Polyxena.} LILIACEE (Baker), 419 
Disteis. Endemio, 
Here, as throughout, I have followed Mr. Bentham in classification, but my 
own view would be to unite, at any rate, the subgenus Astemma with Massonia, 
Subgenus Astemma. Filaments uniserial at the throat of the perianth-tube, 
Filaments scarcely longer than the perianth-segments .. (1) comata, 
Filaments much longer than the perianth-segments: 
Leaves much overtopping the corymb, thin : 
Filaments white .., see ose i 
Filaments bright red... fee aay 
Leaves but little overtopping the corymb : 
Segments half as long as the tube kok rugulosa. 
Segments much shorter than the tube .., ... (5) marginata, 
Leaves lying flaton the ground ... ... «.» - (6) hemanthoides, 
Subgenus Evpotyxena. Filaments biserial, 
Filaments slightly biserial : 
Perianth-segments much shorter than the tube : 
..» (2) angustifolia. 
fis &} Burchellii. 
Flowers white... sae an (7) odorata, 
Flowers lilac a 8) pygmea, 
9) Bakeri, 
Perianth-segments nearly as long as the tube 
Filaments conspicuously biserial ... 0. oe 
_1. P. comata (Baker); bulb globose, above an inch in diam. ; ront- 
fibres numerous ; leaves 2, oblong, oblong-lanceolate or lorate, ql ft. 
long, thin, glabrous; peduncle 1-13 in. long, hidden by the clasping 
bases of the leaves; corymb dense, many-flowered, 13-2 in. diam ; 
pedicels very short; bracts small, lanceolate, membranous ; perianth 
white, fragrant; tube very slender, 1-1 in. long; segments lanceo- 
late, reflexing, 1 in, long ; filaments a little longer than the perianth- 
segments, uniseriate at the throat of the tube; anthers small, 
oblong ; capsule globose, } in. diam. Massonia comata, Burch. ex 
Baker in Journ. Linn, Soc. xi. 392. 
CenTRaL Recion: Colesberg Div. ; near Ruigte Fontein, Burchell, Bulb 46! 
Carolus Poort, Burchell, 2751! 3 = . 
KALAHARI REGION: Orange Free State; in damp localities near running 
water, Mrs. Barber! 
2. P. angustifolia (Baker); bulb globose, 1 in. diam. ; leaves 2, 
erect, thin} atatiroiy oblong-spathulate, 3 ft. long, 1-1; in. broad 
above the middle, narrowed to a clasping petiole ; aia ser ged in. 
long ; corymb many-flowered, 1-2 in. diam. ; lower pedicels {~% 9 
long ; bracts greenish, lanceolate; flowers white, fragrant; perianth- 
tube cylindrical, # in. long; segments lanceolate, reflexing, 4 Ln 
long; filaments white, uniserial, arcuate, 3 in. long ; anthers small, 
oblong. Massonia angustifolia, Linn, fil. Suppl. 193; Ad. Hort. 
Kew. i. 405, t. 4; Ker in Bot. Mag. t. 736; Red. Lil. t. 392; 
Kunth, Enum. iv. 298. M. lanceolata, Thunb. Prodr. 60 ; Fil. 
Cap. edit. Schult. 308; Diss. Nov. Gen. ii. 40, M. Zeyheri, Kunth, 
Enum. iv. 298. 
Sourn Arrica: without locality, Zeyher! — : 
CrenTrat Reoion: Fraserberg Div.; summit of a mountain, Onderste Rogge 
Vela, Thunberg. 
Introduced into cultivation by Masson in 1775. 
> (10) uniflora. 
