416 LILIACER (Baker). [ Massonia. 
diam. ; outer bracts ovate, acute, an inch long; outer pedicels } in. 
long; perianth white, under an inch long; segments lanceolate, 
reflexing, as long as the tube; filaments bright red, 3-3 in. long ; 
anthers oblong, minute. Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 991; 
Kunth, Enum. iv. 297; Baker in Journ. Linn. Soc. xi, 391. 
Sourn AFgica: without locality. 
Known to me only from Jacquin’s figure. 
30. M. namaquensis (Baker); bulb globose, with a neck an inch 
long ; leaves 2, suborbicular, glabrous, 2 in. long and. broad ; capi- 
tulum dense, globose, 1 in. diam.; outer bracts ovate-cuspidate, 
1-1} in. long; pedicels short; perianth white, an inch long; tube 
cylindrical ; segments linear, nearly as long as the tube ; stamens as 
long as the segments; filaments reddish; capsule obovoid, acutely 
triquetrous, 3 in. long. 
WesteEn ReGion: Little Namagualand; near Kook Fontein, 3000 ft., Bolus, 
6596! Seully, 27! 
31. M. latifolia (Linn. fil. Suppl. 193); bulb ovoid, 1 in. diam. ; 
leaves ovate, subacute, thin, glabrous, finally 6-10 in. long ; capitulum 
dense, sessiie, 2 in. diam. ; outer bracts ovate, acute, 1-1} in. long ; 
outer pedicels $ in. long ; perianth whitish, an inch lung; segments 
Jinear-lanceolate, reflexing, about as long as the tube; filaments 
bright red, longer than the perianth-segments ; anthers small, oblong, 
yellow; capsule turbinate, membranous, acutely trique rous. 
Thunb. Prodr. 60; Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 307 ; Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. 
iv. 28, ¢. 455; Willd. Sp. Plant. ii. 28; Ait. Hort. Kew. edvt. 2, ii. 
209 (excel. syn.); Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 988; Kunth, 
Enum. iv. 296. M. grandifolia, Gawl. in Bot. Mag. sub t. 991. 
M, depressa, Houtt. Handl. xii, 424, t. 85, fig. 1. 
Coast Reeion: Caledon Div., Zeyher ! 
Centrat Region: Worcester Div.; Roggeveld, Thunberg. Somerset Div., 
Bowker ! near Graaff Reinet, 3200 ft., Bolus, 802! Colesberg Div. ; near Schuil 
Hoek tierg, Burchell, Bulb 72! 
WEsTEEN ReG@ion: Little Namaqualand; between Pedros Kloof and Lily 
Fontcin, 3000-4000 ft., Drége, 2683c ! 
32. M. nervosa (Hornem. Hort. Hafn. Suppl. 39); leaves ovate- 
lanceolate, smooth, mucronate, with about 15 distinct ribs ; perianth- 
tube pale violet; segments pale stramineous, not reflexing ; stamens 
orange-yellow, twice as long as the perianth-segments, united in a 
violet-blue cup at the base. Kunth, Knum. iv. 298. 
Sourn Argica: without locality. 
Known to me only from Horneman’s description. 
33. M. obovata (Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. iv. 29, t. 458); bulb ovoid, 
under 1 in. diam. ; leaves obovate, thin, green, glabrous, cuspidate, 
6-8 in. long, 3-4 in. broad; capitulum subsessile, 14 in. diam. ; 
outer bracts ovate, acute, an itch long; outer pedicels } in. long; 
perianth white, an inch long; segments linear-lanceolate, reflexing, - 
as long as the tube; filaments greenish-white, } in. long; anthers 
small, oblong. Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. vii. 991; Kunth, 
