410 LILIAcEZ (Baker). [ Massonia. 
sessile, 10-12-flowered ; outer bracts oblong, acute, } in. long ; outer 
pedicels 4-1 in. long; perianth whitish, 3 in. long; segments 
lanceolate, reflexing, rather shorter than the slender tube ; filaments 
whitish, }-1 in. long; anthers oblong, minute. 
Soutn AFrica: without locality, Ecklon and Zeyher ! 
No specimen at Kew. 
3. M. echinata (Linn. fil. Suppl. 193); bulb ovoid, under an 
inch in diameter ; tunics dull brown ; leaves thin, oblong-spathulate, 
obtuse, 3-4 in. long, 14-2 in. broad at the middle, clothed over both 
surfaces with conspicuous whitish bristles; capitulum an inch in 
diameter, shortly peduncled ; outer bracts green, oblong, aeute, } in. 
long ; outer pedicels }-% in. long; perianth whitish, 3 in. long; 
segments linear, reflexing, rather shorter than the cylindrical tube ; 
filaments slender, 4 in. long; anthers oblong, minute. Thunb. | 
Prodr. 60; Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 808; Ait. Hort. Kew. edit. 2, ii. 
210: Kunth, Enum. iv. 296 ; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi, 389. 
Sour ArFRica: without lovality, Masson, sketched in the year 1794! 
CENTRAL ReGion: Bokkeland Berg, Thunberg ! 
‘ ae Reaion : Little Namaqualand; Hardeveld, 2000-3000 ft., Zeyher, 
4, M. hirsuta (Link et Otto, Abbild. i.t 1); bulb ovoid, in. 
diam. ; leaves round, obtuse, thick in texture, 1-2 in. long and broad, 
elothed over the face on both sides with whitish bristles ; capitulum 
sessile, /-1 in. diam.; outer bracts oblong, pubescent, much imbri- 
eated, 3 in. long; outer pedicels 2-1 in. long; perianth whitish, 
3 in. long; segments lanceolate, retlexing, rather shorter than the 
slender tube; stamens as long as the perianth-segments; anthers - 
oblong, minute. Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. iv. 296; Kunth, 
Enum. iv. 296; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 388. 
Scuru Arnica: without locality, Masson ! 
Coast Keaton: Uitenhage Div. ; i 
and Zeyher, 130! ates Div.; Zwartkops River, Zeyher, 4273! Ecklon 
5. M. muricata (Gawl. in Bot. Mag. t. 559); bulb ovoid, 1 in. 
diam. 3 leaves thin, round-cordate, 3-4 in. long and broad, densely 
setose on the upper surface towards the margin; capitulum dense, 
globose, subsessile ; outer bracts oblong-lanceolate, an inch long; 
outer pedicels 3} in. long; perianth whitish, an inch long; segments 
lanceolate, reflexing, half as long as the tube; filaments as long as 
the perianth-tube, united into a distinct cup at the base; anthers 
small, oblong. At. Hort. Kew. edit. 2, ii 210; Kunth, Enum. iv. 
296 ; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 389, 
SourH Arrica: without locality, Masson. * 
Introduced by Masson into cultivation in 1790, It has long been lost, and I 
am not aware that there is any specimen in existence. i its ae 
6. M. pauciflora' (Ait. Hort. Kew. edit. 2, ii. 210), leaves lanceo- 
late or elliptical, tubercled ; tubercles not setose ; segments of the 
