414 LILIACEE (Baker). [ Massonia. 
20. M. parvifolia (Baker in Engl. Jahrb. xv. Heft 3, 8); bulb 
globose, 4 in. diam. ; leaves lanceolate, acute, firm, petioled, glabrous, 
an inch long, } in, broad at the middle; capitulum dense, sessile, 
3] in. diam.; pedicels short; outer bracts large, oblong, green, 
membranous; perianth white; tube oblong, } in. long; segments 
lanceolate, as long as the tube; filaments thick, as long as the 
perianth-segments. 
Soutn Argica: without locality ; Ecklon and Zeyher, Asphod. 25! 
No specimen at Kew. 
21. M. orientalis (Baker in Journ. Bot. 1878, 321); bulb ovoid, 
1 in. diam.; leaves orbicular or ovate, thin, glabrous, obtuse or 
subacute, 2-8 in. long and broad; capitulum dense, globose, sub- 
sessile, 1-14 in, diam.; outer bracts oblong, acute, ciliated at the 
apex, 2 in. long; outer pedicels }-} in. long; perianth white, ¢ in. 
long; segments lanceolate, reflexing, as long as the tube; filaments 
7-4 in. long; anthers oblong, minute. 
Coast Region: Sand-dunes at Port Elizabeth, Bolus, 2239! Holub ! 
22. M. concinna (Baker); bulb globose, } in. diam. ; leaves 2, 
suborbicular, naked, 1-1} in. long and broad; capitulum dense, 
globose, 1-14 in. diam.; bracts oblong, acute, 4 in. long; perianth 
2 in. long; segments lanceolate, exceeding the subcampanulate 
tube; filaments ? in. long. 
Coast Reeion: Stockenstrom Div.; stony ground above the waterfall, 
Elands River, Scully, 54! 
23. M. pedunculata (Baker in Engl. Jahrb. xv. Heft 3, 8); 
bulb globose, 1 in. diam.; leaves 2, oblong-lanceolate, membranous, 
glabrous, 3-4 in. long, an inch broad at the middle; peduncle 3-4 
in. long, nearly hidden by the sheathing bases of the leaves ; capi- 
tulum globose, 1 in. diam., not surrounded by large bracts ; pedicels 
short; perianth white; tube slender, cylindrical, 8-9 lines long; 
segments linear, half as long as the tube; filaments twice as long as 
the perianth-segments ; anthers small, oblong, bluish ; style overtop- 
ping the anthers. 
Coast Recion: Malmesbury Div.; near Hopefield, Bachmann, 2043! 
24. M. longifolia (Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. iv. 29, t. 457); bulb 
ovoid, 1 in. diam.; leaves oblanceolate-oblong, cuspidate, thin, 
glabrous, finally 8-9 in. long, 3-4 in. broad; peduncle about an 
inch long, hidden by the sheathing base of the leaves ; capitulum 
globose, 2 in. diam. ; outer bracts ovate, acute, an inch long; outer 
pedicels 3-{ in. long ; perianth white, 3-7 in. long; segments — 
lanceolate, reflexing, half as long as the tube; filaments whitish, 
much longer than the perianth-segments; anthers oblong, minute. 
Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 990; Kunth, Enum. iv. 297; 
Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe. xi. 391. 
Soutn Argica: without locality, 
Known to me only from Jacquin’s figare. 
