Massonia.} LILIACEZ (Baker). 411 
perianth-limb ovate. Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 987; Kunth, 
Enum. iv, 296. 
SourH Arrica: without locality, Masson. 
Introduced into cultivation by Masson in 1790. Known to me only from 
Aiton’s brief description. 
7. M. Schlechtendahlii (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1874, 5); bulb 
ovoid, #-1 in. diam; leaves obovate-spathulate, cuspidate, glabrous, 
2-3 in. long, 1-1} in. broad, rough with pustules over the face ; 
capitulum sessile, 10-12-flowered; outer bracts oblong-spathulate, 
acute, 3- in. long; outer pedicels 3-3 in. long; perianth white, $ in. 
long; segments linear-lanceolate, as long as the tube; filaments 
longer than the segments, subulate down to the base; anthers small, 
oblong. 
Sourn Arrica: without locality. 
Described from a specimen sent by Schlechtendahl to the herbarium of De 
Candolle. fs 
8. M. latebrosa (Masson ex Baker in Journ. Bot. 1886, 336) ; 
bulb not seen; leaves oblong or obovate, erecto-patent, 2-23 in. 
long, 1-1} in. broad, acute, scabrous and streaked vertically with 
purple; capitulum sessile, under an inch in diam.; flowers white; 
bracts lanceolate ; tube cylindrical, 4-3 in. long, } in. diam. at the 
throat ; segments lanceolate, reflexing, 3 in. long; stamens erect, } in. 
long, connate in a ring at the base. 
Centra Recion: Bokkeveld, Aug., 1792, Masson. 
Described from a drawing at the British Museum. 
9. M. pustulata (Jacq. Coll. iv. 177; Hort. Schoenbr. iv, 27, 
t. 454); bulb ovoid, ] in. diam. ; leaves broad oblong, 5~6 in. long, 
3-4 in. broad, acute, narrowed to the base, distantly. ribbed, rough 
with tubercles on the face; capitulum shortly peduncled, under 2 in. 
diam.; outer bracts ovate-lanceolate, an inch long; outer pedicels 
¢-+ in. long ; perianth white, an inch long; segments linear-lanceo- 
late, reflexing, shorter than the tube; filaments whitish, about } in. 
long; anthers small, oblong. Red. Lil. t. 183 (exel. syn.) ; Gawl.in 
Bot. Mag. t. 642; Roem. et. Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 987; Kunth, 
Enum, iv. 296. M. seabra, Andr. Bot. Rep. t. 220. 
South ArFrica; without locality, Masson. 
Introduced into cultivation by Masson 1790, There is a sketch made from a 
garden plant in 1792 amongst the Masson drawings at the British Museum. 
10. M. longipes (Baker); bulb globose, 1 in. diam., with a neck 
2 in. long ; leaves 2, broad ovate or oblong, about 3 in. long, 2 in. 
broad, minutely pustulate or smooth on the face; capitulum dense, 
globose, 2 in, diam.; outer bracts oblong, acute, membranous, greenish, 
an inch long; pedicels } in, long; perianth white, with a cylindrical 
tube 4 in. long and lanceolate reflexing segments a little shorter than 
the tube; stamens twice as long as the segments, connate at the 
base. 
