Polyxena,} Lin1acez (Baker). 421 
8. P. pygmea (Kunth, Enum. iv. 294) ; bulb ovoid, } in. diam. ; 
leaves 2, oblong-lanceolate, erect, glabrous, narrowed gradually into a 
clasping base; peduncle about an inch long; corymb few-flowered ; 
pedicels {7-3 in. long; bracts small, lanceolate, membranous ; 
perianth lilae; tube cylindrical, } in, long, dilated at the throat ; 
Segments oblong-lanceolate, falcate, 2 in. long; stamens slightly 
biseriate, distinct; filaments filiform, as long as the segments; 
anthers minute, oblong. Polyanthes pygmea, Jaeg. Collect. Suppl. 
56; Ic. ii. 15, t. 380; Willd. Sp. Plant. ii. 165. Mauhlia ensifolia, 
Thunb. Prodr. 60, t. 1; Fl. Cap. edit. Schult. 308. Agapanthus 
ensifolius, Willd. Sp. Plant. ii. 48. Massonia violacea, Andr. Bot. 
Rep. t. 46; Red. Lil. t. 386. M. ensifolia, Gawl. in Bot. Mag. 
t.554; Ait. Hort. Kew. edit. 2,ii.211; Roem. et Schultes, Syst. Veg. 
vii. 992. Hyacinthus bifolius, Bout. in Cav. Anal. v. 14, t. 41, fig. 1. 
Massonia ovata, E. Meyer in herb. Drege. 
Coast Recion: between the Sunday River and Fish River, Thunberg. 
Uitenhage Div., Ecklon and Zeyher, 757! 
CrnTRAL ReGion: Worcester Div. ; Constable, 3000-3500 ft., Drége, 2187! 
Pek gag Region : Little Namaqualand; Hardeveld, 3000-4000 ft., Zeyher, 
Katawart Reeion: Griqualand West ; Klip Drift, in rocky localities by the 
Vaal River, Mrs. Barber ! 
9. P. Bakeri (Durand and Schinz, Consp. Fl. Afric. 366); bulb 
ovoid-subglobose ; leaves 2, elliptical, obtuse, glabrous, coriaceous but 
somewhat fleshy, a little overtopping the corymh; peduncle short, 
slender; corymb dense, many-flowered ; pedicels as long as the flowers; 
bracts long, linear, membranous, dilated at the tip; perianth-tube 
slender, elongated ; segments linear, but little shorter than the tube ; 
stamens slightly biseriate ; filaments distinet, the three upper slightly 
exceeding the perianth-segments, Massonia pygmea, Schlecht. ex 
Kunth, Enum. iv. 298; Baker in Journ, Linn. Soe, xi. 393. 
South Arrica: without locality, Mund and Maire, in Berlin Herbarium. 
10. P. uniflora (Baker); bulb small, ovoid; leaves 2, linear, 
erect, glabrous, 3-4 in. long, scarcely a line broad; peduncle 
1-flowered, an inch long; perianth pale lilac; tube very slender, 
1} in. long; segments lanceolate, reflexing, a quarter as long as the 
tube ; stamens conspicuously biseriate, 3 inserted low down in the 
tube, 3 at its throat; filaments } in. long. Massonia uniflora, 
Soland. ex Ker in Bot. Reg. sub t. 694 (name only); Baker in 
Journ. Linn. Soc. xi. 398. ; 
SourH A¥gica: without locality, Masson / 
XXVII. LACHENALIA, Jacq. 
Perianth gamophyllous, persistent ; tube campanulate ; three outer 
segments oblong, slightly gibbous near the apex; three inner usually 
longer, obtuse, spathulate, spreading upwards. Stamens 6, inserted 
in the perianth-tube ; filaments filiform ; anthers small, oblong, ver- 
