; 
upper stamens reaching to the throat of the corona. Baker in Journ. 
Linn. Soc. xi. 371. 
Var. 8B, curta (Baker, loc. cit.) ; perianth-segments much shorter, not above 
vs in. long. 
Var. 7, major (Baker, loc. cit.); more robust than the type, with peduncles 
14 ft. long, leaves nearly a foot long, and more numerous, rather larger flowers. 
SourH Arnica: without locality, Sieber, 262! Pappe! Var. y, Zeyher! 
Coast ReGion: Table Mountain, Ecklon, 94! Stocvkenstrom Div., Katberg, 
3000-4000 ft., Drége/ Queenstown Div., Cooper, 463! Var. 8, Stellenbosch 
Div. ; Somerset West, Drége, 1516! 
CuNTRaL ReGion: near Somerset East, 3000 ft., MacOwan, 1582! 
ae Region: Var. y, Griqualand West; Upper Campbell, Burchell, 
EasteEN ReGion: Tembuland ; near Gatberg, 4000 ft., Baur, 736! Natal; 
near Durba ; : r ; 
Buchanan sy Wood, 43! Inanda, Wood,173! 201! und without precise locality, 
_ 2. T. leucantha (Baker) ; root with many long fibres; leaves 5-6, 
linear, glabrous, 5-6 in. loig, ,-} in. broad; peduncle slender, 
rather longer than the leaves ; umbel 4~-6-flowered ; pedicels }- in. 
long ; perianth whitish, } in. long ; segments linear, as long as the 
oblong tube ; corona ‘nearly as long as the perianth lobes, crenate. 
Katanarr ReGion: Transvaal; Bosch insmi 
Post ibn yet Veldt, between Kleinsmit and Kamel 
STERN Rea@ion: Griqualand East; Zuurberg Range, 3500 ft., MacOwan 
and Bolus, Herb. Norm. Aust. Afr., 1208! Tyson. Natal; Umzinyuti Falls, 
Wood, 1200! near Tugela River, Wood, 4408 ! 
