Massonia.| LILIACEZ (Baker). 409 
Perianth-segments lanceolate, shorter than 
the tube : 
Perianth-tube } in, long: 
Leaves as long as broad ... .-. (16) versicolor. 
Leaves half as long as broad... (17) amygdalina. 
Perianth-tube above } in. long 3) Greenii. . 
Perianth-segments lanceolate, as long as 
the tube: : 
Pedicels very short : 
Leaves suborbicular ... (19) calvata. 
Leaves lanceolate are ... (20) parvifolia. 
Pedicels }~ in. long ... ide mee 31) orientalis. 
Perianth-segments Janceolate, longer than 
the tube tis age ees ... (22) concinna. 
Filaments }-} in. long: 
a much shorter than the 
tube: 
Leaves oblong-lanceolate : 
Leaves an inch broad... -.. (23) pedunculata. 
Leaves 3-4 in. broad on longifolia, 
Leaves broad-ovate or suborbicular o 
Filaments white: 
Segments half as long as the 
tube rene agh --. (25) candida. 
Segments 3-} as long as the 
tube sabe cs o» (26) leta. 
Filaments reddish-yellow ... (27) cordata. 
Filaments bright-red __... ... (28) sanguinea. 
Perianth-segments about as long as th 
tube: ; 
Filaments red : ‘ : 
Leaves lanceolate-oblong «:. (29) lancezfolia. 
Leaves suborbicular : 
Leaves 2 in. long and broad (30) namaquensis. 
Leaves 6-10 in. long an 
broad vie ec ... (31) latifolia, 
Filaments bright yellow =. ... (32) nervosa. 
Filaments greenish-white —.... ... (33) obovata. 
1. M. tenella (Soland. ex Baker in Journ Linn. Soc. xi. 389) ; 
bulb ovoid, 4 in. diam. ; leaves lanceolate, thick in texture, suberect, 
an inch long, bristly on the upper part of the face, narrowed at the 
base into a sheath clasping the peduncle which is longer than the 
blade ; capitulum small, few-fluwered ; outer bracts ovate, acute, } in. 
long ; pedicels very short; perianth whitish, 4 in. long ; segments 
lanceolute, ascending, not more than half as long as the tube ; fila- 
ments under a line long; anthers oblong, nearly as long as the 
filaments. 
ater Recion: Aliwal North Div.; Witbergen, 7000-8000 ft., Drége, 
Figured in Masson’s drawings at the British Museum from a plant obtained in 
Bokkeland, that flowered in Eugland in July, 1794. 
2. M. setulosa (Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 389); bulb ovoid, 
4 in. diam.; leaves thick in texture, lanceolate, acute, 1-1} in, Jong, 
43-5 lin. broad, gradually narrowed to the base, furnished with a 
few short whitish bristles on the upper surface ; capitulum small, 
