Massonia.] uistacex& (Baker). 415 
25. M. candida (Burch, ex Kunth, Enum. iv. 297); bulb ovoid, 
lin, diam, ; leaves broad, ovate, obtuse, thin, glabrous, finally 3-5 in. 
long and broad 3 capitulum dense, sessile, 2-3 in. diam, ; outer 
bracts ovate, acute, much imbricated, an inch long; pedicels finally 
#1 in. long; perianth white, 3-2 in. long; segments lanceolate, 
reflexing half as long as the tube ; filaments slender, whitish, under 
2 in. long; anthers oblong, minute; capsule turbinate, acutely 
triquetrous, 2 in. long. Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 392. M. lon- 
gfolia var. candida, Burch. in Bot. Reg. t. 694. 
Coast REGION : Mossel Bay Div.; little Brak River, Burchell, 6197/5! 
26. M. leta (Masson ex Baker in Journ. Bot. 1886, 336); bulb 
not seen ; leaves ovate, subobtuse, glabrous, spreading, 3~4 in. long, 
2 in. broad, distinctly and distantly ribbed vertically; capitulum 
dense, sessile, about an inch in diameter; flowers white; bracts 
ovate; tube infundibuliform, 4+ in. long; segments very short, 
lanceolate, reflexing ; filaments stout, erect, + in. long. | 
Westzen Recion: Little Namaqualand; summit of Kamies Bergen, 
Masson. 
Described from a sketch, now at the British Museum, made in the year 1794. 
27, M. cordata (Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. iv. 30, t. 459) ; bulb ovoid, 
lin. diam. ; leayes cordate, suborbicular, cuspidate, thin, glabrous, 
6-8 in. long, 4-5 in. broad ; capitulum dense, globose, 2-3 in. diam. ; 
bracts ovate, acute, 1 in. long; outer pedicels 4 in. long; perianth 
white, 2-2 in. long; segments lanceolate, reflexing, half as long as 
the tube; filaments reddish-yellow, 1 in. long; anthers oblong, 
minute. Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Vey. vii. 989; Kunth, Enum. iv. 
297 ; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 391. 
Sours Arnica: without locality. 
‘Known to me only from Jacquin’s figure. 
28. M. sanguinea (Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. iv. 31, t. 461); bulb 
ovoid, 1 in, diam.; leaves round-cordate, thin, glabrous, cuspidate, 
conspicuously lineate, 4-6 in. long, 3-4 in. broad ; capitulum dense, 
sessile, 2 in. diam.; outer bracts ovate-lanceolate, an inch long ; 
outer pedicels 4 in. long; perianth white, {-{. in. long; segments 
lanceolate, reflexing, about half as long as the tube ; filaments bright 
red, } in. long; anthers oblong, minute ; capsule turbinate, acutely 
triquetrous, an inch long. Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 989 ; 
Kunth, Enum. iv. 297; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soe. xi, 391. 
M. latifolia, Gawl. in Bot. Mag. t. 848, non Linn. fil. 
Van. 8, M. coronata (Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. iv. 30, t. 460); leaves more 
obtuse, not lineate ; filaments claret-red. Kunth, loc. cit. 
Sours AFRICA: without locality. 
29. M. lanceeefolia (Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. iv. 29, t. 436) ; bulb 
ovoid, 13 in. diam.; leaves oblanceolate-oblong, thin, glabrous, acute, 
finally nearly a foot long, 4-5 in. broad; peduncle 13-2 in. long, 
hidden by the sheathing bases of the leaves ; capitulum dense, 1} in. 
